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Displaying 127 of about 127 resultsEnvironmentalists say the crisis has brought many projects intended to help farmers fight climate change to a standstill.
By Elias Ntungwe Ngalame
DOUALA, Cameroon — John Tabi, a cocoa farmer from Cameroon's Southwest Region, barely ekes out a living selling water sachets in a refugee camp in Douala, after fleeing a separatist insurgency back home.
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By Peter Schwartzstein
For years, security service recruitment has masked climate instability in rural Jordan. Now that strategy is breaking down and no one knows what will take its place.
In the desert villages of south Jordan, the security services dominate. They run many of the schools. They maintain the roads, water infrastructure, and bridge…
Researchers warned environmental risks are becoming increasingly interconnected and could create far-reaching consequences
By Thin Lei Win
ROME — If India's water-short farmers were to adopt more efficient methods of irrigation, cutting evaporation from their fields, farmers in East Africa might see less rainfall - and worsening drought - wi…
By Katie Peters, Senior research fellow at the Overseas Development Institute
* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation.
As conflicts become more protracted around the world, cutting disaster risks from climate change in those places will require a different approach
In Septemb…
Climate change often impacts on water, which in turn can fuel clashes over diminishing resources and force people to migrate from their home areas
By Sonia Elks
LONDON — Artificial intelligence can predict where conflicts over scarce water will break out up to a year in advance and allow action to prevent them, researchers said on Friday.
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As global temperatures climb, the risk of armed conflict is expected to increase substantially, according to experts across several fields.
By Devon Ryan
Intensifying climate change will increase the future risk of violent armed conflict within countries, according to a study published today in the journal Nature. Synthesizing views ac…
By Patrick Verkooijen, CEO of the Global Centre on Adaptation; and Jamal Saghir, affiliated scholar at the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, American University of Beirut
Climate change does not directly spark conflict, but it does help to light the fuse by exacerbating stresses on natural resources. When peace finally…