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We live in a world where millions of children don’t have access to a clean and safe environment, a lack of internet or education, no access to libraries or opportunities. I found it challenging to find a child friendly book that can guide kids with information on how to protect our beautiful planet. This led me to the creation of an academic natural science environmental book. The…

The online event was held in the run-up to the eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development, or TICAD, which takes place in Tunisia from 27-28 August 2022. Africa received its highest proportion of private sector investment in infrastructure in 2020, sending an important signal to governments and investors. African Development Bank Vice President for the Private…

Food may be the solution to some of our most pressing environmental and social challenges. But right now, our food and agriculture systems are broken in multiple ways. At least 2 billion people lack regular access to safe and nutritious food, while one-third of all food produced globally is either lost or wasted—and if food waste were a country, it would be the third-largest emitter…

More drought and higher heat from climate change increase risks of devastating global food shock events. ncreased drought and extreme heat adversely affecting agriculture likely pose the highest threat to civilization over the next 40 years. The greatest danger: extreme droughts supercharged by climate change, affecting multiple grain-growing areas simultaneously, causing “food shock”…

The past year, disasters have been happening around the globe. From Europe to Asia, and from the Americas to Africa, disasters have been taking lives and costing billions in damages worldwide: wildfires have been soaring in Mediterranean countries, a powerful heatwave struck British Columbia and floods have severely hit Lagos, Nigeria, just to name a few. A new report by United Nations University…

Global inflation was generally moderating when the pandemic began, and the downward trend continued into the early months of the crisis. But surging prices since late 2020 have pushed inflation steadily higher. The average global cost of living has risen more in the 18 months since the start of 2021 than it did during the preceding five years combined. Food and energy are the main…