Source: World Food Programme Country: Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Las encuestas de seguridad alimentaria del WFP realizadas este año mostraron que el 54% de los migrantes y refugiados en Colombia y el 23% en Ecuador tienen inseguridad alimentaria moderada o severa. ROMA – El Programa Mundial de Alimentos […]

Air pollution is a potent killer. Need proof? Consider these facts: in the United States alone some 200,000 people succumb to ailments brought on or exacerbated by toxic air. Air pollution has been linked to a variety of debilitating health conditions from coronary disease to strokes. Nor is the US […]

Authorities in China have released what they say is a confession by detained former British consular worker Simon Cheng, who earlier this week claimed he was tortured by police in August.

With all the attention focused on CO2 and methane in concerns about human-made emissions, there is a greenhouse gas whose impact has been largely overlooked. That gas is nitrous oxide, which also happens to be an ozone-depleting substance. Worse: emissions of nitrous oxide, popularly known as “laughing gas” and widely […]

Event Post November 21, 2019 Policy seminar: Advancing gender equality through agriculture and natural resource management Evgeniya Anisimova A collaboration among CGIAR centers explores the latest gender research and its applications.