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Climate change

2023 Driest Year in Over Three Decades for Rivers Around the World: WMO

The surge in extreme hydrological events has been influenced by naturally occurring climate conditions including the transition from La Niña to El Niño weather...

OWSA Contributor - 8 October 2024

Climate change

Climate Finance Missing to Deliver on Global Stocktake

A year on from the ‘Global Stocktake’ on climate action, there are few signs of progress as climate adaptation remains ‘fragmented, uneven’. Experts say...

SciDevNet - 4 October 2024

Afghanistan

Afghan Delegation Heads to Iran to Address Migrant Issues Amid Rising Tensions

In August, a video surfaced showing an Afghan teenager being violently restrained by Iranian police, which ignited widespread outrage. Discrimination and harassment have long...

OWSA Contributor - 3 October 2024

Features

Nations Vow to Cut Deaths From Drug-Resistant Bacteria

4.95 million deaths a year are associated with antimicrobial resistance. The problem is global but disproportionately affects the poorest. World leaders have met at...

SciDevNet - 1 October 2024

Bangladesh

Transparency International Bangladesh Raises Concerns Over Textbook Review Body Cancellation

The organization urged the interim government to remain steadfast in its commitment to reform and to resist all forms of communal and fundamentalist influence....

OWSA Contributor - 1 October 2024

Child Rights

Summit of the Future: Time to Rethink ‘Outdated and Ineffective’ International Financial Architecture

Only 44 delegations were present when the IMF was founded, compared to the current IMF membership of 190 nations. Yet developed countries continue to...

OWSA Contributor - 24 September 2024

Civil society

At UN ‘Summit of the Future’, Civil Society Demand Radical Changes to International Financial Architecture

Currency devaluations have raised the cost of servicing external debt, in many instances, while governments have been forced by conditionalities imposed by international institutions...

OWSA Contributor - 23 September 2024

Food Security

Migration Patterns in Udaipur’s Adivasi Communities: A Complex Tale of Struggle, Mobility, and Identity

Young men from these communities, burdened by poor educational outcomes and limited job prospects, view migration as a means to escape the cycle of...

OWSA Contributor - 20 September 2024

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Afghanistan30 June 2026

Middle East Crisis Deepens Global Hunger: WFP

Without coordinated intervention, the ripple effects of the Middle East crisis could entrench hunger for years, reversing hard-won development gains.

Climate change30 June 2026

Sri Lanka’s Dengue Outbreak Overwhelms Hospitals; Military Deployed

Experts stress the need for sustained, multi-sectoral action: improved waste management, better urban infrastructure, public education, and research into vaccines or novel vector controls. Sri Lanka’s experience with malaria eradication shows what coordinated efforts can achieve.

Climate change29 June 2026

Monsoon Surge Hits North India: Heavy Rains, Thunderstorms Expected as Heatwave Lingers Briefly

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has announced that conditions are highly favourable for the southwest monsoon to advance rapidly across large parts of north and central India over the coming days.