Changing climates: the heat is (still) on
The world is getting warmer and natural hazards are becoming more intense, likely bringing higher economic losses in the future. Today, four major weather perils result in expected economic losses of USD
Philippines
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Cadres of change: transforming biotech farmers in China, India, and the Philippines
Cadres of Change: Transforming Biotech Farmers in China, India, and the Philippines is an empirical testimony to how biotech crops are changing the lives of small farmers, their families and that of their
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Warsaw climate talks end with tepid agreement
Delegates from more than 190 nations at the annual U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiation in Warsaw, Poland today reached agreement on a pathway to Paris in 2015, where they have
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World Bank raises Philippine typhoon aid package to almost $1 billion
The World Bank said it raised to almost $1 billion its financial aid package to support relief and reconstruction in typhoon-devastated areas in the central Philippines, as the toll of death and destruction
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फिलीपींस की गूंज, उत्तराखंड का जिक्र तक नहीं
जलवायु परिवर्तन कॉन्फ्रेंसत्न भारत और फिलीपींस में तबाही का असर एक--सा, सुर अलग समर्थन सिर्फ फिलीपींस का भारत की ओर से भाग ले रहे डेलीगेशन के वरिष्ठ सदस्य रवि एस प्रसाद के मुताबिक हम सीओपी19 में
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HIV infection numbers stagnant in the past five years: report
The report warns of emerging epidemics in some countries A significant progress has been seen in a number of countries in Asia and the Pacific in reducing new HIV infections by over 50 per cent since 2001, but the impact appears to be slowing down with overall numbers across the region remaining largely unchanged in the past five years, a latest UN report has said. It also warns of emerging epidemics in some countries, including Pakistan, Indonesia and the Philippines.
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Philippines typhoon crop damage worth $110 million: FAO
The typhoon that hit the Philippines has caused crop losses worth $110 million and inflicted damage to the agriculture sector of more than twice that figure, preliminary estimates from the United Nation's
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फिलीपींस की गूंज, उत्तराखंड त्रासदी का जिक्र तक नहीं
पोलैंड की राजधानी वारसॉ में जलवायु परिवर्तन के मुद्दे पर चल रही यूनाइटेड नेशन्स फ्रेमवर्क कन्वेंशन फॉर क्लाइमेट चेंज (यूएनएफसीसीसी) की 19वीं कॉन्फ्रेंस अब तक बेनतीजा रही हैं, लेकिन एक बात जो उभरकर सामने
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India skips mention of natural disasters at climate meet
WARSAW: World may be looking at India for its response to what had happened recently in Odisha and Uttarakhand due to natural disasters which were results of climatic extremes, but there was not a word
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Pakistan severely hit by climate change
The Global Climate Risk Index 2014 has ranked Pakistan among the three most affected countries worldwide for three consecutive years by climate-related catastrophes. The Germanwatch climate risk index
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Japan's new CO2 goal dismays U.N. climate conference
China, the EU and environmentalists criticized Japan at U.N. climate talks on Friday for slashing its greenhouse gas emissions target after its nuclear power industry was shuttered by the Fukushima disaster.