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HIV infections could rise due to climate change, experts raise concern at COP29
1 month ago

HIV infections could rise due to climate change, experts raise concern at COP29

India Today  

The ongoing climate crisis could disrupt HIV services and worsen risks for vulnerable populations, according to a new report by UNAIDS and the UN Development Programme. The report highlights how climate change intensifies challenges like public health infrastructure erosion, food insecurity, water scarcity, and mass displacement, factors that can increase new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths, a UNDP press release …

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Financing critical for transitioning to a net-positive future
7 months ago

Financing critical for transitioning to a net-positive future

China Daily  

The file photo shows a wind power plant in Zhangjiakou, North China's Hebei province. With densely populated coasts, heavy dependence on agriculture, poverty that still afflicts millions, and temperatures rising twice as fast as the global average, this is the most vulnerable region to climate change.iii Between 2000 and 2023, over 1600 floods devastated the Asia Pacific region, killing more …

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Only 12% of Sustainable Development Goals targets are on track: Haoliang Xu, Assistant Secretary General of UNDP
1 year, 6 months ago

Only 12% of Sustainable Development Goals targets are on track: Haoliang Xu, Assistant Secretary General of UNDP

The Hindu  

Most of the Sustainable Development Goals are not on track, said a senior official of the UN Development Programme here on Wednesday. Speaking to The Hindu in an exclusive interview Haoliang Xu, Assistant Secretary General of UNDP, who represented the organisation at the G20 Development Ministers’ Meeting in Varanasi said access to concrete measures like finance and technology should be …

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Global Watch | China Chronicles: How China is ‘hijacking’ the global institutions
1 year, 7 months ago

Global Watch | China Chronicles: How China is ‘hijacking’ the global institutions

Firstpost  

Over the last five decades, China has systematically infiltrated not only the various bodies of the United Nations but also several other global institutions. Hanqin Xue, Judge of the International Court of Justice : According to ICJ’s official website, she has been “member of the court since 29 June 2010; re-elected as from 6 February 2012 and as from 6 …

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Welfare measures shielded people from inflation impact: Nirmala Sitharaman
2 years, 5 months ago

Welfare measures shielded people from inflation impact: Nirmala Sitharaman

Live Mint  

The welfare measures announced by the Central government—food security measures and cash transfers—have been effective in shielding the vulnerable sections of the society from the inflation impact, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday citing a United Nations Development Programme report on inflation-led poverty. The report named India, the US, France, Japan and China among the countries that had low …

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Inflation impact on India’s poor negligible, says FM citing UNDP report
2 years, 5 months ago

Inflation impact on India’s poor negligible, says FM citing UNDP report

The Hindu  

The impact of inflation on India’s poor would be negligible as per a United Nations Development Programme report on ‘Addressing the Cost of Living Crisis in Developing Countries’, which also looked at the ripple effects of the Russia-Ukraine war such as energy and food market disruptions. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman cited the UNDP’s conclusions in the report to emphasise that …

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Industrial Securities, UNDP cooperate on sustainable financial investment
3 years, 3 months ago

Industrial Securities, UNDP cooperate on sustainable financial investment

China Daily  

chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-09-24 Industrial Securities and United Nations Development Programme in China sign a strategic agreement recently to cooperate on sustainable development in financial areas. Industrial Securities and the United Nations Development Programme's representative office in China signed a strategic agreement recently to bolster sustainable development in financial areas. According to the agreement, both Industrial Securities and UNDP will …

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