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	December 17, 2012 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate Scientists "virtually certain" human activity behind global warming A draft of the forthcoming report by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says that scientists are "virtually certain" human activity is largely to blame for the warming of the planet. The document, which was leaked by a U.S.-based climate skeptic while under review, goes further than the last UN climate study, which said human influence "very likely" was behind temperature rise. The IPCC said that the document is a "work in progress." Bloomberg (12/14), The Guardian (London) (12/14), The New York Times (tiered subscription model)/Green blog (12/14)      Female workers hit hardest by global fiscal crisis  Using gravity to bring light to developing world  Household air pollution remains risk in sub-Sahara  Screening to speed up cervical cancer diagnoses  Climate deal about national interest not altruism  DR Congo one of "most hopeless nations on earth"  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Health & Development | Spotlight: Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves | Women & Girls | Climate and Energy | Peacekeeping and Security |  Every 60 seconds, a child dies from Malaria. Help cover a continent w/ #BedNets this holiday season: http://ow.ly/g6Qfh #SendANetSaveALife" @UNFoundation "Human ingenuity, political will and determination made 2012 a banner year in the effort to make this a healthier planet." UN Dispatch Female workers hit hardest by global fiscal crisis More women than men have been laid off in recent years, and those jobs aren't expected to return any time soon, according to a report by the United Nations International Labor Organization. "The crisis appears to have worsened gender gaps in unemployment across all regions, regardless of whether they were on the front lines of the crisis like the advanced economies, or a degree removed like Asia and Africa," said the report. ABC News/The Associated Press (12/15)      China appeals to UN experts over disputed islands China has taken to the United Nations its territorial claim to a group of islands in the East China Sea also claimed by Japan, which has administered the islands for decades. A UN panel of geological experts is expected to offer a nonbinding review of the claim. BBC (12/14), The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (12/15)      Other News Rescheduled UNICEF Halloween ball raises $160,000 The Wall Street Journal (12/14)      Security Council is not "doing its part" on genocide suspects, ICC chief says CNN (12/13)      Ghana to release Argentine ship in accordance with UN tribunal's ruling Salon/The Associated Press (12/16)      Russia's Churkin wants "double pay" to joust with "tough individual" Rice The Washington Post/WorldViews blog (12/14)      Using gravity to bring light to developing world A gravity-powered lamp is designed to shed light in some of the most electricity-deprived corners of the world for 30 minutes at a time, able to recharge radios and batteries and eliminating the need for dirty kerosene lamps. The GravityLight -- which translates into energy the weight of a bag of a sand -- costs less than $5, an initial outlay that is recouped by users within three months. The Guardian (London)/Architecture and Design blog (12/14)        Other News Experts: Proposed ban on thimerosal could set back immunization The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (12/17)      DR Congo province has 800,000 displaced BBC (12/14)      India's shadow economy: Why so much hinges on land BBC (12/9)      Household air pollution remains risk in sub-Sahara Nearly 500,000 people die each year in sub-Saharan Africa from household air pollution caused by traditional cookstoves, according to a study published Friday in The Lancet. The risk presented by cookstoves has been falling globally, but emissions remain the second-biggest risk factor for most of sub-Saharan Africa. The Africa Report online (France) (12/14)        Screening to speed up cervical cancer diagnoses Screening programs for cervical cancer and HPV vaccination programs are under way in some African countries, but many women in the developing world are dying each year from cervical cancer because they are not diagnosed until it is too late. The Guardian (London)/Poverty Matters blog (12/14)        Other News 9 girls die from Afghanistan land mine while collecting firewood The Washington Post (12/17)      Climate deal about national interest not altruism A universal agreement to slow climate change is "necessary and possible" even though the United Nations cannot create domestic policy, writes Christiana Figueres, head of the world body's Framework Convention on Climate Change. "Governments must and can accelerate climate change action, not because of altruistic reasons, but because it is in their national interest to do so," she writes. AlertNet/Climate Conversations blog (12/17)        Other News Diver from Brazilian megacity says polluted rivers are running cleaner The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (12/14)      DR Congo one of "most hopeless nations on earth" There is "a doomed sense of déjà vu" for journalists covering the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, writes Jeffrey Gettleman. "Congo has become a never-ending nightmare, one of the bloodiest conflicts since World War II, with more than five million dead. It seems incomprehensible that the biggest country in sub-Saharan Africa and on paper one of the richest, teeming with copper, diamonds and gold, vast farmlands of spectacular fertility and enough hydropower to light up the continent, is now one of the poorest, most hopeless nations on earth," he writes. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (12/15)        Other News Islamist-backed constitution garners early Egypt support USA Today (12/16)      Syrian air force bombs Palestinian refugee camp; at least 8 dead The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (12/16)      Judge resigns from Bangladesh war crimes tribunal The Economist (12/15)      Top five news stories selected by UN Wire readers in the past week. Kyoto Protocol extended in climate compromise (Reuters) Universal health care now benchmark for global development (The Guardian (London)) Climate linked to Mayan fall, Genghis Khan's rise (ForeignPolicy.com) "I lived in fear," Ricky Martin tells UN conference (NBC Latino) Increased life expectancy brings wellness concerns (The New York Times (tiered subscription model)) Results based on number of times each story was clicked by readers. 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