Digitising heritage: Tuvalu preserves history online as rising seas threaten existence
Tuvalu is among nations digitising heritage in the face of climate impacts, but there are concerns around cost, access and control. RINA CHANDRAN and MD TAHMID ZAMI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
Twin threats: Climate migrants said to face greater risk of modern slavery
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation Salamatu, 22, from northern Ghana, has worked as a porter in Accra for seven years after repeated flooding on her family’s farm forced her to seek a living in the capital. But she doesn’t get to keep much of what she earns. Her boss takes most of the money to cover […]
UK climate leadership seen weakened by aid cut for world’s poor
Thomson Reuters Foundation Britain’s decision to cut its aid budget will likely dent its reputation on the global diplomatic stage and may weaken a push for other wealthy governments to find more funding to help poor nations tackle climate change, aid groups and thinktanks said. UK finance minister Rishi Sunak told parliament on Wednesday that […]
Debt swaps could free funds to tame climate, biodiversity and virus threats
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation In Kenya, the coronavirus pandemic has dried up eco-tourism, cutting off sources of funding that help protect wildlife and pay an income to communities working to preserve nature. But forgiving a share of Kenya’s hefty foreign debt, in exchange for the government devoting those resources to fighting climate change threats and biodiversity […]
With climate change, conflict and COVID, stresses grow for Malian villagers
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Nearly four decades ago, farmers in the small central Malian village of Dlonguebougou grew their millet crops with little more than hoes, and local mud-hut shops sold just the basics: salt, sugar, tea, cola nuts, kerosene and cigarettes. The vast empty reaches of the Sahel, stretching north into the Sahara Desert, […]
Bangladesh rural families shoulder costs of coping with climate change
DhakaThomson Reuters Foundation Bangladeshi families in rural areas have been spending 12 times more each year than the foreign aid the flood-prone country receives to prepare for and cope with the effects of climate change, researchers said last week. Households headed by women – who generally earn less than men – are under even greater […]