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UN Environment Programme, Paris, Nairobi 31-Mar-2015 Driven by Solar and Wind, World Investments Reverse 2-year Dip, Brush Aside Challenge from Sharply Lower Oil Price; 103gw
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United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton CANADA 22-FEB-2015 Corruption, siphoning 30 percent of water sector funding, must end for world development
UN University INWEH (Institute for Water, Environment & Health ), Hamilton CANADA 23-DEC-2014 Large Parts Of Europe, South America Face Rising Vulnerability The first-ever maps of
Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 19-Dec-2014 Canada Funds 23 Bold New Ideas for Global Health Nikolai Dechev Ultra high-speed gaming laptops and a sensor that lets
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United Nations University, Hamilton Canada, and InterAction Council, Toronto 9-Oct-2014 Experts’ address universal concerns identified by former world leaders: World water crisis, sectarianism, energy, denuclearization
European Marine Board, Oostende, Belgium 9-Oct-2014 North Sea Trawler Some 340 European scientists, policy-makers and other experts representing 143 organizations from 31 countries spoke with one
Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology 2-Oct-2014 Proposed urban edition of Malaysia’s ‘smart’ eco-villages debuts Building on the poverty relief success achieved through self-sustaining high-tech
Malaysian Industry‑Government Group for High Technology 22-Sep-2014 Malaysia a founding nation in new global sciences education alliance New York — Malaysia today became a founding
Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 22-Sep-2014 Combining Mobile Phones with 3-D Printed Microscope Adapters to Diagnose Infectious Diseases On the eve of United Nations General Assembly
Malaysian Industry‑Government Group for High Technology 17-Sep-2014 Smart Village, Malaysia As nations zero in on the UN’s post-2015 global Sustainable Development Goals, innovations being successfully
United Nations University – Institute for Water, Environment and Health 2-Jul-2014 Business-as-usual management policies risks well-being of 2 billion+ people Satellite Images Depict the Growth
University of Toronto 20-Jun-2014 Calling global mental health problems “acute and urgent,” 37 leading medical authorities from 11 countries have published a joint declaration calling for
United Nations University – International Institute for Global Health, Malaysia 15-Jun-2014 Study in Uganda shows under-18s most vulnerable to cholera, typhoid, acute diarrhea, other water-related