UN - Climate changes

1. From shelter to strength: How disaster refuges protect lives in Palau

   The small Pacific Ocean island of Palau is helping communities build resilience against the dangers of climate change-driven extreme weather with the establishment of a network of emergency refuges – thanks to support from the United Nations.

2. Welcome to the ‘agrihood’ – the neighbourhood of the future?

   Towns and cities are home to more than half of the world’s population and responsible for around 70 per cent of the greenhouse gas emissions driving the climate crisis, which is why urban planners in Brazil are leading a design revolution that could point the way to creating built-up areas with a dramatically smaller carbon footprint.

3. From family farm to climate tech: How one Kenyan woman is helping farmers outsmart drought

   “Giving up is not an option - so many people depend on you,” the words of Maryanne Gichanga, a participant in a UN supported initiative, which aims to help farmers in Kenya find solutions to alleviate the pressures of climate change on agricultural production. 

4. For every $1 spent protecting nature, $30 goes to destroying it

   The world spends billions to protect nature, but trillions are being invested in business activities that harm the environment. 

5. World enters era of ‘global water bankruptcy’

   The world has moved beyond a water crisis and into a state of global water bankruptcy, says a new flagship report released on Tuesday by UN researchers.