World loses trillions of dollars worth of nature’s benefits each year due to land degradation
UN University – INWEH, Hamilton, Canada 15-SEP-2015 To better inform the tradeoffs involved in land use choices around the […]
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Discarded electronics mismanaged in Europe equals 10 X the volume of e-waste exported
United Nations University, Bonn 30 Aug, 2015 UN University, INTERPOL, partners conclude 2-year inquiry; report recommends ways to better enforce laws,
Discarded kitchen, laundry, bathroom equipment comprises over half of E-waste: UNU
United Nations University, Bonn 19 April 2015 End-of-life electronic, electrical equipment totals 41.8 million metric tonnes in 2014 E-waste last year
Achieve international water goals to preempt looming conflicts born of desperation: UN
United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton CANADA 22-FEB-2015 Corruption, siphoning 30 percent of water sector funding,
Vulnerability to dengue virus: UN University publishes 1st global maps
UN University INWEH (Institute for Water, Environment & Health ), Hamilton CANADA 23-DEC-2014 Large Parts Of Europe, South America Face Rising
Inclusive Wealth Index shows more than half of countries ‘consuming beyond their means’
United Nations University – International Human Dimensions Programme, Bonn; UN Environment Programme, Nairobi; UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for
Creating smarter cities to promote healthier people: new global science program debuts
United Nations University UNU International Institute for Global Health, Kuala Lumpur 9 Dec. 2014 ‘Science of Systems’ comes of age
Beyond infrastructure – New attitudes also needed to end open defecation: UN (World Toilet Day)
UN Water (Geneva / New York) One billion people don’t use toilets: 1 in 6 people in developing regions; New UN-Water GLAAS
World losing 2,000 hectares of farm soil daily to salt damage
United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton CANADA 28-Oct-2014 Salt-spoiled soils worldwide: 20 percent of all irrigated lands
Pipeline to replenish vanishing Dead Sea a bridge to Mid-East security, peace
United Nations University, Hamilton Canada, and InterAction Council, Toronto 9-Oct-2014 Experts’ address universal concerns identified by former world leaders: World