#pandemics 新闻
Global solutions are needed to tackle most of the challenges the world faces in the 21st century, said Dr Jeremy Farrar. The United States is a scientific and research superpower and to have it not contributing in the same way now is everybody’s loss, he cautioned.
Climate change is creating “new vulnerabilities” for pandemics, according to new research.
Hunger has, on average, fallen worldwide after hitting 15-year highs in 2021 and 2022.
The former UNDP administrator warns that the world is facing a moment of profound disruption and calls for renewed investment into multilateralism and development as he reflects on his eight-year tenure.
#pandemics 观点
Hepatitis C treatment is no longer prohibitively expensive in the Global South because Malaysia, Thailand, Egypt and the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative developed ravidasvir – a low-cost antiviral. Such breakthroughs are possible for other neglected diseases if low- and middle-income countries agree to act collectively.
Donald Trump’s decision to pull the US out of the World Health Organisation will serve to propel China.
The current pace of renewable-energy adoption still falls short of what it will take to hit the Paris agreement’s mid-century net-zero targets, and to meet the immediate development needs of those living in energy poverty.
Road emissions are the leading contributor to transport emissions across the Indo-Pacific, surpassing those from shipping and aviation.
#pandemics 视频
The origin of Covid-19 is believed to be a market selling live wild animals. Eco-Business asked Anbarasi Boopal of Singapore-based animal welfare charity Acres about the link between the exploitation of animals and pandemics, and what can be done to curb the illegal wildlife trade.
#pandemics 新闻发布稿
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Asia-Pacific region to chart bold path for migration governance
Singapore International Foundation (SIF)
Singapore International Foundation announces first project of its Southeast Asia Partnership for Adaptation through Water (SEAPAW) in East Malaysia
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
1.1 billion people live in multidimensional poverty, nearly half live in conflict settings
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Global labour income share declines putting upward pressure on inequality
#pandemics 研究
Eco-Business, supported by Boehringer Ingelheim
Moving towards a rabies-free Southeast Asia
Wunderman Thompson
Wunderman Thompson launches regeneration rising: Sustainable futures
WWF-Singapore
The business case for a UN treaty on plastic pollution
