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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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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
For nearly a decade, UNICEF has been working with women in the Ivory Coast to turn their plastic waste into bricks that can be used to build new schools.
Now, the charity says, 383 classrooms...more
Alcona County in Michigan's Upper Peninsula is known as a " childcare desert," with a low number of providers and a high number of kids needing care, reports the Alpena Montmorency Alcona...more
A new report from the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child calls for a "significant shift in the way we conceive, and evaluate policies and programs" in order to "increase the effects...more
The demand for high-quality, cost-effective outpatient imaging services is greater than ever and will continue to grow, Nilesh Rajadhyax says.
The Atlanta-based MedQuest Associates, which...more
The San Francisco Bay Area is home to some of the world's most cutting-edge tech companies, and the Innovation Tri-Valley Leadership Group is throwing its annual GameChanger Awards on Thursday,...more
When Hannah Davis traveled to China to teach English, she noticed how Chinese workers and farmers were often sporting olive green army-style shoes. Those shoes served as her inspiration to create her own social enterprise, Bangs Shoes.