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13 February 2012
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Millennium Development Goal 8 aims to build a global partnership for development. This eighth goal is very important as it complements the other seven. Although it is essential that developing countries direct their own development and implement policies to achieve the other seven goals, the eighth goal shows what the world could do as a ‘community’ to aid this development.
 
 
 
 
20-01-2012 The 12th annual development summit organsied by TERI in the Indian capital will provide a platform for international deliberations on issues of long-term sustainable development.
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Hands of an arsenicosis patient in southern Bangladesh/ Photo Credit: IRIN
30-01-2012 After the discovery of unsafe levels of arsenic in Nepal's groundwater more than a decade ago, government officials and aid groups are finally taking a critical look at whether their efforts have made a difference.
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Image: Hands of an arsenicosis patient in southern Bangladesh/ Photo Credit: IRIN
 
 
 
 
 
In June 2012 attention will turn once again to Rio de Janeiro for the UN conference on sustainable development, or Rio+20/ Photo credit: UN
05-01-2012 Will the upcoming environmental summit – Rio+20 – be able to build a consensus to shift the post-MDG agenda from poverty to sustainable development, explores journalist Julia Day.
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Image: In June 2012 attention will turn once again to Rio de Janeiro for the UN conference on sustainable development, or Rio+20/ Photo credit: UN
 
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  • EU-India trade deal could wreck agriculture, retail
    16-12-2011 The proposed EU-India Free Trade Agreement will flood Indian markets with imported agricultural goods and snatch away the livelihoods of small farmers and retails, concludes a report by NGOs at the 8th ministerial meeting of WTO.
 
 
 
 
 
Cool IT Leaderboard report/ Photo credit: Greenpeace
09-02-2012 The fifth edition of the 'Cool IT Leaderboard' report, prepared by Greenpeace India, ranks 21 IT companies according to their clean energy leadership potential, willingness to embrace clean energy solutions and potential to influence energy decisions.
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Image: Cool IT Leaderboard report/ Photo credit: Greenpeace
 
 
 
 
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