Climate

What did Ecuador’s largest hydropower project bring to the country?

Climate and Environment, In-depth Issues /

By Zhouai Joann Yu “Ecuador has 30% of our energy production based on hydropower. Sounds good right?” says Emilio Cobo, an environmental engineer and founder of the Andean Rivers Observatory, an organization monitoring water infrastructure in the Andean region. Hydropower is portrayed as one of the leading “clean” energy options, yet the true effects of each project are much more

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Sustainable tourism: preserving the ecosystem and creating livelihood

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One of the horrible ironies of the climate problem is that some of the most stunning and well-known locations on Earth are also among the most at risk. As a result, these areas will suffer a severe loss of tourism as a result of rising temperatures, an increase in extreme weather events, the drying up

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News Digest | June 2023

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Combating drought, one garden at a time WFP/Souleymane Ag Anara | A woman waters a community garden under a baking sun in Satara, Niger. Ms. Saidou is one of many farmers who have benefited from the World Food Programme’s (WFP) integrated resilience initiative, which was started in Niger and four other Sahel countries—Burkina Faso, Chad,

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News Digest | March 2023

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Haiti: Amid rising hunger levels, ‘world cannot wait for disaster before it acts’, WFP warns © UNICEF | An estimated one million children are out of school in Haiti due to insecurity and other factors. According to the new Integrated Food Security Phase Classification analysis, half of the world’s population, 4.9 million people are struggling to

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What Innovators Should Look at in Solving the Climate Crisis?

Climate and Environment, Tech & Innovation /

There is no doubt that climate change is one of the biggest challenges nowadays. In the past 150 years, the concentration of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere has risen dramatically, especially methane, carbon dioxide, and nitrous oxide. These gasses accelerate climate change as they trap heat in the atmosphere by warming the earth’s average temperature. Voluntary

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Nigeria in the Face of Catastrophic Flooding

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By Eniola Abdulroqeeb Arowolo  Over the years, Nigeria has faced the detriments of climate change which has, according to a report by BBC, left over a million people displaced. The country is used to seasonal flooding and has continued to be a disturbing threat to the lives and properties of the people.  This brings one to the

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Yangon Youth taking action to shift the choking air situation in Myanmar

Climate and Environment, Lifestyle, Tech & Innovation /

By: Zaw Win Htet   The Earth is heating up, but that’s not the only matter – it is also choking. Despite the massive recent trend of global activism on climate change, air pollution – the other side of the same coin – still largely remains overlooked, especially in a developing country like Myanmar. As

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The perspectives of local marginalized groups upon water in the midst of COVID-19 in Myanmar

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COVID-19 pandemic has been changing our day-to-day activities since the beginning. Water becomes an essential element, and access to clean water is crucial to reducing the risk of COVID-19. In addition, the regions where water insecurity pre-exists before the pandemic increased the need for clean water to wash hands.

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