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January 26, 2023
Tapping local wisdom for climate adaptation
topic:
Climate action
by:
Leo Galuh
Anticipating once of Indonesia's driest years on record, many in the country turn to local knowledge to ward off forest fires and ensure food security.
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May 24, 2022
When renewable energy is locally built
topic:
Renewables
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Frank Odenthal
A German NGO is brewing a renewable energy revolution in rural East Africa. FairPlanet spoke to its founder.
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April 23, 2022
Wealthy nations' role in Afghanistan's environmental crisis
topic:
Climate action
by:
Shadi Khan Saif
Rich nations play a pivotal role in exacerbating Afghanistan's vulnerability to climate change. Here's why.
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April 19, 2022
The silent threat to Africa's wildlife
topic:
Conservation
by:
Cyril Zenda
Conservationists are alarmed by an imminent threat to Africa's precarious wildlife - one that far supersedes the menace of poaching.
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March 07, 2022
The race to solve Hong Kong's silent water crisis
topic:
Sustainable Development
by:
Marie Bröckling
Hong Kong is hurtling towards a shortage in fresh water supply. Here is why this crisis is brewing and how a worst-case scenario can be avoided.
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March 06, 2022
The drought in South Africa: crisis or not?
topic:
Natural disaster
by:
Shasha Seakamela
What is regarded as the worst drought in a century in South Africa is currently forcing the most stringent water restrictions in its history.
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March 04, 2022
Climate justice for Madagascar!
topic:
Climate action
type:
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by:
Quinta Thomson
Faced with concurring natural disasters, the people of Madagascar are drastically affected by climate change. Urge your governments to support them now.
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February 24, 2022
Climate change spells trouble for Kashmiri farmers
topic:
Climate Change
by:
Sameer Mushtaq, Suhail Bhat
Unpredictable weather patterns are decimating crops across Kashmir. Now, farmers from the region are speaking out.
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January 04, 2022
Latin America needs climate resilience policies
topic:
Climate Change
by:
Ellen Nemitz
As climate-related tragedies become more dangerous and common, Latin America must focus on implementing policies plan for adversities and protect citizens.
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August 30, 2021
The worrying nexus between water and global migration
topic:
Food Security
by:
Bob Koigi
Water scarcity has displaced populations, further burdening other water-scarce regions.
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October 12, 2018
On the run from war caught into a deadly drought
topic:
Food Security
by:
Shadi Khan Saif
The crippling drought caused by climate change has forcefully displaced more people in Afghanistan than the fighting has.
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March 19, 2018
Ethiopia bets on cash and food transfers to cushion rural poor
topic:
Food Security
by:
Bob Koigi
Ethiopia has been a frontrunner, running one of the largest cash and transfer programme dubbed The Productive Safety Net Programme.
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February 28, 2018
South Africa drought brews severe water crisis
topic:
Natural disaster
by:
Shasha Seakamela
South Africa's drought, the worst in a century, is spelling a water crisis of unprecedented proportions.
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June 12, 2016
El Niño and Climate Change: Stop The Hunger
type:
Donation, NGO, Petition
by:
Deniz Zehra Tavli
In 2016 around 60 million people will be affected by El Niño in East and Southern Africa, the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, according to [...]
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September 29, 2015
Syria - It's the climate stupid!
by:
Murat Suner
By now we have to consider climate change as a serious factor to cause wars on our planet. And, we need to understand that the devastating civil war in Syria may be [...]
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April 23, 2015
Nestlé: stop taking water from drought-stricken areas.
type:
Petition, Protest
by:
Deniz Zehra Tavli
California will run out of water very soon. According to NASA's new report, California only has enough water to get it through the next year. People are [...]
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