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17 May 2012
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Let’s Net - Preparation Is Key

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World Food Programme

"Good morning, its 6:30am; time to get up". Another day at the Ecole Nationale de la Protection Civile (National School for Civil Protection) in Schimpach, Luxembourg has just started. We're here for the Let's Net training with a group of 11 participants who will become Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) Data Responders.

17 May 2012
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Mexico
La presa Paso Ancho ayudará a afrontar las sequías y las lluvias torrenciales en Oaxaca

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Government of Mexico

Como parte de las estrategias para enfrentar los efectos del cambio climático, la Comisión Nacional del Agua (Conagua) continúa construyendo infraestructura de almacenamiento de escurrimientos pluviales, a fin de tener agua suficiente para el abasto de la población y controlar las grandes avenidas generadas por las lluvias torrenciales, con lo que se reducen riesgos de inundaciones o deslaves.

17 May 2012
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UNEP and partners back new global protocol for urban emissions

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UN Environment Programme

Bonn, 17 May, 2012 - Two UN agencies and the World Bank today expressed appreciation at the launch of a pilot version of a Global Protocol for Community-scale Greenhouse Gas Emissions, designed to harmonize emissions measurement and reporting process for the world's cities. The protocol was released at the UNFCCC climate meetings in Bonn by C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group and ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability, with input from the World Resources Institute.

17 May 2012
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Sudan (the)
Darfur Women Legislatures call for unified laws to address gender issues

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UN-AU Mission in Darfur

17 May 2012 - The Darfur Women Legislative Caucus and UNAMID today concluded a three-day advocacy seminar. The forum was aimed at assessing the challenges faced by women in Darfur, identifying gender gaps in the Constitution and Sudanese laws, and examining relevant international and regional human rights instruments for effective sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) prevention and response in the region.

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Somalia
With conference in Mogadishu, TEDx is officially everywhere

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Christian Science Monitor

The Somali capital is not an obvious choice for a conference that highlights 'ideas worth spreading,' but organizers say growing peace gives Somalis a chance to change their future.

Read the full article in the Christian Science Monitor.

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