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‘Growing momentum’ to make 2021 the global action year for sustainable energy
In a bid of optimism for the new year, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) expressed confidence that clean energy would grow in 2021.
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‘Growing momentum’ to make 2021 the global action year for sustainable energy
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After year of ‘trials, tragedies and tears’, UN chief sends message of hope for 2021
As the world enters 2021, after a “year of trials, tragedies and tears”, the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has delivered a message of hope for the new year.
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Humanitarian Charles Mully on Documentary Showcase
Scientology Network to Air Story of Celebrated Humanitarian Charles Mully on Documentary Showcase Los Angeles, CA—December 10, 2020—In commemoration of Universal Human Rights Month, observed each December, Scientology Network’s Documentary Showcase is…
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Fruits and vegetables crucial for healthy lives, sustainable world: Guterres
The United Nations is marking 2021 as the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables, spotlighting their vital role in human nutrition and food security, as well as urging efforts to…
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People, planet on ‘collision course’, warns UN Development Programme
Countries must redesign their development pathways to reduce damage to the environment and the natural world, or risk stalling progress for humanity overall, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has…
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Contribution of life in soil ‘remains largely underestimated’, says UN agriculture agency
Even though soil organisms play a crucial role in boosting food production, enhancing nutritious diets, preserving human health, and combating climate change, the real contribution of these tiny life forms remains largely underestimated, the…
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COVID-19 can spark new generation of social protection measures: UN chief
While COVID-19 has wiped out important development gains in mere months, with extreme poverty rising for the first time in decades, the pandemic could spark the transformations needed to achieve…
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Address water scarcity ‘immediately and boldly’, urges UN agriculture agency chief
More than three billion people live in agricultural areas with high levels of water shortages and scarcity, the UN agriculture agency said in a new report launched on Wednesday.
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‘Foundational and necessary change’ needed to heal post-COVID world
With the COVID-19 pandemic precipitating one of the world’s worst health, socioeconomic and humanitarian crises in over a century, the UN chief told a high-level discussion on Tuesday to seize…
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This World Children’s Day, ‘reimagine a better future’, for every child
The global community is marking World Children’s Day on Friday, calling for societies to “reimagine a better future” for every child, where each one has the opportunity to thrive.