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Code red: UN calls for urgent shift to planet-friendly development 212 A United Nations logo is seen on a glass door in the Assembly Building at the United Nations headquarters in New York City September 18, 2015. Reuters photographer Mike Segar documented quieter moments at the famed 18-acre headquarters on Manhattans East Side. The U.N., established as the successor to the failed League of Nations after World War Two to prevent a similar conflict from occurring again, attracts more than a mi...

UAE ranked first in Arab world in Human Development Report 2020 Wam/Dubai (Wam) The Human Development Index (HDI) measures life expectancy, education and per-capita income indicators. The UAE has been ranked first in the Arab world in the Human Development Report 2020 issued by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), advancing by four positions from last year’s report and ranking 31st globally out of a total of 189 countries. The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistic composite...

Date Time Broken societies put people and planet on collision course, says UNDP New York – The COVID-19 pandemic is the latest crisis facing the world, but unless humans release their grip on nature, it won’t be the last, according to a new report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), which includes a new experimental index on human progress that takes into account countries’ carbon dioxide emissions and material footprint. The report lays out a stark choice for world leader...

Bahrain moves up in human development index MANAMA, December 15, 2020 Bahrain has moved up on the Human Development Index to rank 42nd globally in 2019, three positions better than its 45th ranking in 2018.   According to the new report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Bahrain has maintained its position in the “very high human development” category of the index, based on its average income, education, and health metrics, a Bahrain News Agency report said.   The Ki...

Pakistan ranks 154th on UNs Human Development Index Rankings are measured by health, education, living standard, nation’s carbon dioxide emissions and material footprint APP December 15, 2020 Pakistan would soon move to a path of poverty reduction and improvement in other socio-economic indices, Dar says. PHOTO: REUTERS Pakistan was ranked 154th among 189 countries on UN’s Human Development Index (HDI) 2020 rankings. The HDI rankings are are measured by combining indicators of health, ed...

UNDP launch the 30th Anniversary Human Development Report: the unprecedented turning point of the ‘Age of Humans’ Published on 11 December 2020 On Tuesday 15 December, the 2020 Human Development report will be published by the UNDP on ‘Widening horizons for people and planet: human development and the Anthropocene’. It considers the current era as the next frontier for human development where instead of the planet shaping humans, humans are reshaping ...