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  • Healthy Oceans: Charting A New Course

    Healthy Oceans: Charting A New Course

    Leading up to Rio+20, on April 25th the United Nations hosted “Healthy Oceans: Charting A New Course,” a panel discussion which brought together a range of experts to discuss the fate of the world’s oceans and what can be done to protect them.

  • First World Happiness Report Launched at the United Nations

    The happiest countries in the world are all in Northern Europe (Denmark, Norway, Finland, Netherlands). Their average life evaluation score is 7.6 on a 0-to-10 scale. The least happy countries are all poor countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (Togo, Benin, Central African Republic, Sierra Leone) with average life evaluation scores of 3.4. But it is not…

  • Water Problems Are Solvable: The International Water Forum at the UN

    Water Problems Are Solvable: The International Water Forum at the UN

    Water problems are solvable. None of the many challenges are outside of the ability of human-kind to respond and resolve. As with so many things, political will and money are needed, but the International Water Forum at the UN took it further; the general public has to understand and care before the political will and…

  • Millennium Goals, Five Years to Go

    Millennium Goals, Five Years to Go

    As 140 heads of state and government gather Monday at the United Nations for the Millennium Development Goals summit, they and the public will ask what has come out of this decade-long effort. The answer will surprise them …

  • UN Secretary-General Makes First Trip to Millennium Village

    Key Data Toward Achieving Millennium Development Goals Released

  • Climate Change Could Drive Vast Human Migrations

    Displacements Already Underway, Says Report

  • Healthy Oceans: Charting A New Course

    Healthy Oceans: Charting A New Course

    Leading up to Rio+20, on April 25th the United Nations hosted “Healthy Oceans: Charting A New Course,” a panel discussion which brought together a range of experts to discuss the fate of the world’s oceans and what can be done to protect them.

  • First World Happiness Report Launched at the United Nations

    The happiest countries in the world are all in Northern Europe (Denmark, Norway, Finland, Netherlands). Their average life evaluation score is 7.6 on a 0-to-10 scale. The least happy countries are all poor countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (Togo, Benin, Central African Republic, Sierra Leone) with average life evaluation scores of 3.4. But it is not…

  • Water Problems Are Solvable: The International Water Forum at the UN

    Water Problems Are Solvable: The International Water Forum at the UN

    Water problems are solvable. None of the many challenges are outside of the ability of human-kind to respond and resolve. As with so many things, political will and money are needed, but the International Water Forum at the UN took it further; the general public has to understand and care before the political will and…

  • Millennium Goals, Five Years to Go

    Millennium Goals, Five Years to Go

    As 140 heads of state and government gather Monday at the United Nations for the Millennium Development Goals summit, they and the public will ask what has come out of this decade-long effort. The answer will surprise them …

  • UN Secretary-General Makes First Trip to Millennium Village

    Key Data Toward Achieving Millennium Development Goals Released

  • Climate Change Could Drive Vast Human Migrations

    Displacements Already Underway, Says Report