Environment

Future of Food: World Bank Outlines Action Agenda for Food System to Help End Poverty and Hunger

With 800 million people going to bed hungry every night, countries combatting hunger must build better food systems that raise agricultural productivity in rural areas, invest in improving nutritional outcomes for young children and pregnant women,...

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Pacific Fishery Management Council Shuts Down Sardine Fishery For Rest Of Season

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Thousands of starving sea lions have washed up on California shores due to sardine overfishing.

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Greenpeace condemns the new International Nuclear Liability Convention

Greenpeace condemns the new international convention on nuclear liability that came into force on April 15, warning that it protects the nuclear industry, not nuclear victims.

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Millions of Yemenis face food insecurity amid escalating conflict, UN agency warns

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IDP families in Sa’ada, Yemen, receiving WFP food assistance.

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