Many small islands have no room for manoeuvre at COP28
Simply put, their goal is staving off annihilation This Article is from The Economist At the latest climate summit convened by the UN, COP28, which opens in Dubai on November 30th, one group is sure to have an outsize voice. These are the small island developing states (SIDS). Their club numbers just 39 full members and 18 associates. Together […]
Panama Canal drought hits new crisis level with nearly half of vessel traffic targeted for cuts
By Lori-ann Larocco for CNBC Business News Starting Friday, the Panama Canal Authority is implementing additional vessel reductions in an effort to conserve water as a drought exacerbated by a severe El Nino weather system continues to plague water levels in the locks of the key global trade conduit. According to Panama Canal authorities, the […]
More than 600,000 displaced by floods in Somalia
Reporting from BBC. Click here to go to the video. The number of displaced people by the rains in Somalia has gone up by 100,000 in just one week, bringing the number to close to 650,000 people. The heavy rains that started in October have killed over 100 people in the Horn of Africa. Entire […]
Barbados Agricultural Society warns of shortage of local produce this Christmas
Article by Sheria Brathwaite for Barbados Today – November 7, 2023 Significant weather events are continuing to negatively impact the agriculture sector and officials are predicting that the current shortages of six to eight-week crops and other produce will extend into the Christmas season. The heads of the Barbados Agricultural Society (BAS) James Paul and […]
Sugar prices are rising worldwide after bad weather tied to El Nino damaged crops in Asia
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and CHINEDU ASADU, Associated Press Sugar prices are soaring in many places. That’s largely due to production shortfalls in key exporters India and Thailand, which are partly blamed on the El Nino. The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization is predicting a 2% decline in production this year. Increasingly, sugar is being […]
Lessons from Covering Global Climate Change with Somini Sengupta, NYT International Climate Reporter
The Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California (USC Annenberg) for a conversation with The New York Times’ international climate reporter Somini Sengupta. Sengupta shares the lessons on climate change she has learned as a journalist working in over 40 countries around the world. Click here to go the conversation […]
Rampant Heatwaves Are A Growing Threat To Caribbean Food Security
Stories about food & agriculture through the lens of climate change by Daphne Ewing-Chow for Forbes Record-breaking heat that has been beating down on the Caribbean for the past few months poses a grave threat to regional food security. Unprecedented temperatures are impacting soil and water, worker productivity and income, food prices and trade— with […]
After 8 major hurricanes in 6 years, some Gulf Coast communities are hitting a ‘tipping point’
This story is sourced from CNN When Hurricane Idalia slammed into Florida Wednesday morning, it became the eighth major hurricane to hit the Gulf Coast in the last six years. And it may not be the last; Atlantic hurricane season hasn’t yet peaked, and the Gulf of Mexico has been historically warm – more energy to fuel more deadly storms. But […]
BARBADOS’ BLUEPRINT FOR CLIMATE RESILIENCE
Unpredictable weather events are reshaping the future of small states and island nations. Barbados’ technology-focused, data-driven response to climate change can help strengthen its resilience—and can be adapted for wider use. This article is sourced from IFC.org /World Bank Group. Story by Alison Buckholtz. Multimedia by Armando Gallardo and Julia Schmalz. With a palm-sized notebook […]