By Global Issues NAIROBI, Nov 07 (IPS) – The United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) 2024 Adaptation Gap Report has warned that adaptation actions are not keeping pace with the surging demands of a warming planet. Released ahead of the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, the report—titled Come Hell and High Water—projected a bleak future where […]
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By Global Issues KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Nov 06 (IPS) – Imagine living with water up to your knees for half of the year, where homes are flooded, and people constantly fear that the sea might one day engulf the town and everyone in it. Read the full story, “How Blue Carbon Ecosystems are Saving the […]