The sun appears behind the clouds 7 minutes after midnight, in Longyearbyen, on May 9, 2022, on Spitsbergen island, in Svalbard Archipelago, northern Norway. AFP LOOGYEARBYEN, Norway –Tor Selnes owes his life to a lamp. He miraculously survived a fatal avalanche that shed light on the vulnerability of Svalbard, a region warming faster than anywhere else, to human-caused … [Read more...] about Warming climate upends Arctic mining town
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G7 must act to help tackle global hunger crisis-German UN food agency
People pick up their accreditation in the G7 press centre in the southern Bavarian resort where the G7 Summit will be held, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, June 23, 2022. (REUTERS) BERLIN – The Group of Seven wealthy countries must ramp up humanitarian aid to help tackle a global hunger crisis exacerbated by the war in Ukraine , a senior official of the United … [Read more...] about G7 must act to help tackle global hunger crisis-German UN food agency
ERM and GlobeScan Joint Survey finds sustainability leadership is now defined by evidence of integration and impact
ICT, Automotive, and Life Sciences / Biotechnology sectors lead APAC’s sustainability transition SINGAPORE - Media OutReach - 24 June 2022 - A new survey from the SustainAbility Institute by ERM and GlobeScan finds that sustainability leadership is increasingly being measured by evidence of action, impact, and above all the integration of sustainability into … [Read more...] about ERM and GlobeScan Joint Survey finds sustainability leadership is now defined by evidence of integration and impact
Wise move by the president-elect
It was a wise move from President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to head the Department of Agriculture (DA) considering our current food and agriculture crisis. “As for agriculture, I think the problem is severe enough that I have decided to take on the portfolio of secretary of agriculture … It is also a practical matter so that things move quickly because events of … [Read more...] about Wise move by the president-elect
For Iraqis a sweltering summer of ‘hell’ has begun
Iraqi boys swim with a herd of buffaloes in the Diyala River in the Fadiliyah district, northeast of Baghdad on August 2, 2021, amid extreme summer temperatures. AFP BASRA , Iraq— Umm Mohammed, 74, waves a fan back and forth to cool down, but in the blistering heat of Iraq’s southern city of Basra there is nothing but stiflingly hot air. While Basra is used to … [Read more...] about For Iraqis a sweltering summer of ‘hell’ has begun