Water Scarcity

By Kanchan Srivastava A network of women across Bundelkhand villages are reviving water harvesting techniques and traditional water bodies in the drought-ridden region.   The Jal Sahelis construct check dams and desilt old ponds to collect rainwater for us…

Sibusiso Mohlapi, a math and science teacher at Boshoek Primary School in South Africa's North West province, often had empty seats in his classroom when children stayed home sick with diarrhea, headaches and stomach cramps. But when a soccer field that stor…

MOGADISHU, Somalia — The European Union has provided 125 000 in humanitarian funding to assist the most affected people suffering from food shortages requiring humanitarian assistance following sustained drought in Somalia. The drought resulted from insuffic…

By Thin Lei WinRome — Half a century ago farmers grew rice, sesame and pulses on the land around Myint Soe's village in Myanmar. Now only paddy fields remain. Technology has made farming easier but government policy and climate change have slashed the foods …

It is palpable now. Even the most ardent deniers of human-caused climate disruption can feel the convulsions wracking the planet. I truly believe this, given that, essentially, we are all of and from the Earth. Deep down inside all of us is the “fight or fli…

Posted April 29, 2019 05:04:59 100 marathons in 100 days. So physically extreme, most people would consider it impossible. For Mina Guli, it was a way to draw attention to the growing global water crisis. But when the 48-year-old reached breaking point, no…

Sierra Leone (/sɪˈɛərəlɪˈoʊni, -lɪˈoʊn/), officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea to the north-east, Liberia to the south-east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the south-west. Sierra Leone has a tropical cli…

Suez's (OTCPK:SZEVF) Q1 2019 Earnings Conference Call April 26, 2019 2:30 AM ET Company Participants Jean-Marc Boursier - Senior Executive Vice President, Finance and R&R Northern Europe Conference Call Participants Anna Maria Scaglia - Morgan Stanley…

By Njiraini MuchiraMore than 10 million people in Eastern African are at the risk of starving, amid fears that the delay in the onset of the long rains will worsen the current food shortage and cause disease outbreaks. Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, Ethiopia an…

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin The village of Sandhamn on Sandön in the Stockholm archipelago Getty After relatively little snow and rainfall for over two years, Sweden, a country with 100,000 lakes, is tinder dry. Forest f…