UNICEF: Israel blocking syringes for child vaccines in Gaza
UNICEF has said Israel is withholding vital medical supplies needed to immunise children in Gaza, Reuters reported on November 11th....
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Iran’s President warns Tehran of evacuation as drought worsens
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has warned that Tehran may soon face water rationing and, in the worst case, evacuation as...
The invisible climate battle of Bangladesh’s Dalit women
In Bangladesh, caste and gender based discrimination is neglecting female sanitation workers into a cycle of exclusion and vulnerability even...
Scientists race to save Tajikistan’s ice mountain archive
Scientists are rushing to extract deep ice cores from a glacier in the Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan before climate change...
Iraq and Turkey sign water infrastructure deal
Iraq and Turkey have signed an agreement to implement new water infrastructure projects in Iraq, Reuters reported on November 2nd....
UN says exceeding 1.5°C climate target is “inevitable”
The United Nations has warned that the world is on track to exceed the 1.5°C limit for global warming set...
Africa’s growing natural wealth still leaves many in poverty
Africa’s vast mineral and ecological wealth could lift millions out of poverty, but only if governments strengthen governance, share benefits...
Climate change endangers Mexico’s Day of the Dead flower
Climate change is threatening Mexico’s traditional Day of the Dead flower as farmers struggle with floods, drought and falling harvests,...
Green Climate Fund backs $6B Jordan water project, biggest deal
The Green Climate Fund (GCF), the world’s largest multilateral climate financing body, has made its largest single investment to date, backing...
New drones mimic bats to weather the darkest storms
As climate driven storms grow more frequent, scientists are taking cues from bats and developing drones that can echo locate...
The Zanzibar women driving the seaweed farming economy
As global demand for seaweed rises, thousands of women in Zanzibar’s women are driving a new 'blue economy', cultivating seaweed...
Bangladesh to import $34.5M worth of Moroccan fertilisers
Morocco’s state-owned fertiliser producer OCP Group has signed a series of new supply contracts with Bangladesh, strengthening its partnerships and...
Iraqi agriculture bears the brunt of Increasing water salinity
Iraqi land, once nourished by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, is sliding further into crisis, threatening farmland, rural livelihoods, and...
Nigeria: Plastic bottles and wrappers hit the runway in Lagos
Plastic bottles, food wrappers and metal can tops took centre stage on a Lagos catwalk as young designers turned litter...
Gaza workers say nearly no medical supplies are being delivered
Aid organisations have said that the medical circumstances in Gaza are still dire, as Israeli restrictions continue to stop the...
