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Dr. Dominic Dixon
Sep 6, 20183 min read
“Mer de Glace” is on thin ice
“Mer de Glace”, or Sea of Ice, is France’s largest glacier and the second largest in the Alps. Located in the Mont Blanc massif, the...
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Dr. Dominic Dixon
Sep 5, 20183 min read
Inactivity puts physical and mental health of more than 1.4 billion adults at risk | WHO
Insufficient physical activity is a leading risk factor for non-communicable disease, negatively impacting mental health and overall...
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Dr. Dominic Dixon
Sep 5, 20183 min read
India's stance on SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
The Challenge There is no development without fuelling the engine of growth. Energy is critical and people with no sustainable access to...
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Dr. Dominic Dixon
Sep 4, 20182 min read
A little-known disease wiping out millions of sheep and goats, and livelihoods | FAO
Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) or sheep and goat plague is a highly contagious animal disease affecting small ruminants. An estimated...
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Dr. Dominic Dixon
Sep 4, 20183 min read
Empowering families to start anew after a series of emergencies | Sierra Leone, UNICEF
FREETOWN and MAGBOGBOKO, Sierra Leone – In 2014, the world's deadliest outbreak of the Ebola virus struck West Africa, killing more than...
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Dr. Dominic Dixon
Sep 2, 20182 min read
Water under fire | The role of water in conflicts around the world.
When you think of the ways in which wars and conflicts are fought, water wouldn’t immediately come to mind, but in many conflicts,...
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Dr. Dominic Dixon
Sep 2, 20182 min read
5 ways to shop and eat smarter for the climate
Using land to produce food, clothing, paper, and other goods has a huge impact on the planet's climate. In fact, it’s responsible for...
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Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 31, 20183 min read
“We need everything. We don’t have anything here. Nothing at all” | Life in Syria
Meeting the urgent humanitarian needs of millions of displaced and returning Syrians inside the country is the immediate priority of the...
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Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 31, 20183 min read
7 Ways you can help save the ocean
Every living thing depends on the ocean. Covering more than 70% of our planet’s surface, it contains the largest diversity of life on...
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Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 30, 20183 min read
Nuclear test ban treaty critical to global collective security – UN chief
Every effort should be made to bring a global treaty into force that prevents more countries from developing nuclear weapons, UN...
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Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 29, 20182 min read
Deadly swine fever threatens Asia, UN agriculture agency warns
The rapid onset of the deadly African Swine Fever (ASF) in China has been detected in areas a thousand kilometres apart – posing an...
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Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 29, 20183 min read
India's stance on SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
The Challenge Every year millions of people, most of them children, die from diseases associated with inadequate water supply,...
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Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 28, 20184 min read
Building Africa’s capacities to tax diamonds with Tax Inspectors Without Borders
Domestic resources are the largest and most important source of finance for sustainable development. In the developing world as a whole,...
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Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 28, 20182 min read
Historic leap in Tunisia: Women make up 47 per cent of local government
Seven years after the 2011 Revolution and four years after the adoption of the Constitution, women now make up 47 per cent of the local...
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Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 28, 20181 min read
Using new tech to help find illegal seafood trade
Illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (IUU) costs the global economy up to $36.4 billion a year. While authorities work to keep...
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Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 28, 20182 min read
Indian students mail 20,000 empty food wrappers to manufacturers
A dramatic act of protest reminds companies to take responsibility for the wasteful packaging they produce. Each morning this week I've...
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Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 26, 20182 min read
Somalia has ‘once in a generation’ gender equality opportunity – UN Women chief
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the Executive Director of the United Nations entity dealing with issues related to gender, UN Women, has...
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Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 26, 20183 min read
DR Congo: Ebola outbreak spreads to eastern ‘no-go’ zone surrounded by rebels
Rebel violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is escalating inside the vast country’s Ebola-hit North Kivu province,...
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Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 26, 20182 min read
Ambassador Ashok Sajjanhar | Advisor for Diplomatic Affairs - UNADAP
The Board of UNADAP (United Nations Associations for Development and Peace), is honoured to appoint His Excellency, Amb. Ashok Sajjanhar,...
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Dr. Dominic Dixon
Aug 25, 20183 min read
Combat against devastating effects of tobacco can only be won ‘if the UN stands united’
United Nations agencies must join forces at the policy level and refuse interference from tobacco companies in their programmes so the...
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