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    From drones to social media, big data helps confront more complex disasters in Asia

    Tue, 27 Aug 2019 17:54 PM

    As climate change brings bigger threats, data from everything from social media to satellites is helping cut risks in Asia, U.N. officials say

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    More deals, less conflict? Cross-border water planning key, report warns

    Tue, 27 Aug 2019 17:50 PM

    As global water supplies run low, agreements on how to share water across borders are crucial - but few are in place yet, researchers say

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    As students map the weather, an Indian village bests its water woes

    Tue, 27 Aug 2019 17:39 PM

    A weather station monitored by students - part of a range of water-smart innovations - has turned around a parched village

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    'Green gold': Kenyan farmers abandon food crops to grow herbal stimulant

    Mon, 12 Aug 2019 17:06 PM

    Struggling to get decent maize harvests as drought bites, farmers are turning to fast-growing, less-thirsty muguka to make money

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    Webinar: Heatwaves in cities

    Fri, 9 Aug 2019 18:36 PM

    Join us for a webinar discussion about cities and heatwaves on Thursday August 15th.

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    Dried-up pastures push Kenya's Maasai to mix cattle with crops

    Mon, 5 Aug 2019 16:07 PM

    As worsening drought linked to climate change damages the grazing land herders need to feed their cattle, a growing number are turning to agriculture for extra income

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    Bangladesh tries new way to aid flood-hit families: cash up front

    Sat, 27 Jul 2019 10:38 AM

    Money in advance of an expected disaster can give vulnerable people resources to avoid the worst losses, backers say

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    As drought stokes urban hunger, Ethiopia dishes up free school meals

    Wed, 24 Jul 2019 16:36 PM

    As poor rains cut harvests, driving up food prices in cities, Addis Ababa authorities join charities in feeding hungry children

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    As rains falter, water harvesting quenches Nepal's thirst for irrigation

    Tue, 9 Jul 2019 16:19 PM

    Government-backed storage ponds are helping farmers face up to unpredictable rainfall linked to climate change

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    'Peace ambassadors' ease water conflicts in drought-prone Kenya

    Thu, 27 Jun 2019 20:08 PM

    Volunteers are being trained to show rural communities ways to use water more efficiently to grow crops, and how to ease local tensions over the scarce resource

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