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Solar power affordability drives development

The falling prices of technology associated with solar power are opening up the possibility of shifting away from fossil fuels for millions across the developing world. About 1.3 billion people worldwide are without steady access to an affordable power source. Richenda Van Leeuwen, senior director for Energy and Climate at the United Nations Foundation, said, "This sector has exploded. There's been a sea change in the last five years." MIT Technology Review online (1/27) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story



My message at #Davos: Even in tough economic times, there is no excuse for cutting aid to the world's poorest. b-gat.es/AqTYMb"

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"The diplomatic gambit to press Bashar al Assad just got a little more interesting. You may recall that the Security Council has been paralyzed on Syria because of a split between Russia and the West. That may soon change."

UN Dispatch


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  • Council weighs new Syria resolution
    The UN Security Council was expected to meet behind closed doors today to discuss a new phase to end the bloodletting in Syria as Arab states lined up behind a resolution calling for President Bashar Al-Assad to step down, followed by new elections. Russia indicated it would reject the measure, which could be put to a vote next week. The Guardian (London) (1/27), Reuters (1/27) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story
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Health and Development
  • WHO tracks spread of dengue fever
    Dengue fever remains endemic in more than 100 countries and poses a direct threat to more than 40% of the world's population, the World Health Organization says in a report. The mosquito-borne disease was endemic in only nine countries in the 1970s and now results in 50 million to 100 million cases every year. United Press International (1/26) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story
  • Researchers advise wide deployment of malaria vaccines
    Parts of Africa, Southeast Asia and South America with comparably low rates of malaria would benefit more from mass vaccination campaigns than initiatives focusing primarily on infants and schoolchildren, once such vaccines are approved. Malaria mostly affects children in rural areas with high rates of transmission, but it affects all age groups in areas where the disease is less prevalent, especially cities. Science and Development Network (1/25) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story
 
  • Cote d'Ivoire pulls plug on free health care experiment
    Cote d'Ivoire has scaled back its public health program to cover only women and young children as theft and mismanagement contribute to rapidly rising costs. "As long as women and children continue to receive care we are satisfied, because they are among the most vulnerable," said Louis Vigneault-Dubois, head of communications for UNICEF in the country. The Guardian (London) (1/27) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story
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Women and Girls
  • Calvin: Family-planning access is a key priority
    Increasing access to family-planning services for women around the world remains an integral element to improving women's health and achieving Millennium Development Goals related to maternal mortality, writes Kathy Calvin, CEO of the United Nations Foundation. GHDNews.com (1/25) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story
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Climate and Energy
  • Nepal struggles with melting glaciers
    Nepalese villages face deadly risks as glacier melt associated with climate change threatens to burst dams set up to contain run-off water from the country's 3,200 glaciers. Nepalese glaciers have shrunk by 21% over the past three decades causing landslides and flooding, and raising fears for the country's various ecosystems. AlertNet/Reuters (1/27) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story
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Peacekeeping and Security
  • UN raises alarm over Libya weapons
    Arms from Libya may make their way into the hands of al-Qaida linked militants in Nigeria, Niger and Chad, a report from the United Nations warns. Authorities in Nigeria have sent representatives to speak with Boko Haram militants in a bid to end to deadly attacks. AlertNet/Reuters (1/26), The Wall Street Journal (1/27) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story
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UN Foundation and Better World Campaign
  • Turner stars on Oprah's "Master Class"
    Ted Turner says that one lesson he learned from his father, to strive for goals that can't be reached in one lifetime, inspired his quest for world peace and the $1 billion donation that started the United Nations Foundation. The trail-blazing entrepreneur will be offering that observation and other insights in his own words Sunday in a "Master Class" program on Oprah Winfrey's OWN Network. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution/Radio & TV Talk blog (1/26) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story
 
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