Mental, neurological, and substance use (MNS) disorders are highly prevalent and are responsible for 14% of the global burden of disease expressed in disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). The resources that have been provided in countries to tackle the huge burden are insufficient, inequitably distributed, and inefficiently used, which results in a large majority of people with these disorders receiving no care at all. Even when available, treatment and care often is neither evidence-based nor of high quality.

When extreme weather strikes, somebody, somewhere always asks about a link to climate change. It's time we gave straight answers.

A claim that global warming caused the 2010 Russian heatwave could bring closer the day when climate victims can sue oil firms.

New Delhi: In a pointer to recession easing in the West, greenhouse gas emissions from developed countries have begun rising again since 2009.

The World Bank has ranked India at 8th position in South-East Asia for starting any business whereas Afghanistan stands first, Sri Lanka second, Maldives third, Bhutan fourth, Bangladesh fifth, Pak

After smart phones and smart cars, here come smart cities. They will generate their own power and not pollute at all. They will use automation intelligently and intensely.

This year's Human Development Report focuses on the challenge of sustainable and equitable progress and calls for addressing them together. It identifies policies that could spur mutually reinforcing progress towards these interlinked goals.

 

The World Bank and the TAFS (Trust in Animals and Food Safety) forum have jointly published the 'World Livestock Disease Atlas'.

This Annual Report of the carbonn Cities Climate Registry (cCCR) presented to the 17th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC, the UN Climate Secretariat and the global climate community assembled in Durban, reflects the determination of cities worldwide to pursue their climate policies and actions with transparency and accountability.

The FAO Disaster Risk Reduction for Food and Nutrition Security Framework Programme aims to provide strategic direction to the implementation of disaster risk reduction measures in member countries across the agricultural-related sectors — in line with the Hyogo Framework for Action and its five priorities for action.

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