Blockchain for development
Josh Hallwright At the 2019 Australasian Aid Conference, some of these pilot projects were presented to demonstrate the extent to which Australian NGOs are […]
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First-Ever Ross Prize for Urban Transformation Awarded to Tanzanian Initiative
Urban transformation award goes to SARSAI for creating safer journeys to school in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and across Africa The inaugural WRI Ross Prize […]
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Diseases cost Africa US$2.4 trillion
Stephanie Achieng’ If Africa hopes to reverse the continent’s massive annual loss of productivity due to diseases, it needs to urgently improve efficiency in […]
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PERU’S FOREST INSPECTION AGENCY REGAINS INDEPENDENCE
In a dramatic U-turn, the Peruvian government published a decree that restores the independence of OSINFOR, the agency in charge of inspecting and sanctioning […]
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Cyclone Idai shows why long-term disaster resilience is so crucial
Channing Arndt, CGIAR System Organization and Claudia Ringler, The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Cyclone Idai struck Beira, the fourth largest city in […]
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UK’s Charity Commission launches investigation into WWF
A major investigation by news site Buzzfeed, released March 4, 2019, exposed a shocking level of violent abuse by ecoguards and rangers funded by […]
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Acute hunger affecting over 100 million people worldwide
113 million people in 53 countries experienced high levels of food insecurity in the world’s most severe food crises in 2018 A report by […]
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India has lost shore land of Nagpur city size to coastal erosion
Nidhi Jamwal And, these coastline changes are not limited to India alone. A study published last year — ‘Global long-term observations of coastal erosion […]
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Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania Seek Solutions to Irregular Migration on Southern Route
Irregular migration from the East and Horn of Africa to southern Africa, presents countries along this route with a new challenge: how to manage these flows […]
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Time for a policy to declare ‘urban drought’ to end hardships of poor women in India
In fact, as we write this piece, India is battling with two extreme weather conditions in two different regions. According to just released IMD […]
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Bangladesh Bhola power project tests AIIB promises
Abu Siddique Locals and NGOs say the bank has breached its own standards by failing to provide adequate compensation and ignoring flood risks in […]
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How Insane is Global Trade?
Sean Keller The way trade works in the global economy can be insane – it wastes resources, worsens climate change, and undermines the livelihoods […]
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Youth urged upon to lead conservation efforts
The 3rd Odisha River Conference in India identified youth as one of the major stakeholders to carry forward this year’s theme – Promoting the […]
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Forest protection efforts earn Indonesia millions
An innovative effort to keep trees in the ground and carbon out of the air is paying dividends in Indonesia — the fifth-highest emitter […]
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Experts underline community participation to protect forests, rivers in India river conference
The Water Initiatives, Gram Swaraj and Vasundhara along with 35 partner organisations launched the 3rd Odisha River Conference with the theme – Promoting the […]
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Billions deprived of the right to water: World Water Development Report
Access to water and sanitation is internationally recognized human right. Yet more than two billion people lack even the most basic of services. The latest […]
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From the Himalayas to the Arctic, traditional herders are sharing knowledge to cope with a changing climate
Gloria Dickie Yak, reindeer and entire ways of life in the “Third Pole” and Scandinavia face new threats in a warming world. Changlin Xu […]
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Weathermen: Listen to the fishers, it works
MM Paniyil A new system of marine forecasts is helping fishers in Kerala to better plan their fishing trips in the Arabian Sea, which […]
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‘Medieval’ Diseases Flare in US As Unsanitary Living Conditions Proliferate
Anna Gorman Infectious diseases — some that ravaged populations in the Middle Ages — are resurging in California and around the country, and are […]
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Communities challenge lithium production in Argentina
Sabrina Roth Indigenous communities in Jujuy reject extraction, saying it violates rights and depletes water resources North-east Argentina forms one corner of a now […]
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Arctic winter temperatures will increase 3-5°C by 2050
Even if Paris Agreement goals met, Arctic winter temperatures will increase 3-5°C by 2050 compared to 1986-2005 levels. Thawing permafrost could wake ‘sleeping giant’ […]
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WHO launches new global influenza strategy
WHO released a Global Influenza Strategy for 2019-2030 aimed at protecting people in all countries from the threat of influenza. The goal of the […]
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First ever global scientific eating plan forgets the world’s poor
Silvia Alonso Alvarez, International Livestock Research Institute ; Isabelle Baltenweck, International Livestock Research Institute ; Lora Iannotti, Washington University in St Louis, and Paula […]
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Accountability Can Reverse Plastic Pollution Crisis, says WWF Report
Global plastics pollution has been created in one generation and, with system-wide accountability, can be solved in one generation. The global plastics pollution crisis […]
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