News headlines for “Biodiversity”, page 203
Running from the Storm - How Bangladesh’s Climate Migrants are Becoming Food Secure
- Inter Press Service
BHOLA, Bangladesh, Nov 28 (IPS) - It was almost a decade ago when Ruma Begum and her family left their home in Bangladesh's coastal Tazumuddin upazila or sub-district and travelled some 50 km away to start a new life. They had been driven out of their home by an extreme and changing climate that has continued to ravage the district of Bhola.
Climate Change-Related New Record-Breaking Events: It’s Time to Think Outside the Box
- Inter Press Service
ILLINOIS, United States, Nov 28 (IPS) - Recently, Italy declared a State of Emergency because of record-breaking flooding while on 11 November, it did not rain anywhere on the continent of Australia, also breaking a record.
IDB Modernises Crucial Social and Environmental Safeguards
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Nov 27 (IPS) - The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is in the process of modernising the social and environmental safeguards that govern the financing of projects considered vital for the construction of sustainable infrastructure in the Latin American region.
Science & Policy Must Remain Partners in Mercury Challenge
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Nov 25 (IPS) - Minamata COP3 provides chance to get effectiveness evaluation right. It has been more than two years since the Minamata Convention on Mercury entered into force. The global treaty protects humans and the environment from the toxic metal, but countries are still stuck on how to measure the agreement's effectiveness.
A 650 Million Dollar Pledge Aimed at Eradicating Extreme Hunger by 2030
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 22 (IPS) - When a coalition of international donors pledged more than $650 million to provide assistance to over 300 million smallholder farmers in developing countries, the primary aim was to help increase agricultural and livestock production besieged by droughts, floods and other natural disasters triggered by climate change-- mostly in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
Green Steel
- Inter Press Service
BEIJING, China, Nov 21 (IPS) - How Indonesian craftsmanship is undergoing a revival at the world's first ‘bamboo university'.
It's fast-growing, flexible and strong. Standing underneath a bamboo canopy, it is easy to understand why people have been using this grass plant for years, in the construction of houses, bridges and scaffolding.
More Than just a Toilet: Fusing innovation & Partnerships for a Better World
- Inter Press Service
KOHLER, Wisconsin, Nov 21 (IPS) - Each year, World Toilet Day* raises awareness of the crucial role that sanitation plays in reducing disease and creating healthier communities.
At Kohler, we're committed to finding solutions for universal sanitation access by leveraging our design & innovation competencies and partnering with like-minded organizations to bring meaningful innovations to those communities most in need.
Winning the ‘No Food Loss’ Battle: The Case of Japan
- Inter Press Service
ARKANSAS, Nov 20 (IPS) - Humankind since almost the time that there is recorded history has grappled with the question of ‘how many is too many?' The response is expectedly complex as it varies across time and space. The pace of population growth was slow till about approximately 250 years or so. It is only since the middle of the eighteenth century that there has been a palpable acceleration in population growth.
Seeing Through the Smog: Can New Delhi Find a Way to Limit Air Pollution?
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Nov 19 (IPS) - Ankita Gupta, a housewife from south Delhi, is anxious about whether she should send her 4-year-old daughter to kindergarten. Outside visibility is poor as smog — a combination of emissions from factories, vehicle exhausts, coal plants and chemicals reacting with sunlight — has settled over the city, surpassing dangerous levels.
Climate Change and Loss of Species: Our Greatest Challenges
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Nov 19 (IPS) - Mottled and reddish, the Lake Oku puddle frog has made its tragic debut on the Red List, a rapidly expanding roll call of threatened species. It was once abundant in the Kilum-Ijim rainforest of Cameroon but has not been seen since 2010 and is now listed as critically endangered and possibly extinct.
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