Fast-depleting groundwater sources must be protected worldwide
24 Maret 2022 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentPhoto: Pixabay/distelAPPArath Though water is central to our everyday lives and indeed life itself, we often mark World Water Day on March 22 not by reminding ourselves of all that water brings, but of the consequences of its absence or contamination. As the American polymath Benjamin Franklin noted, “when the well […]
Read MoreSEC Issues Climate-Related Risk Disclosure Rule Proposal
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentThe Biden administration has prioritized environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risks to capital markets, particularly climate-related financial risks (discussed in our previous alert, Biden Administration ESG Activity Accelerates). Building on that focus, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a proposed rule on “The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related […]
Read MoreBKSDA akan evakuasi buaya di Desa Janti Kabupaten Kediri
23 Maret 2022 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentBalai Besar Konservasi Sumber Daya Alam Jawa Timur di Banyakan, Kabupaten Kediri, mengevakuasi buaya dari sebuah sungai di Desa Janti, Kecamatan Wates, dan akan dibawa ke kantor. “Kami akan evakuasi. Malam ini kami menuju …
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South African Court Rules that Clean Air Is a Constitutional Right: What Needs to Change
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentThe judgement highlights how important compliance with standards is as clean air is confirmed as a constitutional right. Credit: Bigstock By External SourcePRETORIA, Mar 23 2022 (IPS) A court in South Africa has confirmed the constitutional right of the country’s citizens to an environment that isn’t harmful to their health. […]
Read MoreThe Russian invasion of Ukraine threatens to further exacerbate the food insecurity emergency in Yemen
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentThe Russian invasion of Ukraine threatens to further exacerbate the food insecurity emergency in Yemen Mar 23, 2022 jmcquaid Wed, 03/23/2022 – 10:30 The Russian invasion of Ukraine threatens to further exacerbate the food insecurity emergency in Yemen Sikandra Kurdi Clemens Breisinger Joseph Glauber David Laborde When the impacts of […]
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Worsening food crisis looming in Sudan amid economic downturn, displacement, and ruined crops
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentCountry: Sudan Sources: World Food Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations The combined effects of conflict, economic crisis, and poor harvests are significantly affecting people’s access to food and will likely double the number of people facing acute hunger in Sudan.
Read MoreDOD Finalizes “Enhanced Debriefing” Rule for Federal Procurements
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentA new regulation outlines U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) contractors’ rights to an “enhanced debriefing” in certain procurements. On 18 March 2022, the DOD published a final rule to implement Section 818 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (2018 NDAA), which required the DOD to implement […]
Read MoreAcute lack of water is pushing millions towards hunger in Kenya
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentCountry: Kenya Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs In Turkana, one of the driest parts of Kenya, lakeside communities can no longer survive on fishing, pastoralists are losing their livestock and everyday people are going hungry and thirsty.
Read MoreMiddle East and North Africa are ‘directly affected’ by wheat shortage, says research center (CNBC International TV)
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentMiddle East and North Africa are ‘directly affected’ by wheat shortage, says research center (CNBC International TV) Mar 22, 2022 Mar 14, 2022 pfowlkes Tue, 03/22/2022 – 13:43 Middle East and North Africa are ‘directly affected’ by wheat shortage, says research center (CNBC International TV) Middle East and North Africa […]
Read MoreSEC wants new climate risk disclosure rules for business
Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 CommentPublicly traded companies in the United States would have to comply with new and tougher standards in reporting their climate risks to investors under rules proposed Monday by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The proposed rules would ensure that companies are more transparent about climate risks that could reasonably […]
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