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A new WHO air quality model confirms that 92% of the world’s population lives in places where air quality levels exceed WHO limits “The new WHO model shows countries where the air pollution danger spots are, and provides a baseline for monitoring progress in combating it,” says Dr Flav

Data & Reports , Education , Featured , Human Rights , Migration / 09/16/2016

UNHCR reports crisis in refugee education

The UN Refugee Agency says more than half of the 6 million school-age children under its mandate have no school to go to Some 1.75 million refugee children are not in primary school and 1.95 million refugee adolescents are not in secondary school, the report found. Refugees are five times more likel

Data & Reports , Health , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 09/10/2016

Open health data in India: Finally a reality?

Rhea Colaco According to an international Open Data Index published by ‘Open Knowledge Foundation’, India ranks at #17 (of 122 countries in the index) in the 2015 rankings A major challenge faced in tracking progress across health and nutrition sectors is the unavailability of timely and qual

Climate , Data & Reports , Disasters , Environment , Featured , Science & Technology / 08/14/2016

Changing climate raises earthquake risk

Jayanta Basu As sea water warms due to climate change, it expands; this rise in volume upsets the balance of tectonic plates, says a new study, adding that the Gangetic delta in South Asia is particularly vulnerable An earthquake is building up under the Gangetic delta, which could possibly be linke

Biodiversity , Data & Reports , Education , Environment , Multimedia , Science & Technology / 07/29/2016

Why nature conservationists should be worried about ‘Pokémon Go’

Falko Buschke In a study, eight-year-olds could identify 78% of Pokémon but just 53% of real species. The experiment showed that an appreciation for Pokémon does not necessarily translate into an appreciation for real species. “Pokémon Go” is a cultural phenomenon. It’s an augmented

Data & Reports , Education , Featured , Labour , Science & Technology / 07/04/2016

The Global Economy is Failing 35% of the World’s Talent

The Human Capital Report 2016 finds that globally only 65% of the world’s talent is being optimized through education, skills development and deployment during people’s lifetimes Finland, Norway and Switzerland hold the top spots, utilizing around 85% of their human capital. Japan leads when it

Biodiversity , Corruption , Data & Reports , Environment , Featured , Forests , Sustainable Development / 06/20/2016

UN report confirms corruption is biggest threat to ivory, as wildlife officials arrested across Africa and Asia

A new UN report has confirmed that corrupt officials are at the heart of wildlife crime in many parts of the world, rather than terrorist groups or tribal peoples who hunt to feed their families The 2016 World Wildlife Crime Report’s findings have coincided with a wave of arrests of wildlife o

Business , Climate , Data & Reports , Energy , Environment , Featured , Sustainable Development / 06/01/2016

A Record Breaking Year for Renewable Energy: New Installations, Policy Targets, Investment and Jobs

The Renewables 2016 Global Status Report reveals that renewables are now firmly established as competitive, mainstream sources of energy in many countries around the world. REN21 published the most comprehensive annual overview of the state of renewable energy. 2015 was a record year for renewable

Climate , Data & Reports , Environment , Resources , SDGs , Sustainable Development , Water / 05/03/2016

Climate-Driven Water Scarcity Could Hit Economic Growth

Water scarcity, exacerbated by climate change, could cost some regions up to 6 percent of their GDP, spur migration, and spark conflict, according to a new World Bank report High and Dry: Climate Change, Water and the Economy, says the combined effects of growing populations, rising incomes, and exp

Business , Data & Reports , Environment , Featured , Food , Human Rights , Science & Technology , Sustainable Development / 05/03/2016

Widespread ingestion of packing chemicals revealed

The growing use of plastic food containers in developing countries means their citizens are now exposed to as much bisphenol A (BPA) as those in rich countries, a research review has found The paper, published in Food and Chemical Toxicology earlier this month compiles data from 16 studies. It found

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