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Is the world heading towards Doomsday?
Posted Thu, 18 Oct 2012 13:22:00 GMT by Michael EvansAs the population of the world slowly becomes more prosperous, earlier forecasts of enormous rises in population are being revised. The risk of a breakdown of society due to overcrowding is no longer seen to be so significant, but the problem still remains that by 2050, according to best estimates, there will be an additional 2 billion mouths to feed.
Is the world heading towards Doomsday?
The International Day of Rural Women - 15th October
Posted Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:01:00 GMT by Michael EvansWomen are the backbone of rural society and the International Day of Rural Women recognises the contribution they make to the enhancement of agricultural and rural development, the improvement of of food security and the eradication of rural poverty.
The International Day of Rural Women - 15th October
World Teachers' Day
Posted Sun, 07 Oct 2012 09:34:10 GMT by Michael EvansThe theme for 2012 World Teachers' Day was 'Take a Stand for Teachers'. If the UN Millennium Goal to achieve Universal Primary Education by 2015 is to be achieved, an additional 1.7 million additional teaching posts will be required worldwide. Taking account of the 5.1 million teachers who are expected to leave the profession by then, this means around 6.8 million additional teachers will be required to meet the UN target. Teachers are currently under-valued, but their contribution to society is vital.
World Teachers' Day
After the Big Melt: The Big Rush to Exploit the Arctic
Posted Mon, 01 Oct 2012 13:19:00 GMT by Martin LeggettThe clock towards a sea-ice free Arctic is ticking ever more rapidly. And just as quickly, oil and gas companies are rushing to the region to grab newly-exposed resources. That has many environmentalists worried about the threat of spills in this pristine wilderness - and the reckless gamble with a climate change shock.
After the Big Melt: The Big Rush to Exploit the Arctic
United Nations International Day of Peace
Posted Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:01:00 GMT by Michael EvansThe message for world Peace Day 2012 is 'Sustainable Peace for a Sustainable World'. A sustainable future for the world is dependent on sustainable peace and sustainable peace must be built on sustainable development.
United Nations International Day of Peace
EU judges wrong-footed as GM worries grow
Posted Fri, 14 Sep 2012 21:58:54 GMT by Martin LeggettThe EU's Court of Justice dealt a blow against Europe's continued resistance to GM foods last week, saying that member nations could no longer ban approved crops. But while that is opening the continent up the the controversial crop technology, evidence is mounting the GM crops are both dangerous and increasingly ineffective.
EU judges wrong-footed as GM worries grow
Facebook gets the vote out
Posted Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:00:00 GMT by Adrian BishopThe influence of Friends on social networking site Facebook and peer pressure can encourage millions more people to vote, says a new study.
Facebook gets the vote out
International Literacy Day - 8th September
Posted Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:31:39 GMT by Michael EvansLiteracy and Peace is the theme of International Literacy Day 2012. Literacy is a means of personal liberation that provides individuals with a method of developing faculties to improve their economic status and general well-being. One is five of the world's adults is illiterate and two-thirds of these are women.
International Literacy Day - 8th September
Remembering the Slave Trade and its Abolition
Posted Wed, 22 Aug 2012 20:25:51 GMT by Michael EvansA day to remember the 12 to 15 million Africans who were forcibly transported to the Americas to work as slaves between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, those who died without even reaching their destination and the growth of opposition that resulted in the slave trade's abolition.
Remembering the Slave Trade and its Abolition
International Youth Day 2012
Posted Sun, 12 Aug 2012 12:23:19 GMT by Michael EvansHalf the world's population is under 25 and in the words of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, ''Investments made in young people will pay better dividends for all.''
International Youth Day 2012
International Day of the World's Indigenous People
Posted Thu, 09 Aug 2012 00:01:00 GMT by Michael EvansCelebrating Indigenous Peoples on August 9th. The 2012 theme is to make use of the media to give a voice to the indigenous peoples of the world in order that their cultures and values might be celebrated.
International Day of the World's Indigenous People
Nelson Mandela International Day 2012
Posted Wed, 18 Jul 2012 00:01:00 GMT by Michael EvansNelson Mandela devoted 67 years of his lifeto the service of humanity. He was a human rights lawyer, an international peacemaker and a prisoner for 27 years. He went on to become the first democratically elected president of a free South Africa. Each year 18th July, his birthday, is celebrated as Nelson Mandela International Day.
Nelson Mandela International Day 2012
World Population Day 2012
Posted Wed, 11 Jul 2012 00:01:00 GMT by Michael EvansThe population of the world is rising and has now reached 7 billion. Within 34 years it is expected to reach 9 billion. There are fears that the world's resources will be insufficient to feed this number of people. There is a need for the major players in the world to agree on a united policy to deal with this growing problem, but agreement seems to be impossible to achieve.
World Population Day 2012
Atlantic whale sanctuary hopes dashed at IWC
Posted Fri, 06 Jul 2012 10:19:40 GMT by Martin LeggettThe ritual conflict between pro-whale and anti-whale factions at the International Whaling Commission came to Panama this week, with plans for a South Atlantic Whale Sanctuary dismissed by the minority whaling club. While South Korea threatens to join Japan in conducting 'scientific whaling', the efforts to save the whale now seem to be happening well away from the IWC spats.
Atlantic whale sanctuary hopes dashed at IWC
Mixed data in latest UK Environmental Accounts
Posted Wed, 27 Jun 2012 12:27:57 GMT by Adrian BishopThe UK Environmental Accounts for 2012 have just been published. The latest UK environment data shows a mixed picture, with greenhouse gas and energy consumption rising and use of renewable energy and spending on environmental protection rising.
Mixed data in latest UK Environmental Accounts
United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
Posted Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:00:00 GMT by Michael Evans64 Years after the UN Declaration that no one should be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Amnisty International reports that torture and severe beatings still take place in more than half of the world's states.
United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
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