Climate
The climate disaster arrived before the argument ended
From a glacier collapse in the Nepal-Tibet border, to wildfires across Europe, the past three months have shown that the climate crisis is no […]
Category: Disasters
Aid
WB approves 82 million USD loan for addressing zoonotic diseases in India
With India being home to the largest livestock population, the country faces unique challenges in mitigating these risks The World Bank recently approved an […]
Climate
Western-Mediterranean heatwave ‘almost impossible’ without climate change
Ayesha Tandon The extreme heatwave that swept across Spain, Portugal, Morocco and Algeria in April 2023 was “at least 100 times more likely” due […]
Aid
Number of people facing acute food insecurity rose to 258 million in 58 countries in 2022
The number of people experiencing acute food insecurity and requiring urgent food, nutrition and livelihood assistance increased for the fourth consecutive year in 2022, […]
Biodiversity
Explained: How forest fires worsen flash floods in the Himalayas
Karan Anand Intense wildfires damage soil on the forest floor, contributing to dangerous flash floods across the mountains of South Asia Wildfires and flash […]
COVID-19
Renewed malaria push needed after COVID-19 setback
Syriacus Buguzi New approaches are needed to tackle malaria after disruption caused by COVID-19 led to an additional 13 million infections and 63,000 deaths […]
Aid
COP27: Loss and damage fund sole success
Joydeep Gupta The only solace is the start of a fund to pay poor nations for the loss and damage they are suffering due […]
Sustainable Business
Adapting China to extreme weather
Xia Zhijian Climate adaptation of industry and infrastructure is a matter of national concern after extreme weather battered China’s manufacturing centres this summer Vast […]
Aid
Sea-level rise ‘may cross two metres by 2100
An ADB report warns that sea levels in the Asia-Pacific could exceed two metres by 2100 due to the double whammy of sinking land mainly due groundwater withdrawal […]
COVID-19
COVID-19 worsens global learning crisis, risking $21 trillion in lifetime earnings
70 per cent of 10-year-olds in ‘learning poverty’, unable to read and understand a simple text As a result of the worst shock to […]
COVID-19
COVID-19 could derail SDGs for next five years – report
Dann Okoth The report singles out lost education as one of the worst consequences of the pandemic, warning that its effects could be felt until the […]
Sustainable Business
Bottled water sales rose globally as pandemic took hold
Fiona Broom Families in some of the poorest parts of the world turned to buying bottled water as the pandemic sent countries into lockdown, […]
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