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Germany, UK only rich nations reaching towards UN goals to end poverty, inequality
2016-07-14 00:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Most of the world's richest countries failed to earn top marks on their progress toward reaching the United Nations' goals to end poverty and inequality, with only Germany and the United Kingdom in the top ten, according to a list published on Thursday. The United States ranked 25th on the index of 149 countries, scoring poorly on promoting clean energy and fighting inequality and climate change, said the ranking by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network and Bertelsmann Stiftung, a German...
Ranking shows rich nations not leading way to end poverty, inequality
2016-07-13 23:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: On an unseasonably cold day, a homeless person tries to stay warm at the entrance of a subway station near the White House in Washington January 20, 2016. About our Humanitarian coverage Poor scores for rich countries on promoting clean energy, fighting inequality and climate change, with only Germany and UK in top 10 Most of the world's richest countries failed to earn top marks on their progress toward reaching the United Nations' goals to end poverty and inequality, with only Germany and...
Them and Us, a Metaphor for Urban Inequality
2016-06-08 01:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: For the inhabitants of "Bajo Autopista" (Under the Freeway), a slum built under an expressway in the Argentine capital, "they" are the people who live in areas with everything that is denied to "us" - a simple definition of social inclusion and a metaphor for urban inequality. Karina Ros' roof is the Illia freeway, one of the main accesses to Buenos Aires. The shantytown is at the edge of Villas 31 and 31 Bis, where some 60,000 people live just a few metres away from El Retiro, one of the poshest...
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VIDEO: 'Sometimes we stop noticing inequality'
2016-06-03 14:32:55| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
As Ireland takes steps towards recognising pivotal women in history, Colm O'Regan draws parallels with the visibility of women in other parts of the world.
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On one Havana street, gentrification exposes old inequality
2016-04-16 18:47:00| Real Estate - Topix.net
" Halfway down Calle Habana, a crumbling two-story colonial building is being painstakingly restored by a Cuban-American businessman who fled as a child after the 1959 revolution. On the corner, brightly colored paintings hang in a home now converted into a chic art gallery.
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