<p>A basic meal is far beyond the reach of millions of people in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic joins conflict, climate change and economic troubles in pushing up levels of hunger around the world, according to this new study by the United Nations World Food Program (WFP). This report highlights the countries where a simple meal such as rice and beans costs the most, when compared with people’s incomes.</p>
During his annual whirlwind tour of Clinton Foundation humanitarian projects in Africa, which ended Monday, former U.S. President Bill Clinton sat down with National Geographic News's David Braun in Kigali, Rwanda, for a conversation on how African leaders can unite to fight the energy, climate, and food crises and how the continent is so much more than the disasters that often define it in the media. (Hear the full interview.)
ActionAid believes that agroecology-based Climate Resilient Sustainable Agriculture (CSRA) is an effective way to respond to both the climate and food crisis. CRSA proposes to overcome the gaps of contemporary
A WARMING GLOBE IS BRINGING UNPRECEDENTED CONFLICT TO AFRICA AND GOVERNMENTS ARE EXACERBATING THE PROBLEM, SAYS EDMUND SANDERS Most climate related conflicts in Africa have been localised but experts warn that climate wars between neighbouring countries could be a possibility
Lusaka — The Africa Development Bank (AfDB) has announced a $549m (Shs1.8 trillion) plan to support countries deal with drought and other effects of climate change on the continent. Speaking during
THE global price of basic food commodities and products has increased rapidly over the past three years resulting in increased food insecurity. In Africa, for example, social cohesion, peace and stability, as well as the encouraging economic gains among others, are at risk.
This report is the result of a year-long research project driven by a quest for better understanding on how the emerging BASIC powers – Brazil, South Africa, India and China – approach international climate
Hunger in the Arab region continues to rise, with a 91.1 percent increase since 2000, says a new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The 2021 Near East and North Africa
This scoping study explores potential challenges and opportunities for the development and implementation of mitigation market mechanisms (MMM) under Articles 6.2 or 6.4 of the Paris Agreement, as well
Cereals production could fall by 50 percent in parts of southern Africa in the long term due to climate change, causing increased hunger and poverty, a researcher told an agriculture conference on Wednesday. South Africa is the largest carbon emitter on the continent, mainly due to its reliance on coal to produce most of its electricity.
A bitter debate over HFCs heats up ahead of India-US talks This weekend, Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh and US president Barack Obama are meeting in Washington DC. An environmental tussle is predicted:
<p>Nonhuman primates, our closest biological relatives, play important roles in the livelihoods, cultures, and religions of many societies and offer unique insights into human evolution, biology, behavior,
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Thursday spoke to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to exchange views on the climate change conference at Copenhagen. During their 10-minute telephonic conference, the leaders were said to have discussed ways of taking the climate summit forward. They agreed that the two sides would keep in touch in the run-up to this conference.
In what may be a strong signal to rich nations on the issue of climate change, New Delhi on Tuesday said the developing countries, including India, have a "right to grow" and in the process their "net
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: The four emerging economies
Debate rages on. Alarmists insist that anthropogenic global warming threatens human health and welfare, plant and animal species. Challengers argue that there is no crisis, and humans play a relatively minor role in climate change.
The head of the United Nations said on Wednesday it was vital to help fragile regions grow resilient and ward off future crises as well as address humanitarian disasters when they erupt. U.N. Secretary-General
The great expansion of economic activity since the end of World War II has caused an unprecedented rise in living standards, but it has also caused rapid changes in earth systems. Nearly all types of natural
Climate shift has at times been fingered as a culprit in triggering conflict, fuelling for instance the 1789 French Revolution by wrecking harvests and driving hungry peasants to the city. Evidence
Spain plans to help five poor African countries fight hunger and climate change under a 60 million euro ($90 million) scheme to help the continent whose people flood to Spain in their tens of thousands each year. Spanish First Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega announced the aid package ahead of a Spanish-African women's conference opening on Monday in Niger, one of many African nations struggling to cope with high world food prices.
