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Poor and rich face economic loss as world warmsYet another study predicts economic loss as the world gets hotter. And the richer nations will also feel the pain. -
As students map the weather, an Indian village bests its water woesA weather station monitored by students—part of a range of water-smart innovations—has turned around a parched village.
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One quarter of the world's population face extremely high water stressSeventeen countries are drawing more than 80 per cent of their available water supply each year according to new data from the World Resources Institute (WRI). -
How apps, AI and solar-powered cold rooms are driving sustainable agricultureWith the world running out of arable land and water to feed a growing population, agri-tech start-ups could play a major role in cutting food loss and improving farming practices.
Opinion
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The missing women in finance– Could India's financial industry employ many and now more educated women seeking work outside their homes? -
How a small community in the northeastern corner of India became the country's first green villageCarbon & Climate
How a small community in the northeastern corner of India became the country's first green village
– Khonoma village in the Indian state of Nagaland is spearheading community-led conservation in the nation, writes Anne Pinto-Rodrigues. -
Get women working for India’s economic development– Prabhjot R. Khan of ADB discusses why India has a low female labor force participation, despite the country’s strong economic growth in recent years.
Videos
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A social venture on the road to improve lives, reduce emissions with electric rickshaws– With a vision to end the drudgery of manual rickshaw pulling, social enterprise SMV Green is also helping restore clean air in one of India's most polluted cities through electric rickshaws.
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Watch: How an Indian professor is turning plastic trash into highways– Plastic pollution is a huge problem all over of the world. Will India's plastic roads be a solution?
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2016 was the deadliest year ever for environmental defenders– A Global Witness report has found that more than 200 people were killed for engaging in peaceful protest against corporate mining, logging, agribusiness and poaching activities last year. The trend is growing.
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Indian rapping about Unilever's mercury mess makes a hit– More than 3 million have watched Sofia Ashraf’s 'Kodaikanal Won't' - based on American singer Nicki Minaj's 'Anaconda' - which calls for Unilever to clean up a mercury-contaminated factory in India.
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