The Arab country’s Human Development Index increased by an average of 1.25% per year in the last 20 years, the highest rate among Black African nations.
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The capital of the United Arab Emirates will receive politicians, government officials and researchers to discuss the exchange of information on climate change.
The country is a growing supplier of humanitarian aid around the world, according to the Doctors Without Borders non-governmental organization. The NGO’s main projects are in Somalia.
Poverty in the region has declined by 17 percentage points in ten years, according to an Eclac survey. The rate dropped from 48.4% to 31.4%.
UN launches its “The future we want” campaign for the Rio+20 Conference, which will discuss sustainable development in Rio in 2012. The objective is to get society involved in the debate.
Environmental and developmental policies will be integrated as part of the Brazilian Action Plan for Sustainable Production and Consumption.
UN claims that some nations progress more slowly than others, but should at least attain one of the targets set for 2015.
Latin American and Caribbean countries have a meeting scheduled to start next Wednesday in order to define common positions for Rio+20, the UN’s conference on sustainability due in 2012 in Rio.
Shoe part manufacturer Group Amazonas launches its own sandal brand, Amazonas Sandals, based on the notion of sustainability and focusing on the foreign market.
At the UN’s conference on sustainability, due next year in Rio, Brazil is going to speak for public policies that protect the environment and social inclusion.
The country may be a global player in the transition from traditional to sustainable economy. Green energy and biodiversity are contributing factors, claim specialists attending the Ethos conference.
Rio de Janeiro-based company Lemnos Metais will invest US$ 20.8 million in a processing unit for recyclable aluminium, copper and plastic residue in the city of Sarzedo, in the state of Minas Gerais.
The French Development Agency will grant 100.3 million euros to a solar plant in Morocco. Part of the money, 300,000 euros, will be granted as a subsidy.
Federal expenses with social policies totalled US$ 345.3 billion in 2009, 146% growth over 1995, when they were US$ 140 billion, according to an Institute of Applied Economic Research study.
