Longer dry seasons & lower than average/erratic rainfall are feeding drought conditions in Cambodia. The impacts are serious for subsistence farmers, whose livlelihoods and food security depend on consistent rainfall.
In 2004, 480,000+ ha. crops were destroyed due to drought; in 2018, drought affected 52,000+ people and 96,929 ha. Such events can be exacerbated by the El Nino Soutehrn Oscillation.
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a diverse group of infectious diseases that affect more than one billion people in 149 countries with millions of others at risk. The official list of NTDs prepared by the World Health Organization (WHO) currently consists of 17 infectious diseases that prevail in tropical and subtropical conditions.
This project investigates the implementation and operation of the National Minimum Wage Act, 9 of 2018 through a qualitative small-scale study of the domestic work and garment sectors in South Africa. The broad research aims are to understand how labour laws apply in informal workplace settings (or spaces where labour law does not commonly operate), and the processes and strategies used by workers and other relevant stakeholders in achieving improved working conditions.
Antibiotics are life savers in the field of bacterial infectious diseases. However, several bacterial species are developing resistance against antibiotics, rendering an increasing threat to today’s clinical settings and public health. Beta-lactam antibiotics are one of the most prescribed drugs for treating a variety of bacterial infections. Bacteria produces beta-lactamase enzymes in order to inhibit beta-lactam antibiotics.
The dramatic reduction of HIV/AIDS infections in the 1990s placed Uganda at the global helm of fighting the dread epidemic by far. Today, however, the epidemic landscape has greatly changed, and HIV infections are on the rise again especially among young people.
Plastic pollution is a major problem all across Asia.
UNEP and partners have been working through the CounterMEASURE project to determine the sources of plastic pollution in the Mekong and Ganges rivers using a novel combination of technologies, including drones, GIS and machine learning. With this information, we are able to recommend measures that can be taken to beat plastic pollution.
The scope of this study is pollution from marine plastic in Southeast Asia and East Asia, with a focus on the 13 member states of ASEAN+3: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, The Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam (Vietnam), plus The People's Republic of China (China), Japan and The Republic of Korea (RO Korea) The objective is to provide a comprehensive review of the current knowledge and scientific research on pollution from marine plastics in ASEAN+3, as well as the approaches and work streams on this topic by internat
This upcoming session of the #Youth4ClimateLive Series - Driving Youth Action will facilitate an intergenerational and interactive virtual conversation between policy makers and unstoppable youth at the forefront of creative climate action. This is the third in a series of monthly events hosted by the Italian Ministry of the Environment in collaboration with Connect4Climate – World Bank Group and the office of the UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth.
Nature Provides us with examples of peace, love and compassion which could be an inspiration for peace education. This workshop is an open platform for discussing the inspiration of peace from nature and leveraging it for Education.
Peace education workshop brings dialogue at its core for appreciating and understanding the importance of harnessing this powerful mantra for a sustainable future.
The workshop would be useful for anyone interested or connected with the peace,education and sustainability sector.
This publication adapts, updates and expands the content of the e-learning course “Strengthening stakeholder engagement for the implementation and review of the 2030 Agenda”, which was developed by the Division for Sustainable Development Goals (DSDG) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR).