Getting hotter: Heat stress rises for Dhaka’s poor as green spaces shrink
MD TAHMID ZAMI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports that as temperatures soar in Bangladesh’s crowded capital, accessing cooler spots like parks is getting harder…
Postcards: Climate shifts and rising demand leave Turkey battling growing water stress
JENNIFER HATTAM reports on how population growth, urbanisation, climate change and – critics say – poor water management are all straining Turkey’s water supplies…
Local water scarcity spilling over into global crisis, researchers warn
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Population growth and climate change are putting increasingly intense pressure on the planet’s limited water supplies, with worsening shortages emerging from the Middle East to Asia and Latin America, researchers and bankers said on Monday. “All the local crises around the world are building up to a global crisis,” Torgny Holmgren, […]
WATER: RESIDENTS BATTLING TO SURVIVE AS ABIDJAN GROWS DRIER
PETER YEUNG, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from the Ivory Coast…
Gap between world’s Christian and Muslim populations expected to narrow by 2060
The gap between the world’s Christian and Muslim populations is expected to narrow by 2060 but the US is expected to retain its position as the nation where the most Christians live, according to projections from the Pew Research Center. The Pew data predicts that while the number of Christians in the world will grow […]