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Channing Arndt, CGIAR System Organization and Claudia Ringler, The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Cyclone Idai struck Beira, the fourth largest city in Mozambique, in mid-March with torrential rains and winds of more than 190 km per hour. It took days for the sheer size of the

Aid , Climate , Data & Reports , Featured , Food , Health , Refugees , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 04/03/2019

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 the European Union, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) finds that around 113 million people

Climate , Data & Reports , Environment , Sustainable Development , Water / 04/03/2019

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 and accretion’ — has reported that on a global scale, between 1985 and 2015, there has been a net loss of about 14,000 sq km of surface fo

Aid , Business , Climate , Disasters , Energy , Environment , Forests , Sustainable Development / 03/31/2019

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 vulnerable delta area After an 11-hour overnight cruise from the capital city of Dhaka, the passenger ferry lands at Bangladesh’s only island district of

Climate , Environment , Events , Forests , Sustainable Development , Water / 03/28/2019

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 Forest-River-Communities nexus for Conservation of Rivers and Combating Climate Change. A campaign – Youth for Water – has been initiated through whic

Biodiversity , Climate , Environment , Events , Forests , Sustainable Development , Water / 03/24/2019

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 Forest-River-Communities nexus for Conservation of Rivers and Combating Climate Change. Rivers, an important and integrated part of ecology,

Climate , Data & Reports , Environment , Resources , Science & Technology , Solutions , Sustainable Development , Water / 03/19/2019

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 grazes 140 yaks in the mountain pastures of the Tibet Autonomous Region. In previous decades, he could count on losing a quarter of his animals to harsh weathe

Climate , Disasters , Environment , Science & Technology , Sustainable Development / 03/18/2019

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 has been witnessing unusually rough weather in recent years Marine weather forecasts are getting popular slowly and steadily on the Arabian Sea coast of Thiruvanantha

Climate , Data & Reports , Environment , Science & Technology , Sustainable Development , Waste / 03/14/2019

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’ of more greenhouse gases, potentially derailing global climate goals.Ocean acidification and pollution also posing major threats

Cities , Climate , Data & Reports , Environment , Featured , Science & Technology , Sustainable Development , Water / 02/27/2019

Climate’s ‘time bomb’ for world’s groundwater has some serious lessons for Indian cities

Extreme weather events such as droughts and heavy precipitation days are two of the major impacts of global warming. These events, whose frequency and intensities are increasing by the years, may make groundwater replenishment rate too slow in dry areas, a recent study published in Nature Climate Ch

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