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The report of the United Nations Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability.

David Fogarty

SINGAPORE, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Extreme heat can cause wheat crops to age faster and reduce yields, a U.S.-led study shows, underscoring the challenge of feeding a rapidly growing population as the world warms.

MANILA, 31 January 2012 (IRIN) - The Philippine government has made geo-hazard maps, which outline areas prone to natural disasters, publicly available in a bid to reduce vulnerability at community level.

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The past century has been defined by an epic migration of people from rural areas to the city. In 2008, for the first time in history, more of the Earth's population was living in cities than in the countryside. The U.N.

Gene banks represent an overdue push to preserve crop biodiversity. It also needs conserving on farms

Samuel Nota

As efforts to combat rising emissions fail, the focus is shifting to preparing for inevitable change, in rich countries as well as poor.

Fiona Harvey

OECD report says pollution will become biggest cause of premature death, killing an estimated 3.6 million people a year by 2050

Gareth van Zyl

 Super-high-resolution digital satellite photography is being used by researchers to help fight Malaria in Africa.

Millennium development goals: Two down, six to go

The United Nations has met two of its eight development goals, well ahead of the 2015 deadline. Six goals are left.

UNITED NATIONS — The world’s nations achieved a U.N. goal of cutting in half the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water five years ahead of the 2015 target, the United Nations announced Tuesday.