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UN Develops Standards for "Smart Sustainable Cities"
June 13, 2016
The UN's International Telecommunications Union and Economic Commission for Europe have launched an initiative that will promote global standards on the integration of information and communication technologies into urban operations in order to advance the UN's sustainability agenda in cities.
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UN Assembly Adopts Wide-ranging Health Resolutions
June 13, 2016
At the recent World Health Assembly, governments adopted resolutions aimed at implementing a Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health by the year 2030 and advancing a "comprehensive" UN global framework to ensure national commitments to "healthy ageing" and human rights of the older population.
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UN Official Pushes Climate Action at Health Assembly
June 13, 2016
Demonstrating the UN's comprehensive push for economically transformative global action on climate change, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres called at the recent UN World Health Assembly for concerted government action to combat global warming in order to stem the phenomenon's health effects.
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Governments Call for UN Environmental Partnerships
June 13, 2016
National leaders at the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi called for the continued advancement of UN global governance on the environment and "sustainability" through partnerships with the private sector and nongovernmental organizations to support and finance the UN's recent climate deal and Sustainable Development Goals.
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UN Seeks "Transformation" of Global Food System
June 10, 2016
In order to counter environmental damage caused by the current global food system, the UN Environment Programme's International Resource Panel has called for the development of a "resource-smart" food system that would, among other things, move away from the production of meat and processed food and educate people about healthy diets.
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