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Environment

Climate change affects health, shelter

Climate change affects the social and environmental determinants of health clean air, safe drinking water, sufficient food and secure shelter. Global warming that has occur...

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Sustainable Development

The Women of New York?s City Hall

With Manhattan still cloaked in early-morning darkness, New York City’s new sanitation commissioner stepped into a semicircle of 40 men holding brooms and dustpans as...

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Sustainable Development

UN Global Compact unveils principles for sustainable food

The UN’s sustainable development arm has unveiled six principles for sustainable food production, aimed at ensuring that food produced worldwide is healthy, good for ...

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Sustainable Development

Peer Pressure Can Be a Lifesaver

When we hear that someone succumbed to peer pressure or conformed to group expectations, we are inclined to think about it in negative terms. We imagine a young person smok...

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Leaders From Three Continents Join Fellowship To Bring New, Local Perspectives On International Development To Global Dialogue

“This year’s class of fellows is an impressive crowd that will match the incredible work we saw in the first class of New Voices,” said Andrew Quinn, dire...

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Hollywood

Stars Attend 2014 Delete Blood Cancer Gala

Georgia May Jagger, Coco Rocha and Dita Von Teese were just a few of the supporters at this week’s 2014 Delete Blood Cancer Gala at Cipriani Wall Street in New York. ...

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Hollywood

Joss Stone is new charity ambassador

British royal Prince Harry named singer Joss Stone as the celebrity ambassador for his Sentebale charity during the organization’s 10th anniversary celebrations on We...

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Environment

India drafts policy to cut carbon emissions from deforestation

India, one of the world's largest polluters, has drafted a national policy aimed at reducing its carbon emissions from deforestation as part of a global scheme which financ...

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Bollywood

UN launches Bollywood music video for gay rights in India

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Wednesday launched the first-ever Bollywood-style UN music video at a press conference in Mumbai, India to promot...

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Bollywood

Celina Jaitley to be a part of UN's 'Bollywood style' LGBT campaign

Actress and activist, former beauty queen Celina Jaitley, will star in United Nation’s ‘Bollywood style’ global human rights campaign launching on April 3...

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