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The Washington DC-based institution called on governments to speed up investments in projects that shield the cities' poorest from the effects of climate change, such as sea-level rise.

Britain last year passed tough anti-slavery legislation introducing life sentences for traffickers and forcing companies to disclose what they are doing to make sure their supply chains are free from slavery.

World leaders agreed to a 2030 deadline for ending global hunger last year as part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - an ambitious plan for tackling poverty, hunger and inequality.

Several countries including US and Canada had pushed for including the recognition of LGBT people and an acknowledgment of homophobia in a key policy paper.

Haiti: Even before the storm hit Haiti this week, the impoverished nation was struggling to stem the water-borne disease.

Colombia: Jineth Bedoya who had gone to Bogota's maximum-security to interview a warlord was kidnapped, gang-raped, tortured and left on the side of a road.

Last December, countries in the 164-member World Trade Organization (WTO) agreed to end these subsidies - developed countries immediately and developing countries by the end of 2018.

Hundreds of LGBTI people have been killed and thousands injured in recent years, in violence that included knife attacks, anal rape and genital mutilation.

Two mobile services, both by US-based companies, encourage workers to call toll-free numbers to anonymously log violations they see around them.

A three-month investigation in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh revealed that at least seven children were killed since June mining for mica, the mineral that puts a sparkle in makeup and car paint.

Today about 3 per cent of Sri Lanka's energy demand is met by renewables such as wind and solar.

A UN report this month warned the world was set to miss the 2030 deadline to ensure all children had access to secondary education by more than 50 years due to a lack of funding.