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Climate change will decrease agriculture yields and increase hunger, study finds
No commentsClimate change will impact agriculture yields worldwide and increase hunger during the next four decades.
»Tree farming: Tackling climate change and sustaining livelihoods
No commentsResearchers say there are far more trees on the world’s farms than anyone had realised They hope this will help to persuade policy makers that encouraging people to plant trees is a better way to reduce deforestation than stopping them from encroaching on natural forests.
»Trees offer ‘window of opportunity’ against climate change
No commentsAfrican farmers can make their land more productive by growing trees as well as other crops – and doing so will help to lessen the threat from climate change.
»Nigeria tries to save its dry north
No commentsAs the desert creeps southwards, nomads and peasant farmers in Northern Nigeria have become increasingly locked in conflict. While the farmers detest the animals grazing on their farmlands, the nomads become violent whenever their cattle are deprived of food or attacked.
»Climate change: a cold front in Jamaica
No commentsJamaica’s farmers are worried about the weather. High winds, frosts in August and dryer conditions on the tropical island are making it harder to grow crops.
»Climate refugees of the future
No commentsBangladesh is calling for the rights of environmental refugees to be recognised as the country battles rising sea levels and chronic poverty.
»Liberia leads on gender and climate change
1 commentIn much of the developing world it is women who work the farms and grow the food. Patrick Wrokpoh reports from Monrovia, Liberia’s capital city, on the country’s efforts to make gender count in the climate change debate.
»A Sacred Lake Is Swallowed
2 commentsA community of people was at peace with the lake: it cherished the birds that flew there, and knew those that left in the morning would come back to their nests at dusk. Whenever the rains failed, sacrifices were offered at the lake’s shore. But now, things are no longer the same.
»Small But Not Insignificant
No commentsAlthough many of the solutions talked about or adopted to tackle global warming hinge on the reduction of carbon in the air, there is yet to be an agreement on how to reward the millions of farmers with small holdings who grow trees on their farms and contribute to the global efforts to fight climate change.
»Women take the lead in adaptation projects
No commentsThe environment and development organisation Germanwatch reported in its Global Climate Risk Index that Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change. The South-Asian nation has consistently over the past ten years been ranked as one of three countries most affected by extremes of weather. For this reason, significant amounts of money have been invested in developing adaptation strategies. Women, traditionally homemakers in rural communities, have especially benefited from these projects.
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