Environment

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Tourism can play a key role in tackling climate change – UN-backed report

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The tourism sector contributes around 5 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

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Thailand Flooding Threatens World Heritage Site

Floods in Thailand have killed more than 200 people, destroyed farmland, and forced thousands to evacuate low-lying areas near rivers. Surging waters are now threatening a United Nations World Heritage site in the ancient city of Ayutthaya, which officials worry could suffer permanent damage.

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Indian Ocean tsunami to be re-enacted for test of UN-backed warning system

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The town of Mullaitivu in northeastern Sri Lanka was ravaged by the tsunami of 26 December 2004.

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Proper water management vital to green economy, UN water group says

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Investments in water sector could pay huge dividends for human health and food security.

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Global cereal production forecast to rise, but food insecurity to continue – UN

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Items from the heavens to the seas admitted to UN world memory register

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This manuscript from Tbilisi, Georgia, is one of seven additions to the Memory of the World Register

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Energy and green issues the focus for Ban’s visit to Norway, Denmark and Sweden

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

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Guidelines to prevent ‘land grabbing’ crucial for food security, UN expert warns

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Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food Olivier de Schutter

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Cities on the frontline of global fight against climate change, UN officials warn

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Venezuela to invest $45 bn to build, maintain refineries

State-owned Petroleos de Venezuela SA said it plans to invest $45 billion this decade to maintain its domestic refinery network in the country and build other crude-processing facilities.