Environment

AID POLICY: Humanitarianism in a changing world

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Madrid-based think-tank DARA believes the number of countries adversely affected by changing weather will...

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Seven Years After Katrina, New Orleans Still Struggles to Rebuild

On August 29, 2005, over a 12-hour period, Hurricane Katrina ripped through the Gulf coast of the United States with winds up up to 233 kilometers per hour [145mph] - killing more than 1,700 people and displacing hundreds of thousands. Seven years...

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Fuel thieves cause pipeline fire in Mexico

A natural gas pipeline owned by Mexican state oil monopoly Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, caught fire when fuel was being stolen from a stretch near the western city of Tlajomulco, officials said.

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UN-backed study shows technology can help world move to low-carbon economy

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The Broadband Bridge: Linking ICT with Climate Action. Photo: ITU

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