Climate Action Plans Could Help Address Injustice, Inequity in African Cities — Global Issues

Climate Action Plans Could Help Address Injustice, Inequity in African Cities — Global Issues

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The FRACTAL project (Future Resilience for African Cities and Lands) engaged a trans-disciplinary group of researchers, officials and practitioners that worked across six cities in southern Africa between 2015 and 2021.Voices of the marginalized and at-risk people are crucial for generating appropriate locally owned solutions. Opinion by Gina Ziervogel (cape town,…

Hard Hit By Climate Change, Villagers Raise a Forest on Their Own — Global Issues

Hard Hit By Climate Change, Villagers Raise a Forest on Their Own — Global Issues

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The villagers work in a forest they planted to save themselves from the ravages of climate change. Credit: Umar Manzoor Shah/IPS by Umar Manzoor Shah Wednesday, September 28, 2022 Inter Press Service Sep 28 (IPS) – Some ten years ago, Sheemanto Chatri, a 39-year-old farmer hailing from India’s northeastern state…

Hurricanes and cyclones bring misery to millions, as Ian makes landfall in the US — Global Issues

Hurricanes and cyclones bring misery to millions, as Ian makes landfall in the US — Global Issues

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The two tropical cyclones came quick on the heels of Hurricane Fiona, which caused deadly flooding in the Caribbean and was the strongest storm on record to hit Canada. Typhoon Nanmadol, prompted the evacuation of nine million people in Japan. Fingerprints of climate change The World Meteorological Organization has reminded…

Sindhs Faulty Drain Cannot Cope With Climate-Induced Deluge — Global Issues

Sindhs Faulty Drain Cannot Cope With Climate-Induced Deluge — Global Issues

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A family evacuated from the floods has not received the promised tents or mosquito nets. Credit: Altaf Hussain Jamali/IPS by Zofeen Ebrahim (karachi) Sunday, September 25, 2022 Inter Press Service Karachi, Sep 25 (IPS) – Last week, for at least six days, hundreds of flood-affected villagers from around the outskirts of…

Women Advocates for Harvesting Rainwater in Salinity-Affected Coastal Bangladesh — Global Issues

Women Advocates for Harvesting Rainwater in Salinity-Affected Coastal Bangladesh — Global Issues

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Lalita Roy now has access to clean water and also provides a service to her community by working as a pani apa (water sister), looking after the community’s rainwater harvesting plants. Credit: Rafiqul Islam/IPS by Rafiqul Islam (khulna, bangladesh) Friday, September 23, 2022 Inter Press Service KHULNA, Bangladesh, Sep 23 (IPS)…

Pacific Community’s Agricultural Gene Bank Wins Global Award — Global Issues

Pacific Community’s Agricultural Gene Bank Wins Global Award — Global Issues

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The Pacific Community’s Centre for Pacific Crops and Trees gene bank conserves more than 2,000 varieties of trees and crops in the Pacific Islands. Credit: Pacific Community by Catherine Wilson (sydney) Thursday, September 22, 2022 Inter Press Service SYDNEY, Sep 22 (IPS) – Safeguarding plentiful, nutritious supplies of food for the…

Famine looms in Somalia, but many ‘hunger hotspots’ are in deep trouble — Global Issues

Famine looms in Somalia, but many ‘hunger hotspots’ are in deep trouble — Global Issues

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In Somalia, “hundreds of thousands are already facing starvation today with staggering levels of malnutrition expected among children under five,” warned the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP). “Large-scale deaths from hunger” are increasingly likely in the east African nation, the UN agencies continued, noting…