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Mens verden triller tommelfingre, er tuberkulose blevet den mest dødbringende, smitsomme sygdom – men der er en løsning (As the world twiddles its thumbs, tuberculosis has become the deadliest infectious disease – but there is a solution)

Berlingske

Global dithering has allowed tuberculosis to become the biggest infectious killer. Ending tuberculosis is one of the world’s most effective policies. We have promised way too much for 2030, but tackling tuberculosis...

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Es momento de una segunda revolución verde (Time for a second Green Revolution)

La Prensa El Heraldo

A new research paper for Copenhagen Consensus shows that a modest investment of $5.5 billion annually (less even than Americans spend on ice cream every year) could go a long way and free 133 million people from hun...

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It's time for a second Green Revolution

National Post

One of humanity’s biggest achievements in the last century was making a huge increase in food production. From 1900 to 2000, there was a six-fold increase in crop harvests while the global population increased less ...

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Where the world went wrong on the SDGs

Dhaka tribune

The SDGs do promise to do incredibly important things, like eradicating poverty and hunger, getting rid of disease, ending war and global warming. They also set targets for more peripheral issues like providing gree...

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Global goals fail those who need us the most

The Australian

The international community must set clear priorities and not try to do everything at once. Bjorn Lomborg kicks off a 12-part weekly series in which he and his colleagues at the Copenhagen Consensus think tank set a...

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Instead of having 169 Sustainable Development Goals, let’s prioritise targets that matter most

The Economic Times

Over that decade-and-a-half, governments, international institutions and private foundations poured in billions of dollars more than they had before, specifically to achieve the 15 targets. Bjorn Lomborg kicks off a...

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Meetings in Addis during the African Union Summit

Ralph and Mr Mukwende

Ralph Nordjo discussed the Halftime cost-benefit research and how the methodology can help to achieve goals within Agenda 2063 more cost-effectively with Mr. Jacques Mukwende, Ag. Director of Partnership.

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Recycling and green spaces must take a back seat to ending hunger, poverty

Financial Post

Between 2000 and 2015 the world made great progress on the Millennium Development Goals, which aimed to hit important targets in education, income growth, fighting disease and so on. In 2015, world leaders followed ...

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Meetings in Addis during the African Union Summit

Ralph and Mr. Abdelkreem

Meetings were held with Mr. Abdelkreem Y. Ezaldin, Office of the Strategic Planning and Delivery (OSPD). Ralph Nordjo introduced the Halftime cost-benefit research project, and they discussed how the results can hel...

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African Union Summit

Ralph ID

Ralph Nordjo travelled to Addis Ababa for informal meetings to introduce and present the Halftime cost-benefit research project for delegates at the annual African Union Summit.

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