Global climate change presents long-term risks and opportunities for Russian agriculture. Agricultural crops have expanded northward, especially winter wheat. As was seen in 2010 and 2012, water scarcity is expected…
Southern Japan, like many parts of the world, has experienced extreme weather events that exceeded the capacity of dams resulting in large-scale flooding, evacuation, loss of life and costly restoration…
Weather Analysis for the Amazon Basin: Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil The fires in 2019 caused immense damage across the Amazon Basin. A combination of fires being set to clear…
COVID, CLIMATE and FOOD Series COVID In response to the coronavirus, India went into strict lockdown from March 25-May 17 and is only now beginning to reopen (NYT). Cases are…
COVID, CLIMATE and FOOD Series Climate change is not only making extreme weather events more intense but they are also occurring more frequently. This phenomenon is not necessarily new, but…
COVID, CLIMATE and FOOD Series The second swarm of locusts has been descending on East Africa and putting the food security of millions of people at risk. East Africa has…
COVID, CLIMATE and FOOD Series Food security means that all people, at all times, have physical, social, and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food that meets their food…
COVID, CLIMATE and FOOD Series Global challenges such as climate change and pandemics make vulnerable populations even more vulnerable. Poorer communities have fewer resources to adapt to climate change or…
Unprecedented global challenges posed by COVID-19 and its ripple effects on jobs and food security calls for bold and effective partnerships. UN Secretary General, Mr. Guterres, put out a clarion…
Human life "as we know it" could be threatened by climate change states economists at JP Morgan. BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, the head of asset management for $7 trillion announced…
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