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60m people will face food problems in Africa – WHO


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Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO),  Tedros Ghebreyesus, has expressed concern over imminent food insecurity in the Horn of Africa due to the climate crisis. Ghebreyesus said this during an online news conference,…

Floods ravage West/ Central Africa; displace thousands 


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About five million (5,000,000) people in 19 countries across West and Central Africa have been hit by above-average and devastating flooding, claiming hundreds of lives, upending livelihoods, displacing tens of…

“We are in a climate crisis,” FAO warns


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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has warned that the world is in a climate crisis and proffered agriculture as a part of the climate solution.…

Climate crisis causes a surge over India lightning strike


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Climate crisis has caused lightning strikes in India, leading to deaths as residents are getting traumatized due to thunderstorms. Thunderbolts contain as much as a billion volts of electricity and can cause immense damage to buildings…

US, China call for climate action, renew carbon neutral pledge


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US President Joe Biden has opened an international climate summit saying that the United States “isn’t waiting” to lead on an issue of “moral and economic imperative”, as his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, renewed Beijing’s pledge of…

Climate Crisis: 70% of African countries at high risk


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According to Save the Children, an International organisation that focuses on the most vulnerable children first by championing the rights and interests of children worldwide, 70 per cent of countries facing a high risk of climate impact…