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An infestation of “boring beetles” means the bamboo in almost every shelter in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar – home to around 240,000 families – needs to be replaced. With just over four months to go until the beginning of the next monsoon season, the race is on to provide fami

Disasters , Energy , Environment , Sustainable Development , Water / 12/23/2018

Disaster Flood in the Tigris – Made by a Dam

It is assumed that due to poor maintenance and lack of training of the dam personal the gate of the dam spillway has burst.

Biodiversity , Environment , Forests , Governance , Human Rights , Launches & Events , Sustainable Development / 12/19/2018

Brazil launches operation to save surviving members of uncontacted tribe

Brazilian authorities have completed a rare ground operation to protect an uncontacted tribe from violent ranchers in a region of the Amazon with the highest rate of illegal deforestation in the country. But there are growing fears that unless the remaining steps in the land protection process fo

Biodiversity , Business , Environment , Resources , Solutions , Sustainable Development / 12/18/2018

Conservationists clash over coral reefs

Globally, coral restoration has expanded over the past 15 years. Researchers at the University of California have counted more than 150 operations transplanting nursery-raised corals to degraded reefs in the Caribbean, for example.

Aid , Biodiversity , Climate , Energy , Environment , Food , Forests , Governance , Migration , Resources , SDGs , Soil , Sustainable Development , Water / 12/16/2018

Weak workplan wounds Paris Agreement

Joydeep Gupta, Soumya Sarkar, Chris Davy, Fermin Koop, Yao Zhe, Tom Baxter The Paris Agreement, itself a compromise that is not enough to combat climate change, was further weakened in the details as the work programme was signed off in the annual UN climate summit A Paris Agreement Work Progr

Aid , Biodiversity , Disasters , Environment , Resources , Solutions , Sustainable Development / 12/14/2018

Afghanistan scales up ecosystem-based solutions to help build disaster resilience

Afghanistan is one of the frontline countries taking forward affordable ecosystem-based solutions to reducing disaster risk.

Data & Reports , Disasters , Featured , Sustainable Development , Transport / 12/12/2018

WHO report highlights poor safety on the world’s roads

A new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) indicates road traffic deaths continue to rise, with an annual 1.35 million fatalities. The WHO Global status report on road safety 2018 highlights that road traffic injuries are now the leading killer of children and young people aged 5-29 years

Climate , Environment , Featured , Governance , Migration , Opinions , Sustainable Development / 12/09/2018

Why we should stop labelling people climate change deniers

Meanwhile, far from the pomp and formality of COP meetings, do local populations feel engaged in climate change action? I doubt it.

Aid , Biodiversity , Cities , Climate , Energy , Environment , Forests , Resources , Sustainable Development / 12/08/2018

World Bank Group Announces $200 billion over Five Years for Climate Action

By ramping up direct adaptation finance to reach around $50 billion over FY 21-25, the World Bank will, for the first time, give this equal emphasis alongside investments that reduce emissions.

Business , Corruption , Environment , Featured , Forests , Governance , Human Rights , Sustainable Development / 12/05/2018

Calls for Police Protection for Uncontacted Tribe

Survival has launched an emergency action, “4 weeks for the Kawahiva”, to encourage Brazil’s government to map out their land and prevent their genocide before Jair Bolsonaro becomes President on 1 January.

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