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	November 27, 2012 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate Inaugural Giving Tuesday enlists thousands Thousands of organizations nationwide took a break today from the post-Thanksgiving shopping frenzy for the first Giving Tuesday. The movement, founded in part by the United Nations Foundation, aims at getting people to look at charitable giving with new eyes. The event means people are not "sitting alone at their kitchen table at the end of the year making those end-of-year contributions, but actually in a group experience where they're sharing that passion with others," said Kathy Calvin, CEO of the UN Foundation. National Public Radio (text and audio) (11/26), Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.) (11/26), Impatient Optimists blog (11/25), The Wall Street Journal (11/26)      Climate finance takes center stage in Doha  Rethinking what makes a man  Turning algae into fuel -- and profit  Calderon says Mexican drug trade here to stay  Stephen Curry shoots threes to save lives  Career Center  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Health & Development | Climate and Energy | Peacekeeping and Security | UN Foundation & Better World Campaign Whether you're a billionaire or a teen girl, we can all help the UN change the world. Go Global Donate to our causes: http://bit.ly/YkqFbp" @UNFoundation "The goal is to make #GivingTuesday as synonymous with the holiday season as Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Just as these are days dedicated to buying, there should be a day set aside for supporting your favorite charity." UN Dispatch Climate finance takes center stage in Doha New findings by the the United Nations Environment Programme on the release of carbon from the world's warming permafrost are slated for discussion at the UN climate talks in Doha, Qatar. Also being discussed is financing for poor countries to better adapt to the effects of global warming. "There is a real danger that climate finance will be scaled down in 2013, at a time when it needs to be scaled up," said Tim Gore of Oxfam. The New York Times (tiered subscription model)/Green blog (11/27), The Guardian (London) (11/26), EurActiv.com (11/26), The Hill/E2 Wire blog (11/26)      UN body focus of unprecedented battle over Internet World powers are on a collision course over Internet governance ahead of next week's conference of the United Nations International Telecommunications Union. Some countries with authoritarian governments are seeking to exert greater control over Internet content and structure, whereas the U.S., Google and others are pushing to preserve the decentralized governance system of private companies and nonprofit groups. Reuters (11/27), The Wall Street Journal (11/25)      Other News Ban on female genital mutilation advanced at UN The Guardian (London)/The Associated Press (11/27)      Djibouti ambassador to challenge Bokova for UNESCO post SciDev.net (11/23)      UN panel urges Myanmar protection of Rohingya minority Reuters (11/26)      UN Foundation's Wirth to leave presidency, remain on board The Denver Post (11/26)      Rethinking what makes a man Asian civil society activists, stymied in efforts to break the cycle of violence by men against women and children, are trying to alter people's perceptions about what it means to be a man. Their efforts also include changing the belief that gender violence is a woman's issue. "These are generational changes, but we do need to plant the seeds," says James Lang, program coordinator for Partners for Prevention, a United Nations interagency effort focused on ending gender-based violence. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (11/25)      Report: Require polio vaccination in 3 countries before foreign travel A report from the monitoring board of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative suggests that people from Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan must prove they have been vaccinated before being allowed to leave the polio-endemic countries. BBC (11/26)      Booming Amazon cities are spurring deforestation Industry and urban sprawl are gobbling up tracts of the Amazon rain forest in Brazil, contributing to deforestation and carbon emissions. Observers say recent gains against deforestation could be reversed by the booming Amazon population, which is closing in on 25 million. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (11/24)      Other News Gates teams with Nigeria's Dangote to stamp out polio in Kano state The Times (Johannesburg)/Sapa-AFP (11/27)      Pluses and minuses: Big business and small-scale farmers in Africa The Guardian (London)/Poverty Matters blog (11/23)      Turning algae into fuel -- and profit An Austrian company is harvesting ethanol from genetically modified algae. Matthew Wald examines efforts by SEE Algae Technology to make a profit on the technology, which could be a solution for countries seeking to curb global warming by monetizing carbon emissions. The New York Times (tiered subscription model)/Green blog (11/23)        Other News Qatar, tops in per capita carbon emissions, defends climate-talks venue AlertNet/Reuters (11/26)      Nuclear power in vogue in India Spiegel Online (Germany) (11/23)      U.S. jumps to seventh-most-affected country by climate change AlertNet (11/27)      Calderon says Mexican drug trade here to stay The bloody six-year campaign to break the stranglehold of organized crime in Mexico has essentially reached a stalemate, with outgoing President Felipe Calderon saying there is no way to end the drug trade. President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto said he plans to downsize the federal police, which have been leading Calderon's efforts to take on transnational crime organizations. The Washington Post (11/26), The Washington Post/WorldViews blog (11/25), Los Angeles Times (tiered subscription model) (11/27)      Other News Egypt's Morsi may be rolling back bid to disempower judiciary The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (11/26)      Murders plummet in El Salvador after gang truce BBC (11/20)      Hatred against Somalis is on the rise in Kenya Al-Jazeera/Africa blog (11/20)      Stephen Curry shoots threes to save lives Golden State Warriors basketball player Stephen Curry tips off his Three for Three Challenge this holiday season by donating three life-saving bed nets for every three-pointer he makes this season to Nothing But Nets. Learn more.      Position Title Company Name Location Deployment Coordinator (Security Risk) RedR Australia Melbourne, Australia Click here to view more job listings.   Get more involved: Follow the UN Foundation on Twitter Key Sites United Nations Secretary-General UN News Centre Key UN Bodies, Agencies, Funds and Programs UN Foundation UN Dispatch The Interdependent UN Radio News Service Thawing permafrost expected to cause significant additional global warming: UNEP UN Radio   This SmartBrief was created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com   Subscriber Tools       Update account information | Change e-mail address | Unsubscribe | Print friendly format | Web version | Search past news | Archive | Privacy policy Grab our News Widget Advertise With Us Amy DiElsi Director for UN Foundation Communications United Nations Foundation 1800 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036 (D) 202-419-3230 (C) 202-492-3078 (F) 202-887-9021 www.unfoundation.org   About UN WIRE UN Wire is a free service sponsored by the United Nations Foundation which is dedicated to supporting the United Nations' efforts to address the most pressing humanitarian, socioeconomic and environmental challenges facing the world today. 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