A family evacuated from Irpin, Kyiv region, Ukraine. Credit: UNICEF/Julia Kochetova By Oli Henman and Lysa JohnLONDON / JOHANNESBURG, Apr 15 2022 (IPS) Russia’s war in Ukraine has left many communities facing catastrophe. In a world already wracked by multiple crises such as searing inequality and escalating climate change, this conflict is tearing through communities.
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14 April 2022
Do all roads lead to Sapporo? The role of linking and bridging ties in evacuation decisions
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Why do some communities evacuate long-distances in higher rates than others after disaster? This mixed-methods study uses a new dataset of long-distance evacuation rates after Hokkaido’s Eastern Iburi Earthquake in September 2018, aggregated to the city level from geolocated Facebook user movement. We found that communities with stronger linking and bridging social capital tended to
14 April 2022
Exploring social-ecological impacts on trade-offs and synergies among ecosystem services
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Publication date: July 2022 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 197 Author(s): Xiaoyu Wang, Jian Peng, Yuhang Luo, Sijing Qiu, Jianquan Dong, Zimo Zhang, Kim Vercruysse, Robert C. Grabowski, Jeroen Meersmans
14 April 2022
Education Cannot Wait in Moldova with Strategic Partners Scaling-up its Ukraine Crisis Regional Education Response to US$6.5 Million for Crisis-affected Children and Youth
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During ECW’s high-level mission – with strategic partners USAID, FCDO/UK and Theirworld – USAID announced a new $18 million contribution, becoming ECW’s third largest donor. By External SourceChișinău, Moldova, Apr 13 2022 (IPS-Partners) Expanding on Education Cannot Wait’s (ECW) US$5 million Ukraine First Emergency Response grant announced in March, ECW today announced a new, initial
13 April 2022
South Africa floods: deadliest storm on record kills over 250 people
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President Cyril Ramaphosa blames ‘catastrophic’ rainfall in KwaZulu-Natal on climate crisis Devastating floods have killed 259 people in the South African city of Durban and surrounding areas, a senior government official said on Wednesday, after hillsides were washed away, homes collapsed and more people were still feared missing. The heaviest rains in 60 years pummelled
13 April 2022
Australia’s new gas projects to struggle financially after 2030 if 1.5C climate goal met, report says
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Economic viability of eight major fossil fuel projects in doubt amid predicted gas demand fall, investor group analysis reveals Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing Australia’s new gas export developments are likely to struggle economically after 2030 if the world lives up to commitments to combat the climate crisis, according to
12 April 2022
Africa Commits to Green Recovery from COVID-19 Amid Daunting Challenges
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Africa has committed to green recovery of COVID-19, now it needs to turn policy into action, analysts say. Credit: Dustan Woodhouse/Unsplash Dustan Woodhouse By Aimable TwahirwaKIGALI, Apr 12 2022 (IPS) Climate change activist Mithika Mwenda, the Executive Director of the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), is not reluctant to engage African governments to do
12 April 2022
Chile announces unprecedented plan to ration water as drought enters 13th year
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Rivers that supply Santiago with water are running low, forcing rotating cuts to different parts of the city As a punishing, record-breaking drought enters its 13th year, Chile has announced an unprecedented plan to ration water for the capital of Santiago, a city of nearly 6 million. “A city can’t live without water,” Claudio Orrego,
11 April 2022
Connecting the Dots for the Transforming Education Summit
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By Yasmine SherifNEW YORK, Apr 11 2022 (IPS) Look around the world at this very moment. Whether we look at it in stark numbers and statistics, whether we look at it as a generational loss of basic human rights, including the right to an education, or whether we look inwardly and feel the unspeakable human
10 April 2022
Do environmentally-friendly cocoa farms yield social and economic co-benefits?
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Publication date: July 2022 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 197 Author(s): Lina Tennhardt, Gianna Lazzarini, Rainer Weisshaidinger, Christian Schader