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Urbanization quickens in Asia-Pacific, so does threat of urban food insecurity
With 55 percent of the Asia- Pacific region’s enormous population expected to live in urban areas by 2030, the region will face...
HEALTHY CITIES SUMMIT TO FOCUSS ON NCD
Mayors and city leaders will join together in London on March 15, 2023 for the Healthy Cities Summit, where they would discuss...
Trends Negatively Impacting Agrifood Systems
As the world struggles to nourish its burgeoning population, sustainable agrifood systems will be impossible to achieve without broader socioeconomic and environmental...
Heat Waves Demand Humanitarian, Local Response
With extreme heat waves already killing thousands every year and posing huge challenges to sustainable development, the United Nations and the International...
Social Protection Lacking in Asia, Pacific Regions; ILO
In a major revelation, the International Labour Organization(ILO) said that Fewer than half the population of Asia and the Pacific have access...
Urbanisation, the Real Villain in Landslides
Over the past 50 years, landslides have become ten times more frequent and is set to escalate, owing to two increasing trends...
Urban Population To Grow by 2.2 Billion
Early stages of Covid 19 saw large-scale flight from major cities to the perceived safety of the countryside and smaller towns but...
Traditional Crops Well Preserved For 50 Years; Some Still Lack Protection
In the last 50 years, traditional crops were well preserved in gene bank but important crops still lack protection as climate change,...
Asian Cities Sinking Faster
Asian cities are sinking faster than the rate of sea level rise just not because of climate change but for a new...
Fluctuations in CO2 During Covid 19: NASA
For the first time, researchers at NASA spotted regional fluctuations in atmospheric Carbon Dioxide (CO2) across the globe due to emissions from...