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<BR><B>Why Hong Kong should be hot for hi-tech agriculture in a warming world</B><BR>
17 October 2021<BR>
A local agricultural industry can provide much safer food and enable the government to monitor the production and processing of agricultural products more effectively. <a href="https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/3152453/why-hong-kong-should-be-hot-hi-tech-agriculture-warming-world" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a>
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<B>Gender gap in agriculture </B><BR>
11 October 2021<BR>
Assessments based on the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) show that 386.8 million people in South Asia experience severe food insecurity and 849.8 million people experience moderate to severe food insecurity. <a href="https://www.orfonline.org/research/gender-gap-in-agriculture-and-the-south-asian-enigma/" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a>
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<B>Climate change a double blow for oil-rich Mideast: Experts</B><BR>
17 October 2021<BR>
The climate crisis threatens a double blow for the Middle East, experts say, by destroying its oil income as the world shifts to renewables and by raising temperatures to unliveable extremes. <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/science-and-environment/climate-change-a-double-blow-for-oil-rich-mideast-experts-1041512.html" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a>
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<B>The climate disaster is here</B><BR>
14 October 2021<BR>
The world has already heated up by around 1.2C, on average, since the preindustrial era, pushing humanity beyond almost all historical boundaries. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2021/oct/14/climate-change-happening-now-stats-graphs-maps-cop26" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a>
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<B>Future of extreme drought and brutal storms predicted by new climate modelling</B><BR>
17 October 2021<BR>
Two new climate modelling studies map how the world might experience climate change under warming scenarios of increasing severity and over longer terms. <a href="https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ca/news/article/a-future-of-extreme-drought-and-brutal-storms-predicted-by-new-climate-modelling" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a><BR><BR>
<B>Drought in northern Kenya pushes millions towards hunger</B><BR>
15 October 2021<BR>
More than 465,000 children under five and over 93,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women are malnourished in Kenya's northern region, the U.N. says. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/drought-northern-kenya-pushes-millions-towards-hunger-2021-10-15/" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a>
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<B>India: Cloudburst may have led to latest Kerala disaster, say experts</B><BR>
17 October 2021<BR>
Weather experts said cloud bursts must have triggered torrential rain at several places in Kottayam and Idukki districts. Cloud burst is a pattern of torrential downpour in a limited area in a short time. <a href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/cloudburst-may-have-led-to-latest-kerala-disaster-say-experts-101634475501100.html" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a>
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<B>China floods: Nearly 2 million displaced in Shanxi province</B><BR>
12 October 2021<BR>
More than 1.76 million people have been affected by severe flooding in China's northern Shanxi province, according to local media. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-58866854" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a>
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<B>World Food Day: sustainably addressing food security</B><BR>
17 October 2021<BR>
World Food Day is one of the most celebrated days of the UN calendar, and this year marks the second time countries around the world are dealing with the widespread effects of the global pandemic. <a href="https://sustainabilitymag.com/sustainability/world-food-day-sustainably-addressing-food-security" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a>
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<B>Dubai's salty farming experiment could help tackle food security challenges</B><BR>
17 October 2021<BR>
Traditional agriculture is facing increasing scarcity of fresh water because of climate change. <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/environment/2021/10/17/dubais-salty-farming-experiment-could-help-tackle-food-security-challenges/" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a>
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<B>The changing face of floodplains in the Mississippi River Basin detected by a 60-year land use change dataset</B><BR>
15 October 2021<BR>
Long-term land use data can be used to quantify floodplain functions and provide spatially explicit information for management, restoration, and flood-risk mitigation. <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-021-01048-w" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a>
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<B>Global syndromes induced by changes in solutes of the world’s large rivers</B><BR>
12 October 2021<BR>
A comprehensive dataset from 600 gauge stations in 149 large rivers reveals nine binary patterns of co-varying trends in runoff and solute concentration. <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-26231-w" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a>
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<B>Bangladeshi women’s leadership in water governance</B><BR>
17 October 2021<BR>
To increase women’s employment and potential leadership in water governance, the World Bank has introduced the Bangladesh Rural WASH for Human Capital Development program. <a href="https://www.borgenmagazine.com/water-governance/" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a>
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<B>Israel passes on innovation, inspiration to PH on managing water crisis</B><BR>
16 October 2021<BR>
More than half of Israel is covered in desert and there is hardly any rain. Due to limited water resources, they developed policies and unconventional solutions to improve the country’s water sufficiency. <a href="https://mb.com.ph/2021/10/16/israel-passes-on-innovation-inspiration-to-ph-on-managing-water-crisis/" class=p_link target=_blank>click here</a>
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