A flooded village in Matiari, in the Sindh province of Pakistan. Credit: UNICEF/Asad Zaidi By Philippe BenoitPARIS, Sep 14 2022 (IPS) One third of Pakistan is now under water. The scope of the destruction is difficult to fathom, not just the enormity of the devastation its people are facing today, but also the damage to
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14 September 2022
Pakistan Flooding Shows ‘Adapting’ to Climate Change Can Be a Dangerous Illusion
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13 September 2022
Building Leadership for Teachers in the Developing World
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Credit: UNICEF By Simone GalimbertiKATHMANDU, Nepal, Sep 13 2022 (IPS) If we truly want to re-imagine the role education can play in the decades to come, it is going to be indispensable to take drastic measures to elevate the role of teachers in developing countries. The upcoming Transforming Education Summit in New York — September
13 September 2022
World heading into ‘uncharted territory of destruction’, says climate report
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Governments and businesses failing to change fast enough, says United in Science report, as weather gets increasingly extreme The world’s chances of avoiding the worst ravages of climate breakdown are diminishing rapidly, as we enter “uncharted territory of destruction” through our failure to cut greenhouse gas emissions and take the actions needed to stave off
12 September 2022
Elucidating social-ecological perceptions of a protected area system in Interior Alaska: a fuzzy cognitive mapping approach
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Research, part of a special feature on Resilience and Change in Arctic Alaska ABSTRACT The Interior of Alaska is one of the few remaining places in the world with intact ecosystems. Protected areas in this region, particularly Denali National Park and Preserve and Denali State Park, are high-profile tourism destinations situated in a rural landscape
12 September 2022
Optimism Prevails Despite Uncertainty Over Revolution to Build Africa’s Food Systems
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Leonida Odongo, an activist from Kenya’s Haki Nawiri Africa, and Global Development and Environment Institute fellow Dr Timothy Wise agree that Africa’s food systems revolution should not be based on costly imports. Credit: Aimable Twahirwa/IPS By Aimable TwahirwaKigali, Sep 12 2022 (IPS) The 2022 Africa Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) Summit ended in Kigali, Rwanda, with
11 September 2022
UK must insulate homes or face a worse energy crisis in 2023, say experts
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Cutting heat loss from houses will be more effective in the long term than subsidising bills, according to analysis Britain will be plunged into an even worse energy crisis in a year’s time without an immediate plan to improve leaky homes and dramatically reduce demand for gas, ministers have been warned. The UK ranks among
10 September 2022
UN chief views ‘unimaginable’ damage in visit to Pakistan’s flood-hit areas
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António Guterres calls for ‘massive financial support’ in wake of disaster that has killed at least 1,391 people The United Nations secretary general, António Guterres, has visited several areas of Pakistan ravaged by floods, as he rounded off a two-day trip aimed at raising awareness of the disaster. Record monsoon rains and glacier melt in
9 September 2022
Climate change, moose, and subsistence harvest: social-ecological assessment of Nuiqsut, Alaska
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Research ABSTRACT Assessing the impact of a rapidly warming climate on subsistence-based livelihoods in the Arctic is critical for building resilience for rural communities. We used a social-ecological system (SES) framework to evaluate the possible range of changes in moose abundance, distribution, and harvesting for Nuiqsut, a small native community in northern Alaska. Our results
9 September 2022
An Unsealed Indictment of Trump’s Crimes Against Migrant Families
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Katy Rodríguez (R) and her son (in his father’s arms) when they were reunited after leaving the Migrant Assistance Centre in San Salvador following their deportation. Like thousands of other families, mother and son were separated for four months after entering the United States without the proper documents. Credit: Edgardo Ayala/IPS By Peter CostantiniSEATTLE, USA,
8 September 2022
Information overload and environmental degradation: Learning from H.A. Simon and W. Wenders
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Publication date: December 2022 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 202 Author(s): Tommaso Luzzati, Ilaria Tucci, Pietro Guarnieri