Experts stress for water and food security (BOL News)
28 Oktober 2022 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentExperts stress for water and food security (BOL News) Oct 28, 2022 Oct 27, 2022 pfowlkes Fri, 10/28/2022 – 12:50 Experts stress for water and food security (BOL News) Experts stress for water and food security (BOL News) Pakistan In the News Food Security Food Systems Water BOL News (Pakistan) reports […]
Read MoreRevolutionising European rail vital in driving green transition amid energy crisis
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentWhile the climate agenda in Europe has gained significant momentum in recent years, fossil fuels are making a dramatic comeback. With European energy markets in a downward spiral since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Germany’s Red-Green dominated coalition swiftly revived four coal plants to secure electricity supply during the winter, while […]
Read MoreIOM says 96,000 Haitians displaced by recent gang violence in capital
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentCountry: Haiti Source: International Organization for Migration An additional 17,000 individuals remain displaced as a result of the worst earthquake in a decade, which devastated the country’s southern regions in August 2021.
Read MoreIllumina/Grail—The Dawn of a New Era for Global Merger Control?
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentThe European Commission’s (EC) decision to block Illumina’s acquisition of Grail marks the dawn of a new era for acquisitions of startups with innovation potential. This case involved many “firsts”: It is the first time that the EC prohibited the acquisition of a U.S. startup with no revenues in the […]
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Could ‘half-Earth’ conservation save orangutans?
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentPhoto: Pixabay/e-smile Half-Earth is a proposal by the late naturalist and “father of biodiversity”, EO Wilson. In its original context, it proposes that half of the Earth’s surface should be designated a human-free nature reserve to preserve biodiversity. The proposal of course raises some pretty big questions. What happens to the […]
Read MoreUncertainty and inflation hit farmers around the world (EFE Agro)
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentUncertainty and inflation hit farmers around the world (EFE Agro) Oct 26, 2022 Oct 16, 2022 pfowlkes Wed, 10/26/2022 – 15:52 Uncertainty and inflation hit farmers around the world (EFE Agro) Uncertainty and inflation hit farmers around the world (EFE Agro) Global Ukraine In the News Food Prices Food Security […]
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Will The Lettuce Outlast All This?
27 Oktober 2022 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentOne third of all plastic waste ends up in soils or freshwater. Most of this plastic disintegrates into particles smaller than five millimetres, known as microplastics, and these break down further into nanoparticles. Credit: UN Environment By Baher KamalMADRID, Oct 27 2022 (IPS) No. No lettuce, no matter how British […]
Read MoreMali: Climate change, conflict force communities in the Sahel region into desperate state
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentCountry: Mali Source: International Committee of the Red Cross Violence has forced 4.5 million out of their homes in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, a 200% increase in the past two years. Being displaced means they lose access to their lands and their livestock.
Read MoreNew $250 million USAID grant will boost FAO’s efforts to strengthen global health security and agrifood systems
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentThe Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) are scaling up efforts to strengthen global animal food security with the aim of protecting human lives and livelihoods while improving agrifood systems and safeguarding the environment. USAID has reaffirmed once […]
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World: One in three children face double threat of high climate risk and crushing poverty
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentCountry: World Source: Save the Children According to Save the Children, while 80 per cent of children are estimated to be affected by at least one extreme climate event a year, some are at particular risk because they also face poverty.
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