Britain £200 million in aid to tackle climate change
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Britain pledged on Wednesday to spend £193 million on research and technology to help developing countries cope with climate change. From investing in electric motorbikes to improving weather warning systems or boosting clean energy, Britain’s foreign aid department said it would use the money to help those in Africa and Asia withstand […]
Deep sea mining could destroy “our last frontier”, environmentalists say
New Delhi, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation As India readies for the United Nations to give a green light to deep sea mining and boost its economy, the environmental group Greenpeace said on Wednesday that drilling the seabed could cause irreversible harm and worsen climate change. Without proper governance of the seas, mining could remove entire habitats […]
STRANGESIGHTS: INTERSTELLAR OBJECT “NOT ALIEN SPACESHIP”; THE BOTTLE CAP CHALLENGE; AND, A ROAD TO GET STUCK ON….
DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life…
Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity removed from World Heritage in Danger list
Extensive restoration work undertaken on the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem – built on what is reputed to be the site of the birth of Jesus Christ, has been credited as the reason behind a decision to remove the church from UNESCO’s list of endangered world heritage sites. The World Heritage Commission, which made […]
Save the world with a message from space, says UN advocate
New York City, USThomson Reuters Foundation Want to grab some headlines for the United Nations’ global goals to cure world ills like poverty and inequality? Send them on a rocket into space. That is the plan devised by Eddie Ndopu, one of the newly appointed goal advocates helping implement the sweeping UN agenda by 2030. […]
Millions of small pig farmers in Asia threatened by swine fever outbreak
Rome, ItalyThomson Reuters Foundation Millions of small-scale pig farmers across Asia risk falling into poverty due to the rapid spread of African swine fever, the United Nations warned on Tuesday. The incurable disease, which is deadly to pigs but harmless to humans, was first detected last August in China, the world’s largest pork producer. Police […]
FOREST CONSERVATION: HOW A US GUITAR FIRM HAS TUNED ITS BUSINESS TO PROTECT CAMEROON’S ECONOMY
ELIAS NTUNGWE NGALAME, in an article first published by Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how companies that use wood grown in Cameroon are helping revitalise the country’s forests…
“Ticking time bomb” – Photos in US report show families, children crammed into border facilities
Washington/New York City, USReuters Government investigators warned of dangerous overcrowding at more migrant facilities on the south-west US border, publishing photos on Tuesday of packed cells in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley where some children have no access to showers or hot meals. A report issued by investigators for the Department of Homeland Security said supervisors […]
WOW! NO GUILT TRIP – IN SPACE STARVED CITIES, A “FAIRER” TYPE OF HOME SHARING EMERGES
SOPHIE DAVIES, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on a new initiative aimed at helping to make tourism more sustainable…
African nations urged to enforce family laws to protect women
Nairobi, KenyaThomson Reuters Foundation Women and girls in Africa are still being pushed into forced or early marriages, while those in unhappy unions face discrimination when seeking divorce, campaigners said on Tuesday, urging governments to enforce fairer family laws. The Solidarity for African Women’s Rights – a coalition of 50 groups – said while most […]