Climate
The GOP Presidential Candiates Vs. The Enviroment: Where Each of the 8 Candidates Stand
There is a good chance that the name across from Barack Obama on the 2012 ballot for president will be the name of a person who does not believe in human-caused climate change. A rundown of each candidates stand on the environment and science.
4 Reasons We Should Be Worried About July’s Near Record-Breaking Sea Ice Melt
The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) just released figures for July’s arctic sea ice averages. The bad news: Last month’s average arctic sea ice extent is the second-greatest loss of summer sea ice since satellite tracking began in 1979.
Cholera and Climate Change
While we once assumed that warmer water meant more cholera – a grim portent of widespread cholera in a future of climate change – it seems that instead cholera has a complicated relationship with river flows.
Should We Include Global Insecurity as a Hidden Cost of Carbon Emissions?
If it were to consider decades of sectarian strife, severe famine, and religious tension, the global community might find security problems are more immediate — and costly– than initially thought.
Climate Change and International Security
If the Security Council wants to remain a relevant platform for discussing pressing matters of international peace and security, it too will have to adapt to the realities of climate change.
Food for 2050: Why the UN is Worried We Won’t have enough
The report found that one billion people are already undernourished across the globe, pointing to recent food crises as evidence of the need for a “radically new economic strategy.”
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The SC; HRC; DPRK; South Sudan
The SC: The Security Council today held its last consultations under the Council Presidency of ROK. Tomorrow, Russia will take over the rotating Presidency of the Security Council for March under Ambassador Vitaly Churkin.
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The SG; Mali; Middle East; Palestine
The SG: At the Fifth Global Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations in Vienna, Austria today, the SG emphasized the role of youth in ensuring a “prosperous, equitable and peaceful future.”
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The SG; DRC; HRC; Palestinian Prisoner
The SG: In Ethiopia over the weekend, the SG is now in the United Arab Emirates. Today he met with Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashed Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, where the two discussed developments in the region, including Syria, Iran, Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan, and in the Middle East Peace Process.
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