[Stoves] Fwd: Coming Together in Support of the UN

[Ronal W. Larson]

List:

1.     The second bullet in the right column leads one to this youtube, with Hillary Clinton talking for about 10 minutes on clean cookstoves as she accepts heading a new stove advisory group: 
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPSg6Wr-V0s

2.     A new data point for me is her saying that stove-caused deaths have been recently moved up from 2 million per year to 4 million.  I believe Kirk Smith had moved the number up to 2 million from 1 million only this year.

3.    She also mentioned a new $4 million for stove manufacturers.

4.  As the head of the UN Foundation mentioned, I can't think of anyone in the world better able to put emphasis on the importance of stoves.  I though Julia Roberts was a real bonus, but this announcement seems an order of magnitude bigger.

Ron


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> Kathy Calvin, President and CEO of the United Nations Foundation speaks at the UN Foundation lunch on the Millennium Development Goals.
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> The World Convenes in Support of the UN
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> As people around the world gathered in New York for UN General Assembly week in late September, the UN Foundation helped connect them with ways to support the UN on some of the world’s most pressing challenges.
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> From maintaining momentum toward the Millennium Development Goals to focusing attention on the health of women and children through Every Woman Every Child, the UN Foundation invited everyone to take part in the global discussion about how to help the UN create a better world.
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> Global issues took center stage at the Social Good Summit as governments, business leaders, and innovators joined forces to talk about what the world can look like in 2030. The conversation around the theme #2030Now and post-2015 development agenda sparked continued dialogue about priorities in the fight against poverty.
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