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The promising climate solution was selected as an innovation sprint at the AIM for Climate summit. WASHINGTON, DC -- The Jameel Observatory Climate Resilience Early Warning System Network (Jameel Observatory-CREWSnet), a new project launched by the Massachusetts…
World + 85 more
Overview: In East Africa, conditions have improved for Belg season cereals in Ethiopia due to enhanced rains. In the south, planting of main season cereals continues under mixed conditions due to ongoing dryness in some areas with…
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By Ed Holt BRATISLAVA, May 2 2023 (IPS)- While there is no established causal relationship between climate change and tuberculosis (TB), studies have begun to highlight the potential impact its effects could have on the spread of…
Philippines
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian met with United Nations-Food and Agriculture Organization (UN-FAO) Country Representative Dr. Lionel Dabbadie, on Friday, April 28, reaffirming their strong and strategic partnership on disaster preparedness. During…
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In the first Start Ready risk pool, Start Network provided protection to 590,019 people in 8 countries, from 10 climate risks. Over the course of 12 months, Start Ready was activated 8 times. NGOs received preagreed…
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The 2022 Climate Risk Insurance Annual Report highlights key insights and achievements from WFP-supported Climate Risk Insurance (CRI) programmes. It provides deep dives into WFP-supported CRI programmes in each country, as well as stories from the…
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This policy brief is framed around five themes that emerged from our research: agency, voice, (im)mobility, language and linkages. The findings and recommendations of this paper also draw on three roundtables on climate change, conflict and…
Bangladesh + 4 more
Abstract This regional synthesis report aims to guide policymakers through providing operational policy recommendations on how to ensure education is protected in Asia and the Pacific in the face of climate change and displacement from a human…
Pakistan + 3 more
April 19, 2023 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) recognizes the critical role that the environment plays in supporting thriving communities. Earth Day highlights the urgent need to protect our planet and its resources, as conflict…
Bangladesh
A real time sewage surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in Dhaka, Bangladesh can detect the virus at least a week ahead of the traditional clinical surveillance can, which relies on testing individual people for COVID-19, according to a…
