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The Global Rundown Two international financial institutions withdrew their support of Honduras’ Agua Zarca dam after two activists who had opposed the dam were murdered. Droughts and record high temperatures have placed 36 million people in Africa at risk of hunger. Venezuela plans to extend the Easter holiday to reduce electricity demand amid drought-linked shortages. […]
The Global Rundown Environmental factors, including water and air pollution, cause nearly one quarter of all deaths globally, according to the World Health Organization. Uneven access to essential water and sanitation services in Brazil mean poorer communities are at greater risk of contracting the Zika virus. India pledged billions of dollars in its new budget […]
The Global Rundown Farmers in Thailand are learning to grow new crops as a severe drought forces them to abandon rice. Floods in the southern United States have triggered evacuations and a state of emergency, while funding for flood research in the United Kingdom has declined dramatically. Ethiopia announced plans for a major new hydropower […]
River flows are historically low in Vietnam.
The Global Rundown Coal mines in Australia are high risk for investors due to their dependence on export markets and their exposure to environmental risks, a new study found. The majority of India’s urban sewage is never treated, and air pollution in South Asia may be changing monsoon rainfall. The El Nino weather pattern is […]
The Global Rundown El Nino, the global phenomenon causing extreme weather from Asia to Africa, has peaked and will likely diminish by the middle of the year. Floods in England last month inundated thousands of properties, and a new report urges the government to tighten restrictions on new buildings in flood-prone areas. Meanwhile, officials in […]
The Global Rundown Mexico approved the first vaccine to prevent dengue fever, a disease spread by mosquitoes that thrives in cities where standing water is present. Glaciers continue to retreat at a rapid pace in China, and scientists predict nearly a quarter of Alaska’s permafrost could melt by 2100. Kentucky agreed to fine and effectively […]
The rate of storage expansion has slowed since the mid-20th century Hoover Dam was not the first dam built in the United States, but the concrete wall across Boulder Canyon, on the Colorado River, was symbolic of an era. As the graphic below shows, reservoir storage capacity in the United States expanded dramatically in the […]
A new and huge city focuses on getting cleaner. Photo © Keith Schneider / Circle of Blue An apt message for a new office park in Shenzhen. In 2014, provincial and national economists valued Guangdong Province’s annual economy at $US 1.1 trillion, which is more than Indonesia’s gross domestic product, and accounts for 10.4 percent […]
The Global Rundown Emissions of climate-warming gases globally are expected to decline this year, the first time they have done so without an economic downturn. Drought and saltwater intrusion could cause water shortages in Bangkok during the dry season, while flooding in England could cost insurance companies hundreds of millions of dollars. Ghana is raising […]
Supporting deals focus on low-carbon energy, natural resource protection, and disaster risk reduction. Photo courtesy UNclimatechange via Flickr Creative Commons Approximately 25,000 official delegates from countries and organizations around the world are in Paris to negotiate the first legally binding global climate accord. Additional deals aim to make the overarching agreement a reality. Countries, businesses, […]
