This Planet Is Drying Up. And these Are the Consequences
1 Desember 2022 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentBy 2050, droughts may affect an estimated three-quarters of the world’s population. Credit: Miriet Abrego / IPS By Baher KamalMADRID, Dec 1 2022 (IPS) Drought is one of the ‘most destructive’ natural disasters in terms of the loss of life, arising from impacts, such as wide-scale crop failure, wildfires and […]
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Military escalation could worsen suffering for vulnerable communities in northern Syria
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentCountry: Syrian Arab Republic Source: Syria INGO Regional Forum Across northern Syria, civilians have been reportedly injured and key civilian infrastructure has been impacted, threatening people’s access to vital supplies such as power and water.
Read MoreVilsack highlights USDA’s climate initiatives and investments at COP27 (Farmers Advance)
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentVilsack highlights USDA’s climate initiatives and investments at COP27 (Farmers Advance) Dec 1, 2022 Nov 23, 2022 pfowlkes Thu, 12/01/2022 – 07:15 Vilsack highlights USDA’s climate initiatives and investments at COP27 (Farmers Advance) Vilsack highlights USDA’s climate initiatives and investments at COP27 (Farmers Advance) Global In the News Climate Change […]
Read MoreUnique bird species are at the greatest risk of extinction
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentPhoto: Pixabay/griti Birds come in a variety of shapes and sizes to the delight of ornithologists everywhere. Yet those with rare and unusual trails are especially feeling the brunt of habitat loss, poaching and climate change and it is likely as a result of exactly those special traits, scientists say. […]
Read MoreHuge stockpile of toxic pesticide DDT bound for Europe after being left in a Bangladesh city centre for nearly four decades
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentWhat is thought to be the world’s largest remaining stockpile of the now banned pesticide Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), left in the heart of Bangladesh’s second biggest city for 37 years, is set to finally leave for France for incineration at a specialist facility. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United […]
Read MoreUpdate on the Tax Credit Revolution: Prevailing Wage and Apprenticeship Clock Starts Soon
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentThe U.S. Treasury Department released a preliminary draft of Notice 2022-61 (the Notice) on 29 November 2022 and the final on 30 November 2022. Taxpayers now have 59 days to begin construction on qualified projects without causing those projects to be subject to the new prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements. […]
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Turning hard-to-recycle polyethylene into drug treatments
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentLab-engineered strains of the fungus Aspergillus niduluns are easy to work with, so it’s often used in pharmaceutical research to discover new drugs. What’s even more intriguing, according to University of Southern California (USC) scientists, is that the fungus thrives on a chemical by-product of recycled polyethylene. It’s one of […]
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Legal Recognition of East African Sign Languages Key Towards Inclusion
30 November 2022 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentThe United Nations Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disability (UNCRPD) require the governments to remove all barriers to information access – including those faced by Deaf persons. Credit: UNCRPD By Timothy EgweluKAMPALA, Nov 30 2022 (IPS) Since the onset of the Covid19 pandemic, at least two deaf people […]
Read MoreCash transfers help families cope amid the drought in northern Kenya
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentCountry: Kenya Source: World Food Programme Some 535,000 people facing food scarcity across 12 counties will receive monthly food and cash support. Another 356,400 under-fives as well as 213,000 pregnant or breastfeeding mothers will benefit.
Read MoreFAO and Pacific nations weigh local innovations as solutions to growing climate and nutrition challenges
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentThe Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu and Hon Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa, the Prime Minister of Samoa, today called on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to leverage the power of innovation to regain their momentum toward achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals […]
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