But the U.N. warned that "we still have a long way to go in empowering women and girls, promoting sustainable development, and protecting the most vulnerable from the devastating effects of multiple crises, be they conflicts, natural disasters, or volatility in prices for food and energy".
Food waste, land rights, soil quality, obesity, access to nutritious food, overreliance on certain crops, genetic modification, price volatility, disaster preparedness, monitoring progress.
It comes as no surprise then that smallholder coconut farmers face significant challenges that make them among the least resilient to environmental and economic shocks, including natural disasters, global market volatility and crop failure.
Mr. Reuss said that today, despite energy volatility and disasters both natural and man-made, G.M. and other automakers can only sharpen their focus and avoid short-term distractions.
Especially in a world shaken by economic volatility and natural disasters, we have to prioritize marginalized children, who often bear the brunt of these tough times, and not let them fall to the bottom of our agenda or end up in the streets.
Haiti represents an extreme case of the threats to child health and development faced by countries emerging from the compounded effects of food price volatility, economic slowdown and natural disaster.
Increasing sensitivity to terrorism, economic volatility, frequent and severe natural disasters, and infrastructure disruptions has intensified interest in resilience, the ability to withstand or recover from catastrophe.
The results reveal that the volatility brought about by this man-made disaster varied greatly and, though significant, paled in comparison to impacts caused by major hurricanes and recessions.
Yet, looking back at 2011, it was a flat finale that told little of the volatility preceding it, when political turmoil, financial upheaval and even natural disasters left almost no corner of the markets untouched.
Japan's natural disasters and nuclear crisis along with civil unrest in the Middle East and Libya have increased market volatility in recent weeks.
