Register Now: Virtual Workshop – Advancing Water Quality Through Blockchain Technology
from Global Water Partnership – Caribbean As the world grapples with escalating water challenges, the Caribbean region seeks innovative solutions to safeguard its precious water resources. In this pursuit, the Global Water Partnership Caribbean (GWP-C) invites you to a groundbreaking workshop titled “Advancing Water Quality through Blockchain Technology,” scheduled for Wednesday, March 27th, 2024, from 9:00 am […]
$500K Sand Dune Designed to Protect Coastal Homes Washes Away in Just 3 Days
https://www.thedailybeast.com/author/dan-ladden-hall; The Daily Beast In a drastic attempt to protect their beachfront homes, residents in Salisbury, Massachusetts, invested $500,000 in a sand dune to defend against encroaching tides. After being completed last week, the barrier made from 14,000 tons of sand lasted just 72 hours before it was completely washed away, according to WCVB. “We got […]
[Resilient-Cities] Upcoming training courses in May and June from ADPC
ADPC’s 2024 Training Course Schedule ADPC’s vision of safer communities and sustainable development through disaster risk reduction by providing specialized trainings and capacity development support to governments, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations. The capacity development courses offered by the ADPC Academy (ACD) cover key areas of disaster risk reduction and climate resilience. We regularly update our training curricula […]
Agricultural Robots: Farming Smarter, Not Harder
By Irina Timoshenko; May 15, 2023, AI FOR GOOD Episode 6: Robots for agriculture As the global demand for food continues to rise, innovative solutions are emerging to help optimize operations in agriculture. Enter robots – the new, high-tech workforce in agriculture. These versatile machines can handle a wide range of tasks, from planting and irrigation to […]
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 […]