Almost daily we hear about the launch of a new electric vehicle or advances in battery technology. Yet are all these innovations getting us closer to a truly sustainable transport system? A new paper in the Journal for Cleaner Production addresses this question, looking at the progress in research made […]
Read MoreIt has taken a deadly viral outbreak and the prospect of a global pandemic, but China has finally done it. Banning the country’s thriving wildlife trade, that is. Beijing has issued a “comprehensive” ban on the trade and consumption of all wild animals in an effort to restrict the spread […]
Read MoreFeb 25, 2020 In the News Ethiopia Ato Newai Gebre-Ab IFPRI and the Ethiopia Strategy Support Program (ESSP) are saddened by the passing of Ato Newai Gebre-Ab, Chief Economic Adviser to the former Prime Minister of Ethiopia, yesterday February 24, 2020. Ato Newai was a great champion of IFPRI’s work […]
Read MoreCountries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania Sources: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, World Food Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations As the locusts continue their invasion throughout eastern Africa, and more details […]
Read MoreCredit: Patrick Burnett/IPS By Ifeanyi NsoforABUJA, Feb 25 2020 (IPS) Recently, Nigerian feminist author Ukamaka Olisakwe spoke about her post-partum depression after giving birth in the city of Aba, southeast Nigeria. This follows her 2019 Longreads essay, in which she narrated painful details of her experience. In 2007, Olisakwe was 24 years old when she had her first […]
Read MoreBadan Penanggulangan Bencana Daerah (BPBD) Kabupaten Bener Meriah, Provinsi Aceh menyatakan bahwa kebakaran hutan dan lahan (karhutla) terjadi di kawasan Desa Uning Gelime, Kecamatan Wih Pesam dengan luas mencapai enam hektare, …
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Read MoreUS President Donald Trump has become the seventh US President to visit India since Dwight D. Eisenhower touched down in 1959 to cheering crowds on the tarmac.
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