Category: Development
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Nepal: Adapting to Climate Change
Nepal has been hard hit by climate change. Rural farmers are the worst affected. Many of them, like Laxmi Sunar, cope by reducing their food intake and migrating. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is supp...
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The HIV/AIDS Epidemic: Where Does The World Stand?
The HIV/AIDS Epidemic: Where does the World stand? The latest facts and figures on global progress towards ending HIV/AIDS as a public health threat - and the work that still needs to be done. Here’s a short explaine...
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Morocco: Women Sowing Seeds – Protecting Against Drought
Morocco’s rural areas have been hit by droughts in recent years – but women farmers are sowing the seeds for a better future. 21st Century: Episode # 131 Produced for UN Women and the French Embassy In Morocco Writte...
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Somalia: Drought Crisis
United Nations - Some 6.7 million people – more than half of Somalia’s population – are in desperate need of humanitarian assistance due to a severe drought. Hundreds of thousands of people are internally displaced a...
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UNDP Panda Ambassadors for SDGs
United Nations - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has established a new method on spreading the word about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs.) They designated two panda cubs as the first-ever anim...
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SDG Media Zone (18-22 September 2017) at the 72nd UN General Assembly
The SDG Media Zone enabled media influencers, journalists, bloggers, celebrities, and high-level delegates to join the conversation and engage the global online community in discussing the Sustainable Development Goal...
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Propelling Progress on Paris Agreement
United Nations - UN is building coalitions with leaders from government, business, and communities to accelerate progress on climate action to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement and keep global temperature rise to ...
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The King of Cans – a story for Earth Day, 22 April
United Nations - In New York City, there are more than 5,000 “canners” who contribute significantly to recycling. Meet their monarch. Mother Earth Day UN Stories: The King of Cans - a story for Earth Day, 22 April
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Argentina: Home of Malbec Wines
United Nations - Famous for its Malbec wines, Argentina is bringing various blends to tables around the world. But climate change is threatening the sustainability of the wine making industry forcing vineyard owners ...
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MINUSMA: Promoting Development in Mali
United Nations - Established by the UN Security Council in 2013, MINUSMA - the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali - supports political processes and helps stabilize the country. Close to 12,0...
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India: Farmers Increase Cotton Fields
United Nations - A new initiative designed to cut costs and improve cotton yields in Maharashtra State is helping some of the country's most vulnerable farmers- farmers who depend on the crop for their very survival- ...
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Argentina: Nuclear Solutions
United Nations - Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the 21st Century. In fact, Latin America and the Caribbean account for some 50% of all cancer deaths in the Americas. Now the International Atomic Ene...