With extreme high temperatures taking lives all around the globe, Global Heat Summit signals an urgent need to help communities cope with heatwaves With heatwaves becoming more frequent and extreme —...
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With extreme high temperatures taking lives all around the globe, Global Heat Summit signals an urgent need to help communities cope with heatwaves With heatwaves becoming more frequent and extreme —...
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"Cae el sol": mitigación y adaptación al cambio climático con prácticas locales Por Danny Everett Para entender cómo pueden utilizarse los conocimientos y prácticas de las comunidades en primera...
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"Le soleil tombe" : atténuer le changement climatique et s'y adapter grâce aux pratiques locales Pour comprendre comment les connaissances et les pratiques des communautés en première ligne de la...
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“The sun is falling”: mitigating and adapting to climate change with local practices By Danny Everett To understand how knowledge and practice from communities at the frontline of the climate crisis...
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The Climate Action Explained video series is part of UNDP’s efforts to ignite public conversation and mobilize action on climate change on the road to the COP30 climate negotiations which will be...
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Responding to the new report naming three South Asian countries – Bangladesh, Pakistan and India – having the worst air quality globally at a time when the World Meteorological Organization has...
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March 20, 2024 By Tabea Campbell Pauli and Tasnia Khandaker Prova Bangladesh is facing a climate emergency. Although it is one of the world’s least polluting nations, it is already experiencing some...
The ESCAP Asia-Pacific SDG Progress Report 2024 flagged the region’s regression on SDG 13, climate action. To reverse this trend, it is imperative that both mitigation and adaptation go hand in hand...
Highlights As part of the social behaviour change communication (SBCC) campaign on fortified rice in Bihar, a workshop was held in Patna on 16 February 2024. Eighty participants joined from media...
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The ESCAP Asia-Pacific SDG Progress Report 2024 flagged the region’s regression on SDG 13, climate action. To reverse this trend, it is imperative that both mitigation and adaptation go hand in hand...
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Building climate resilience through community volunteering "In every community on the planet, volunteers are taking action to support the most vulnerable people, including in the midst of conflict...
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Human rights hypocrisy undermines rules-based order, new CIVICUS report finds View full report here. For interviews contact media@civicus.org JOHANNESBURG – Hypocrisy by powerful countries undermined...
As climate change intensifies, it is imperative for policymakers to address the escalating loss and damage it inflicts on vulnerable communities in developing countries. In India's Maharashtra state,...
WASHINGTON, March 1, 2024 —The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a new program to support the state of Assam in India to improve connectivity for over 1.8 million people living...
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Introduction The impacts of climate change in the Asia-Pacific region threaten to undo hard-won gains in sustainable development that countries have made in recent decades. Climate change is putting...
Highlights On 12th January, WFP in collaboration with NITI Aayog (the apex public policy think tank of the Government) launched a compendium of inspiring stories on millets mainstreaming in India,...
Highlights WFP is assisting the Government of Uttar Pradesh in establishing Take-Home Ration (THR) production units. A total of 204 THR units across 43 districts have become operational, fully...
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Digitalisation for climate action Addressing climate change and achieving sustainability are among the most urgent issues facing our world today. The Climate Ledger Initiative (CLI) explores how...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21, 2023—The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a new program to support Tamil Nadu and provide around 2 million people with more and better access to water and...
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By Jo Becker, Advocacy Director, Children's Rights Division Despite a Difficult Year, Children’s Rights Made Progress Grim stories of conflict, abuse, and deprivation seem to confront us every day...