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    Climate Change Is Taking a Major Toll on Agriculture. Here’s How to Support Farmers

    Smallholder farmers produce one-third of the world's food, and agriculture makes up every second livelihood in Bangladesh. But the country's agricultural sector has been...
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    Plates and Spoons to Tackle Malnutrition in Malawi

    After Cyclone Freddy ravaged Malawi, displacing families and threatening communities with malnutrition, a locally promoted project, Chithando, a offering cooking lessons and special plates,...
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    Maldives floods: Homes damaged, people relocated

    The army, police and Male’ City Council alongside public workers, has stacked 1,018 sand sacks for prevention in 152 areas including locations such as...
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    What’s in Store for Indian Farmers After COP 28’s Conclusion in Dubai?

    During the 14-day period when COP-28 was being held in the opulent Dubai, more than 380 farmers are likely to have killed themselves in...
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    Shrinking Himalayan Glaciers Spell Trouble Downstream

    Researchers strive to better understand melting glaciers on Asian mountain peaks, the Earth’s ‘Third Pole,’ in light of devastating floods and water supply problems. By...
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    Unchecked Constructions on River Beds Exacerbated Pakistan Floods

    Officials and politicians are now waking up the rampant, illegal encroachments and constructions on the beds of the Swat river and other watercourses. They...
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    Balochistan Floods: From Nightmare to Rehabilitation

    Islamic relief is one of many organizations working in the flood affected areas of Balochistan to provide shelters to homeless flood-ravaged families. Abdul Shakoor Khan As...
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    Bhutan

    Bangladesh Plans $230 Billion Climate Change Plan Spread Over 27 Years

    Months ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference, COP27 in Egypt, Bangladesh is set to unveil a massive National Adaptation Plan that it will...
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    Cox’s Bazar Beach Faces Existential Threat from Erosion and Unplanned Development

    The crisis is not abstract. It is visible in the receding shoreline, the displaced geobags, the flattened dunes and the anxious voices of residents who have watched the beach shrink year after year.
    Agriculture

    Sri Lanka Economic Summit to Focus on Sustaining Growth Momentum and Building Shock Resilience

    Officials and business leaders are expected to debate practical steps to embed resilience so that future shocks – whether climatic, geopolitical or external – do not erase hard-won gains.
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    Cox’s Bazar Beach Faces Existential Threat from Erosion and Unplanned Development

    The crisis is not abstract. It is visible in the receding shoreline, the displaced geobags, the flattened dunes and the anxious voices of residents who have watched the beach shrink year after year.
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    Sri Lanka Economic Summit to Focus on Sustaining Growth Momentum and Building Shock Resilience

    Officials and business leaders are expected to debate practical steps to embed resilience so that future shocks – whether climatic, geopolitical or external – do not erase hard-won gains.
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