Social Entrepreneurs Have Improved 622 Million Lives
Over
the past 20 years, social entrepreneurs working in partnership with the Schwab
Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship have improved the lives of 622 million
people around the...
Implementing peace deal only path for stabilization in Mali
Implementation of
the 2015 peace agreement in Mali provides the
only pathway for stabilization there, the head of UN
peacekeeping told the Security Council on Wednesday.
Jean-Pierre
Lacroix updated ambassadors on developments in the West African
country, where a UN operation,...
AIIB Investing to Address the Digital Divide in Asia
With four billion people globally still
unconnected, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is seeking to
address the growing digital divide.
In Asia only 26 per...
4IR Tech Can Fast Track 70% of Sustainable Development Goals
2030
is the “Decade of Delivery” to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals – yet
the gap between where we are, and where we need to be...
Biodiversity loss: what is causing it and why is it a concern?
Biodiversity, or
the variety of all living things on our planet, has been declining at an
alarming rate in recent years, mainly due to human activities,...
Syrian conflict has ‘erased’ children’s dreams -new UN report
Nearly
nine years of conflict in Syria have robbed boys and girls of their
childhood and subjected them to “unabated violations of their
rights”, including being killed, maimed, displaced, forced to fight
or...
ADB Inaugurates Project to Replace Diesel Systems with Solar Hybrid Across Maldives
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Environment Ministry of the
Maldives have inaugurated the implementation of a solar–battery–diesel hybrid
system in 48 islands under the...
Higher Productivity is Key to Thailand’s Future Economic Growth and Prosperity
Thailand’s
growth slowed to an estimated 2.5 percent in 2019 from 4.1 percent in 2018, due
to external and domestic factors. The economy is projected to...
IRENA and UAE Ministry of Energy and Industry Sign MoU to Cooperate on Renewable Energy
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the United Arab Emirates
(UAE) Ministry of Energy and Industry, to cooperate...
Who turned up the temperature? Climate change, heatwaves and wildfires
The
cautionary tale of the boiling frog describes how a frog that jumps into
boiling water will save itself by jumping straight out, but the frog...