A new online database launched today by the United Nations will showcase successful strategies that businesses and communities are using to adapt to climate change while simultaneously increasing their profits and using their resources more efficiently.

The principle of ‘responsibility to protect’ was tested as never before in 2011, resulting in tens of thousands of lives saved and vital lessons learned, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, calling for action to ensure that this tool is a “living reality” for the world’s people.

A Will is basically a record of your wishes which you desire to be carried out when you die. Indeed, putting your house in order is really what drawing a Will is all about. You may have certain ideals and plans and most of the time, you don’t get the opportunity to share these ideals or goals with someone else and even if you did, that person may not have the legal power to carry out your wishes. Most of us will also have various examples of how families can turn against a spouse during a time of death and this can include throwing the widow out of the house, locking the doors to the bedroom and subjecting them to all kinds of rituals.