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Nigeria’s EPCON AI project has been cited as a world leading programme for pandemic preparedness by a new report.
Nigerian Tribune
River flowing through green fields and hills.
Amid a worsening global water crisis, world leaders will gather at UN Headquarters in New York 22-24 March for the first UN Water Conference since 1977. During this historic moment, all eyes will focus on SDG 6 for water and sanitation.
United Nations Development Programme - Headquarters
African children fetch water from a water source
How disease, climate risks, and unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene create a deadly combination for children.
United Nations Children's Fund (Global Headquarters, New York)
Aerial View of homes under water in Australia's flooding disaster. Also features paddlers surveying damage.
Global temperatures are now 1.1 degree Celsius (2 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than at the start of the industrial era. Heat waves, storms, fires and floods are harming humans and ecosystems.
Conversation Media Group, the
Women in Rwanda growing coffee to support themselves.
Women in Burundi’s rural areas are spending what little money they have to increase their land’s resilience. Often, these costs come directly from their meager household budgets, sometimes simply to secure their access to productive farming land t
World Bank, the
Research has shown that estimates and predictions of people displaced by environmental changes lack any empirical basis. Forecasting is challenging because many developing countries do not have the statistical capacity.
Conversation Media Group, the
Odisha is fast losing its shoreline to rising sea levels. Its adaptation plans must not only be immediate but also foolproof
Down To Earth
As part of efforts to prepare for a major earthquake, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has launched what officials describe as the city’s “roadmap for disaster preparedness.”
Cable News Network