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Human Development Report 2020: The next frontier - Human development and the Anthropocene Format Broken societies put people and planet on collision course, says UNDP An experimental global index offers a new measurement of human progress that illustrates the challenge of tackling poverty and inequality while easing planetary pressure 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 n...

Posted on 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 leaders – take bold steps to reduce the immense pressure that is being exerted on the ...

A new report by the United Nations warns further human development will require us working with and not against nature. In the 2020 Human Development Report, researchers concluded that unless world leaders make the right choices now, humanity will face a future of multiple crises - reversing gains made in recent decades in health, education, social freedom and combating poverty. Speaking to Euronews, Pedro Conceição, Director at the Human Development Report Office and lead author of the repor...

Ringo Chiu / AFP via Getty Images Originally published on December 15, 2020 5:15 pm "Warning lights — for our societies and the planet — are flashing red." Thats according to a new report from the United Nations Development Programme. The report notes that COVID-19 has thrived "in the cracks in societies, exploiting and exacerbating myriad inequalities in human development." While the pandemic has dominated much of the worlds attention in 2020, the report notes that existing crises co...

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AMES — Iowa State University announces scholarships awarded by the College of Human Sciences and its academic units to students for the 2020-21 academic year. Paige Harberts, a Child, Adult, and Family Services major from Denver, received the Naheel Jeries Scholarship and the Helen Green Grieve Scholarship. Grace Hoins, an Event Management major from Waverly, received the Lane Wells--Human Sciences and the Marjorie McKinley Memorial Fund. Hannah Johnson, a Family and Consumer Science Educa...

The next frontier of human development - the shared fate of people and planet 15th Dec 2020    |    Source: UNDP This week, Ghana joins the rest of the world in launching a landmark report that shapes the new frontier in global human development. It recognizes that for the first time in a relationship spanning 300,000 years, instead of the planet shaping humanity, humanity is shaping the planet. This latest UNDP Human Development Report, titled “The Next Frontier: Human Development an...

December 7, 2020 Ready for success Several outstanding graduates have thrived at WMU by finding support in pursuing their career aspriations and purpose. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University will grant more than 1,400 degrees to students during virtual commencement ceremonies Saturday, Dec. 19. On that date, visit the commencement website for a link to watch programs throughout the day for the Universitys seven colleges and WMUx. There will more than 1,000 degrees awarded at the bac...

UN: without climate action, human progress will stall Great schools and hospitals not enough to win rich countries top rankings in development index as climate effect added for first time Signs from Fridays for Future movement in Berlin, Germany. Ten cities joined New York and London in committing to divest from fossil fuel companies as part of efforts to combat climate change. AP Climate activists march in an attempt to occupy the Garzweiler open-cast coal mine and nearby gas infrastructure on...

Manpower Ministry launches employment unit for differently-abled 15th December 2020 Guests listen to a virtual speech delivered by Minister of Manpower, Ida Fauziyah, at the launch of a Service Unit for the Disabled in Employment in Jakarta on Tuesday (December 15, 2020). (ANTARA/Prisca Triferna) Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Ministry of Manpower has launched a Service Unit for the Disabled in Employment as part of the governments “concrete commitment” towards ensuring the rights of...