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David Thill, Medill News Service The number of U.S. patients infected with a rare but dangerous fungal “superbug” called Candida auris has climbed quickly to 200 as of Dec. 31, according to the latest figures from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2016, there were only s

Climate , Data & Reports , Energy , Environment , Resources , Sustainable Development / 02/12/2018

China commits to Arctic protections but development threats loom

Chen Jiliang Can China’s new Arctic policy protect the region’s delicate ecology? Chen Jiliang takes a look China has long been involved in Arctic affairs and has become an important player in the region in recent years. But without a clearly articulated Arctic policy, China’s frontline di

Disasters , Environment , Sustainable Development , Water / 02/04/2018

What southern Africa can learn from other countries about adapting to drought

Andrew Slaughter and Sukhmani Mantel Some arid countries have been forced to develop novel technologies and strategies to survive extremely dry conditions. Australia and Israel, for example, have become more resilient as climate change has brought more frequent droughts. Rainfall in South Africa i

Aid , Climate , Energy , Environment , Governance , Sustainable Development / 02/01/2018

Environment and climate change gets short shrift in India’s budget

Soumya Sarkar, Juhi Chaudhary & Sapna Gopal Allocations for renewable energy and environment in India’s federal budget have left both the clean energy sector and conservationists unhappy As the Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley rose in Parliament to present the last full budget of the prese

Biodiversity , Disasters , Environment , Forests , Solutions , Sustainable Development / 01/30/2018

Humans need to learn to co-exist with wildfires. Here’s how we can do it.

Kendra R Chamberlain An assessment concept called the home ignition zone (HIZ) helps homeowners determine how vulnerable their home is to wildfire by looking at factors such as building materials, vegetation and debris In 1992, the city of Wenatchee, Washington, experienced a devastating wildfire th

Biodiversity , Environment , Governance , Sustainable Development / 01/30/2018

Indonesian ruling rings alarms over criminalization of environmental defenders

Hans Nicholas Jong A court in Indonesia has sentenced an anti-mine activist to 10 months in jail on a rarely used charge of promoting communism. The ruling is just the latest in a series of controversial prosecutions of environmental activists and protesters based on draconian or obscure laws, which

Aid , Biodiversity , Environment , Resources , Sustainable Development / 01/27/2018

Livestock vaccination campaign in South Sudan in jeopardy

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is seeking $7.5 million to roll out a critically needed emergency livestock vaccination campaign in South Sudan. FAO aims to protect nearly 9 million animals (30 percent of the country’s livestock) – scaling up from 6 million in 2017 –

Cities , Environment , Resources , Sustainable Development / 01/23/2018

Here come the megacities

John Vidal By 2100, the world’s population centers will have shifted to Asia and Africa with only 14 of the 101 largest cities then in Europe or the Americas. The 1960 street map of Lagos, Nigeria, shows a small coastal city surrounded by a few semi-rural African villages. Paved roads quick

Education , Environment , Sustainable Development , Videos / 01/23/2018

Green College: Education with a Purpose

Dasharathi Behera The Green College in Odisha is leading by example in the field of rural innovation and sustainable livelihoods. Sustainable living is at the core of the ethos that Green College seeks to promote. The students here are trained to manage and conserve natural resources and develop mea

Climate , Data & Reports , Energy / 01/20/2018

Methane from Indian livestock adds to global warming

S. Singh Methane produced by India’s livestock population, considered the world’s largest, can significantly raise global temperatures, says a new study designed to help predict climate change linked to greenhouse gas (GhG) emissions from farm animals. Results of the study carried out by the

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