Category: Business
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Carbon markets could boost climate action in least developed countries
While carbon markets have played a limited role in boosting sustainable development for the world’s least developed economies, a new report from UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) shows that stronger domestic laws, regulations, and monitoring could pay big dividends.
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World Urban Forum: The search for solutions to the global housing crisis moves to Cairo
As the world’s population moves inexorably and rapidly to ever larger cities, how can we make sure that urban environments are sustainable and safe for their citizens? These questions and more will be tackled at the twelfth edition of the World Urban Forum.
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In Antigua, island youth build ‘wall of commitment’ to turn tide against climate crisis
It may be built out of recyclable cardboard boxes, but when world leaders officially open the Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) on Monday, one of the manifestations of young people’s hopes for a better future that will greet them is a solid “wall of commitment” imploring them to take more action…
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‘All hands on deck’ in Antigua and Barbuda as small island States chart course to resilient prosperity
Leaders from small island developing States worldwide will converge on the shores of Antigua and Barbuda in the Caribbean this weekend to deliver a bold new plan of action to build resilience on the road to the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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INTERVIEW: Developing countries risk missing out on net-zero benefits, but fairer future is possible
Inflation fears are subsiding, the “net-zero transition” to a clean economy could spell good news with the right policies in place and we are still dealing with a “COVID hangover”, according to the UN Department for Economic and Social Affairs (DESA).
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UN forum in Bahrain closes with calls to support women entrepreneurs in conflict areas
The bi-annual UN forum on entrepreneurship and innovation wrapped up its work in Bahrain on Thursday focusing on women entrepreneurs from conflict zones, who stressed the importance of investing in their activities as a means of building peace, security, and stability in their communities.
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China-based inventors lead on global GenAI patents: UN report
China-based inventors are filing the highest number of generative artificial intelligence patents, a new report from the UN World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) shows.
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‘Trust and respect’ feeds interfaith rice growing success in the Philippines
Trust built on decades of respect for religion has fertilized the seeds of success for two communities, one Muslim the other Christian, which have joined together to build a successful rice growing cooperative in the Philippines.
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Global foreign investment declines for second year as geopolitical tensions rise, UN trade body reports
Foreign direct investment (FDI) fell by two per cent to $1.3 trillion in 2023 amid global economic slowdown and rising geopolitical tensions, according to a report released on Thursday by the UN trade and development body, UNCTAD.