Growing scientists: World’s future jobs are rooted in STEM
Malaysian Industry‑Government Group for High Technology 22-Sep-2014 Malaysia a founding nation in new global sciences education alliance New York —
Canada funds 22 innovative projects to help save ‘Every Woman, Every Child’
Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 22-Sep-2014 On the eve of United Nations General Assembly events focussed on ways to save and
Malaysia’s ‘Smart Villages’ and 9 other proven ideas for sustainable development
Malaysian Industry‑Government Group for High Technology 17-Sep-2014 As nations zero in on the UN’s post-2015 global Sustainable Development Goals, innovations
Zone tropical coastal oceans; manage them more like land resources: Scientists
United Nations University – Institute for Water, Environment and Health 2-Jul-2014 Business-as-usual management policies risks well-being of 2 billion+ people
Citing ‘urgent, acute’ mental health issues, especially in Africa, experts petition governments to act
University of Toronto 20-Jun-2014 Calling global mental health problems “acute and urgent,” 37 leading medical authorities from 11 countries have published
Health impacts of planetary change, swelling cities: New assignment for UN think tank in Malaysia
United Nations University – International Institute for Global Health, Malaysia 15-Jun-2014 Study in Uganda shows under-18s most vulnerable to cholera,
Developing world policies help power global renewable energy generation to record
REN21, Paris (Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century) 03-Jun-2014 Now 95 emerging economies nurture renewable energy growth through
Canada funds 65 innovative health projects to help save every woman, every child
Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 22 May 2014 New investments top $12 million: 4 scale-up projects plus 61 seed grants announced
Beyond GDP: innovative yardsticks of well-being, wealth
Malaysian Industry Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT), Kuala Lumpur Malaysia hosts UN-backed symposium: ‘Beyond Gross Domestic Product — Transitioning
Renewable energy market share climbs despite 2013 dip in investments
U.N. Environment Programme, Paris / Nairobi 7-Apr-2014 Renewables account for 44 percent of 2013’s newly-installed electricity generating capacity despite global
Emergency management in Arctic: Experts offer 7 key recommendations
Munk-Gordon Arctic Security Program 31-Mar-2014 Response capacity in Arctic, already stretched, faces fast-growing challenges as North develops: Report Inadequate risk
Pessimism of early global policy architects stunted developing nations’ economies: Harvard study
Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge MA 25-Mar-2014 Harvard professor calls on developing world, development institutions to revisit, apply proven economic formula
Smartphone app reads blood oxygen levels to hospital standards
Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 9-Mar-2014 Scale-up of LGTmedical’s Phone Oximeter™ capitalized with $2 million Canadian private-public investment; device could save
Keeping whales safe in sound: Marine species and seismic surveys
International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Geneva 20 January, 2014 Unique collaboration between oil/ gas industry, scientists, conservationists proves
Mobile phones, apps toss lifeline to sufferers of brain & mental disorders in remote world corners
Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto January 10, 2014 In Bhutan: Clinical tests of new app for diagnosing seizure disorders; $300 device
World’s first e-waste map reveals national volumes, international flows
United Nations University, Solving the Ewaste Problem, Bonn 15 December, 2013 Annual world volume of end-of-life electronics expected to jump
Indigenous knowledge: preserving biodiversity, ecosystem services
UN Intergov’l Platform on Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services (IPBES), Bonn 8 December 2013 IPBES experts cite importance of ‘co-production’ of
Deep Carbon Observatory scientists discover quick recipe for producing hydrogen
Deep Carbon Observatory, Washington DC 8 December 2013 New formula for fast, abundant H2 production may help power fuel cells,
Diagnostic diapers to detect deadly rotavirus among 83 global health innovations to receive Grand Challenges Canada funding
Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 21 Nov 2013 Grand Challenges Canada, funded by the Government of Canada, today extends seed grants
Most nations lack means to assess biodiversity, key ecosystem services and their value: Experts
UN Intergov’l Platform on Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services, Bonn 5-Nov-2013 Most of the world’s nations — unanimously committed to protecting