Environment

Cashing in on women’s health

Women’s health has been sidelined for centuries. But now that women are finally being heard, some unscrupulous companies are cashing in on the movement.

Robots can help farmers improve crop yields and ease labour shortages but their adoption has been dramatically low.

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Reducing the biodiversity footprint of food consumption requires immediate and widespread action

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As cities move to secure their water supplies in the backdrop of extreme drought, two cities in two continents provide blueprints for solutions.

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Parts of the United States have endured an epoch-defining megadrought, but continue to find ways to survive through a diverse policy-based response.

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In the grips of drought, cities are turning to innovative solutions to preserve their water supplies for the present and the future.

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Urban water security in Asian cities is in decline, forcing them to find new ways to manage this prescious resource.

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Community engagement can ease the pressures of urban drought, but government interventions are the key to sustained change.

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The best of traditional and modern approaches can support each other to avoid droughts becoming disasters.

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Indigenous communities around the world pioneered drought resilience and adaptation. As extreme heat intensifies, the world needs to heed their lessons.

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Afghanistan is facing a perfect storm of threats, and climate change is pushing it to breaking point. The world seems unaware of the coming catastrophe.

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Billions of people are likely to be displaced by climate change. But calling them ‘climate refugees’ oversimplifies the complex reasons people flee their homes.

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