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- UNICEF: Yemen faces malnutrition emergency
The number of children under the age of five suffering from malnutrition across Yemen has reached 750,000, doubling in some regions over the past decade. Maria Calivis, UNICEF's director for Middle East and North Africa, said the figure crosses the "emergency threshold" for urgent action, especially in the country's remote areas. Google/The Associated Press (1/24)      - How will MDGs be funded amid downturn?
Revised estimates of the costs of global achievement of the first six Millennium Development Goals call for an extra $120 billion to be spent annually on health, education and poverty reduction -- a sum that cannot be met by aid in light of the recent shortfalls in assistance from the rich world. Poor countries are being advised to consider other means, such as taxes, to fund development. The Guardian (London)/Poverty Matters blog (1/23) - Overpopulation is likely to spur a new global diet
Algae, insects and artificial meat grown in a laboratory are being touted as a diet of the future as the world population continues to soar, farming becomes more difficult, the oceans are overfished and water is in increasingly short supply. New crops -- such as a so-called "green super rice" -- surely will be part of the equation, too. The Guardian (London) (1/21) - Groups lauded for sustainable travel compliance
Ten tourism organizations from around the world have been recognized by the United Nations Foundation for their commitment to sustainable travel benchmarks as recognized by the Global Sustainable Tourism Council. The benchmarks are the first, and only, global framework for defining sustainable travel. Examiner.com (1/23) - Guyana farmers race to adapt to changing climate
Farmers in the South American country of Guyana are combating the effects of climate change by better protecting their crops from flooding, as well as using a new variety of rice specially adapted to wet conditions. Unless the country adapts to a new slate of significant factors -- including not only temperature changes and drought, but greater rainfall intensity, rising sea levels and temperatures, and the risk of saltwater intrusion -- agriculture could seriously suffer, according to a recent report by the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. AlertNet (1/23) - Game-maker pursues social good
In two years, game-maker Zynga has helped raise $10 million from players in 165 countries for organizations such as Save the Children and the World Food Program, and causes such as disaster relief in Haiti and Japan. "Our mission is connecting the world through games," said founder Mark Pincus. "And it just seemed natural that we would also want to connect the world to causes, and do social good through virtual goods." San Francisco Chronicle (1/22) - UN addresses abuses by peacekeepers
The United Nations might blacklist countries from contributing to peacekeeping operations if their troops are convicted, or accused, of sex abuse, said Edmond Mulet, an assistant secretary-general at the world body. The UN is investigating two separate cases of alleged sexual exploitation of Haitian children by its staff only four months after Uruguayan peacekeepers there were recalled over accusations of rape. Google/Agence France-Presse (1/23), BBC (1/23) | |  | | Position Title | Company Name | Location | | Africa Program Specialist | METI Inc., contractor for the USDA Forest Service Office of International Programs | Washington D.C., DC | | Program Director - Sustainable and Thriving Environments for West Africa Regional Development | METI Inc, contractor for the USDA Forest Service Office of International Programs | Freetown, Sierra Leone | | Senior Associate, Planning and Learning | United Nations Foundation | Washington DC, DC | | Administrative Assistant, shot@life | United Nations Foundation | Washington DC, DC | | Director, Health Ecosystems: Analysis of Linkages (HEAL) | Wildlife Conservation Society | Bronx, NY, NY | | Communications Officer, Nothing But Nets | United Nations Foundation | Washington DC, DC | | | Click here to view more job listings. | | |
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