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Environment

We Asked Canadian Experts on Climate Change: Are We Screwed?

Over the last century, humans have warmed the earth by 0.9 degrees Celsius by way of industrial expansion. Ahead of the Paris talks that begin?Monday, the United Nations ha...

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Gender

Ending Violence Against Women: How Far Have We Come?

“We are determined to prevent and eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls.” With this declaration at the 1995 United Nations Fourth World Confer...

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Bill Gates To Launch Clean Energy Project On Sidelines Of Paris Climate Talks.

Microsoft co-founder will announce multi-billion-dollar Initiative Cleantech on opening day of two-week climate summit alongside Barack Obama Microsoft co-founder Bill Gate...

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Environment

Drastic Reductions in Meat Consumption Worldwide Could Help Fight Climate Change

If the world piled on the veggies and cut back on steaks and hamburgers, the UK-based think tank Chatham House said in a report this week, the world could ge...

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Health

Un World Toilet Day: Urban Thoughts Cannot Develop Rural Cities, Says Experts

On the occasion of United Nations World Toilet Day, organizations like World Toilet Organization, Parmarth Niketan, Reckitt Benckiser India and Pehel- The Initiative, empha...

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Health

Investing In Health Workforces: The Path Towards The Sdgs Starts Here

Last month marked a transition from one era of global health and development to the next. Seventeen?Sustainable Development Goals?were?agreed by 193 heads of state and gove...

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Health

Driving Innovation For A Healthier India

The time period set by the nations of the world in 2000 for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) comes to an end in December. Leaders from around the world met ...

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Environment

A Big Earthquake Just Hit Oklahoma — And It Might Be the Oil Industry’s Fault

The quake struck at?1:42am?and was centered just southwest of Cherokee, Oklahoma, the US Geological Survey reported. It was the biggest to hit the area this year, but there...

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Sustainable Development

Is The Leap Second Good Or Bad? We Have Until 2023 To Find Out.

The leap second is an extra second of time added periodically to the world?s clocks, but some experts have raised fears it could throw off modern technology, including bank...

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Gender

Can We End Female Genital Cutting In A Generation?

Five years ago, over 3 million girls were at risk of undergoing female genital cutting, a process that involves the partial or complete removal of a girl’s external g...

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