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But in the years since, progress has been so slow that even some of the world's most well-known environmentalists are now calling for a rethink, the New York Times reports.
"It's time for the international community to wake up to the fact that climate change is real, it's happening, and it's not going to go away," said Evangeline Lilly, the Oscar-winning actress and executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.
"It's not going to go away, and it's not going to go away for good," she said last week in Bangkok, Thailand, where she's taking part in the 10th Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development.
The forum, organized by the UN's Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, aims to chart the region's path toward the goals, which include reducing greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate the effects of global warming, providing access to safe drinking water, and improving the lives of the planet's poorest people, among other things.
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Parents who use an AI tool to flag potential developmental delays in their children may be surprised to learn their pediatricians aren't as concerned.
Researchers at Cohen Children's Medical...more
If you've got a strong work ethic and the ability to work nights and weekends, a warehouse job might be just what you're looking for.
The Children's Place, a children's clothing and gear company...more
There's a "revolutionary innovation" in education that could make it a lot easier for parents to track their kids' progress, according to a post at Education Week.
Permanent Education Numbers, or...more
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are using virtual reality to help them cope with the devastation of last year's war, the New York Times reports.
A Palestinian man named Musaab Ali has created a...more
A new app called Slumber Stories uses artificial intelligence to help parents write bedtime stories for their kids, TechCrunch reports.
The app tells stories based on a child's interests,...more
If you're an electric car driver in the UK, you're in for a treat: A team of students from the University of Bristol and a company called Roadchef have come up with ideas for a "service station of...more
If you're an electric car driver in the UK, you're in for a treat: A team of students from the University of Bristol and a company called Roadchef have come up with ideas for a "service station of...more
If you've got a kid who's into entrepreneurship, you may want to consider raising him or her in an " entrepreneurial household."
That's according to Aaron Ramon Miller, who owns a contracting...more
An Arizona military base has opened a $1 million innovation lab where kids can learn about 3D printing, virtual reality, and more, the Arizona Republic reports.
"It's important that we allow our...more
"Our yearlong, prospective study done in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that benefits of vaccinating NICU patients against rotavirus outweigh risks,"...more
John Converse Townsend, a Forbes contributor, shares what can the private sector do for a social enterprise. He encourages social enterprises to reach out to corporations for help to scale up their businesses.