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UN Chief: Embed SDGs in "One Belt, One Road" Project
August 07, 2017
At a recent forum in Beijing, UN Secretary-General António Guterres sought to persuade officials from countries that are participating in China's "One Belt, One Road" initiative to embed the social and environmental principles from the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in their work on the massive infrastructure project intended to connect Eurasia.
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UN Agency Issues Climate Planning Guide for Agriculture
August 07, 2017
The UN Food and Agricultural Organization has released global guidelines on how governments should balance the nutritional and occupational needs of their citizens against the need to limit and adapt to global warming as they seek to fulfill their obligations under the UN's Paris climate agreement.
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UN Chief Combats Trend Toward "National Sovereignty Agenda"
August 07, 2017
In a speech in London in May, the UN's new Secretary-General António Guterres spotlighted factors including ecological and economic inequality issues as drivers of global conflict and warned that the global human rights agenda is ceding ground to the "national sovereignty agenda."
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WHO Issues Global Guidance on Traffic Speed
August 04, 2017
In line with the UN agency's shift in focus from managing contagious diseases that cross national borders to giving guidance on an array of domestic policies, the World Health Organization (WHO) has published a report calling on governments to limit "excessive or inappropriate speed" on roadways to prevent traffic accidents and make cities more "liveable."
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UN Institute Launches Course on Sustainable Energy
August 04, 2017
As part of the international organization's work toward advancing education on its comprehensive "sustainable development" agenda, the UN Institute for Training and Research has announced its launch of an online course on how developing countries can use renewable energy to further global sustainability targets.
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