Photo: Pixabay/xusenru Most people sing the praises of renewable energy and see it as a perfect alternative to coal, oil and gas. While fossil fuels do contribute strongly to climate change, solar panels, wind turbines and electric vehicle (EV) batteries also cause environmental damage. There is no way around it: […]
Read MorePost-pandemic, with some level of remote work here to stay, the global real estate industry is tracking an unprecedented reassessment of the office asset class. To paraphrase Mark Twain, have the rumors of the “death of the office” been greatly exaggerated? Or are office assets hanging on, with a new […]
Read MoreThe temperature reached 45.7°C (114 Fahrenheit) on Sunday at Prayagraj, in the East Uttar Pradesh of northern India, as a heat wave affected much of the country. Temperatures began to ease in Kolkata, a city identified by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as the world’s most threatened by […]
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Read MoreA Yemeni man proudly watching over a young baby in a refugee camp in Obock, Djibouti. Credit: James Jeffrey/IPS By Ezequiel HeffesNEW YORK, May 23 2023 (IPS) In 2021 alone, almost 24,000 grave violations of children’s rights in war were documented by the United Nations – these included killing and […]
Read MoreCountry: Myanmar Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs This is a humanitarian catastrophe in one of the country’s poorest areas with high pre-existing needs and requires scaled-up distribution to the most vulnerable ahead of the rains.
Read MoreIntag Valley Celebrates Legal Victory for Rights of Nature and Consultation Country Ecuador camilla Tue, 05/23/2023 – 04:10 Issues None Program 5 Main Image By Camilla Lindschouw (CS Intern) Ecuadorian courts, since the pioneering codification of the Rights of Nature into the Constitution in 2008, have reviewed and ruled on […]
Read MoreThey span the globe and embrace diverse terrains, from stone terraced cultivation systems, to desert oases, to Indigenous communities deep in the rain forest and high mountains and areas steeped in traditional vine or fruit and olive growing cultures – to name but a few. The Food and Agriculture […]
Read MoreOne of the rainwater harvesting systems installed in rural settlements in eastern El Salvador, in the Central American Dry Corridor. It is based on a system of pipes and gutters, which run from the rooftop to a polyethylene bag in a rectangular hole dug in the yard. CREDIT: Edgardo Ayala […]
Read MoreCountries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia Source: UN Children’s Fund Three years of drought have left over 1.9 million children at risk of dying from severe malnutrition as vulnerable communities have lost cattle, crops, and entire livelihoods.
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