Tag: climate crisis
Asian farmers turn to drones, apps for labor, climate challenges
Falling technology costs, labor shortages are driving popularity of digital tools to improve crop yields, farm incomes in Asia
From bad to worse: key IPCC findings on climate impacts
Severe climate impacts -- once seen as a problem on the horizon -- have become a here-and-now reality
The most precious of all
Global warming is evaporating lakes, reservoirs and melting the glaciers in the mountains around the world
Nations to review harrowing catalogue of climate impacts
Nearly 200 nations kick off a virtual UN meeting Monday to finalize what is sure to be a harrowing catalogue of climate change impacts
Emergency response and resiliency framework
The overall goal should be to sustain empowered and resilient communities towards holistic development
Delhi’s choked roads worsen India’s toxic smog crisis
The sprawling megacity of 20 million people is regularly ranked the world's most polluted capital
Asian women’s group slams Glasgow’s failure to address climate emergency
The women said that what COP26 came up “only further burden grassroots women and perpetuate plunder of resources of global south countries”
Global powers urged to go further after UN climate deal
India and China weakened the language of the final text, forcing tears and an exasperated apology from Britain's COP26 president
Filipinos at COP26 discuss concerns with Vatican officials
The activists met with Church officials to discuss the situation of communities and the need for funding to help victims of climate crisis
Deforestation drives increasingly deadly heat in Indonesia, says study
Deforestation and global warming in one Indonesian province caused temperatures to rise nearly a whole degree Celsius in 16 years
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