AI is already helping farmers predict droughts and manage crops more efficiently, but the environmental cost of training large models and running vast data centres […]
Tag: Water
Refugee camps set to be uninhabitable by 2050 as extreme weather worsens
“Whether it is floods sweeping South Sudan and Brazil, record-breaking heat in Kenya and Pakistan, or water shortages in Chad and Ethiopia, extreme weather is […]
Sudan: 89,000 civilians have fled El Fasher
Since the Rapid Support Forces militia – which has been battling the military government – captured El Fasher after more than 500 days of siege […]
Safeguarding clean water access as climate threats rise
“Healthcare facilities are where the vulnerable seek healing. Yet, without adequate water, sanitation and hygiene, for too many people, expected care can become inadvertent harm,” said Dr. Hans Kluge, the World […]
Holding on to home, as the ocean engulfs the Solomon Islands
Sikaiana, less than two square kilometres, is encircled by the sea and is home to just 300 people. It is also more than 200 kilometres from the main island of […]
Genocide prevention expert raises alarm over alleged Sudan atrocity crimes
“We see massive violations of international human rights law, direct attacks on civilians, noncompliance with international humanitarian law, which regulates conduct in relation to hostilities, […]
Israel has rejected over 100 aid requests since Gaza ceasefire, UN says
“Our partners report that since the ceasefire, the Israeli authorities have rejected 107 requests for the entry of relief materials, including blankets, winter clothes, and […]
Hurricane Melissa: UN launches $74 million response for 2.2 million in Cuba
A formal Plan of Action was announced by the UN system in Cuba in support of the Government driven national response to get the country […]
Syria’s future under threat from acute funding shortages
The development comes 11 months after the country’s devastating civil war ended with the overthrow of the Assad regime by opposition forces loyal to new […]
Famine declared in two Sudanese cities cut off by war, fragile gains elsewhere
Although food security has begun to improve in areas where fighting has subsided, famine has taken hold in conflict-hit locations that have been cut off from […]
