Topic: United Nations
UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned Thursday that failing to act to halt the global economic crisis could lead to widespread social unrest and failed states, ahead of the G20 crisis summit here. "What began as a financial crisis has become a global ...
A G20 summit next week will test leading countries' appetite to fight climate change after spending trillions bailing out banks and shoring up the global economy.. The April 2 meeting in London of leaders of major developed and emerging economies aims to ...
Asia and the Pacific face a " marked risk" of social unrest as the global financial crisis bites, but the region continues to lead international prospects for recovery, a UN survey said Thursday.The annual survey said that the region faces multiple layers ...
Four international agencies on Wednesday urged the motor industry and governments to adopt global fuel economy targets that would cut automotive greenhouse emissions by half by 2050.The UN Environment Programme (UNEP), International Energy Agency, International Transport Forum and motoring's FIA Foundation said ...
UN agency warns global economic crisis may cause social unrestThe global financial crisis is generating increasing social unrest, the head of the International Labor Organization warned Tuesday. "I sense a huge popular frustration brewing," the U.N. agency's chief Juan Somavia said.He said ...
LAST year's food crisis, which left the world's poorest people struggling to buy food, is far from over. Compared with the record highs reached last year, food prices have dropped by around 30 per cent. Agriculture ministers from 95 countries who met ...
Business should use the global downturn to forge ahead with green technologies that will save hard pressed firms money as well as the planet, a U.N. environment agency said on Thursday.. Proven and commercially available technologies can cut buildings' energy use by ...
UN downgrades forecast for 2009, predicts zero world growthThe world economy is heading for zero growth in 2009 as a deepening recession in rich countries slows the sale of consumer goods and raw materials from developing nations, the United Nations said Tuesday.The ...
UN agency says poverty dropped slightly in Latin AmericaA United Nations agency says poverty in Latin America stands at 33 percent, down from 34 percent a year earlier.Tuesday's report by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean says that the ...
Initial claims for unemployment insurance jumped to 516K from last week's 484K (revised up from 481K). In short, when the November jobs report comes out in early December I expect it to be much worse than the November report. Even Wal-Mart Stores ...
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