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"Ghost Town": Brazil Floods A Climate Warning To World, Says UN
Record floods that killed over 170 people and displaced half a million in southern Brazil are a warning sign of more disasters to come throughout the Americas because of climate change, an official at the UN' refugee agency said on Tuesday.
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In US, First Climate Refugees Find Safe Haven In Louisiana
Joann Bourg stands in front of her new home, about an hour's drive from the low-lying Louisiana island where she grew up -- an area gradually sinking into the Gulf of Mexico.
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Over 84 Million Displaced Due To Violence, Climate Change: UN Agency Data
As more people flee violence, insecurity and the effects of climate change, the number forcibly displaced now exceeds 84 million globally, according to new data released on Thursday by the United Nations' refugee agency, UNHCR.
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Slam Poet Brings Refugee Voices To COP26: "Earth Began To Purge Us Too"
At COP26, Sudanese-American poet Emtithal Mahmoud will be appealing for urgent action but also highlighting the efforts refugees are already making to adapt to their habitats.
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Reform UN Security Council, Save It From Its Diminishing Relevance: India
India has said that the UN Security Council needs to be reformed without delay or else it will be left to nurse its self-inflicted wounds of "diminishing relevance" in a world awash with challenges like armed conflicts, terrorism, refugee crises and climate change.
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'Floating Schools' Reinvent Education In Disaster-Prone Bangladesh
Mosammat Rekha's older cousins grew up unable to read and write, their tiny village so frequently cut off from the nearest school by floods that would rise suddenly in their remote corner of disaster-prone Bangladesh.
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Donald Trump To Meet Pope May 24 In Potentially Awkward Encounter
U.S. President Donald Trump will meet Pope Francis on May 24, the Vatican said on Thursday, a potentially awkward encounter given their diametrically opposing positions on immigration, refugees and climate change.
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An Epic Middle East Heat Wave Could Be Global Warming's Hellish Curtain-Raiser
Record-shattering temperatures this summer have scorched countries from Morocco to Saudi Arabia and beyond, as climate experts warn that the severe weather could be a harbinger of worse to come.
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11,000 Ivorian Refugees In Ghana Still Afraid To Go Home
Five years after the return of peace to Ivory Coast, 11,000 Ivorian refugees living in Ghana are still afraid to go home despite an upbeat economic climate in the world's top cocoa producer.
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India-Led Efforts Give Boost To UN Security Council Reforms In 2015
The long-pending UN Security Council (UNSC) reform process got a much-needed breakthrough after efforts led by India resulted in the adoption of text-based negotiations in 2015, a year that also saw the world body grappling with the emergence of terror group ISIS, climate change and refugee crisis.
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Britain's Prince Charles Blames Climate Change For Syrian War
Britain's Prince Charles has pointed to the world's failure to tackle climate change as a root cause of the civil war in Syria, terrorism and the consequent refugee crisis engulfing Europe.
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Global Warming: What if We Do Nothing?
If mankind fails to curtail global warming, we will have to deal with fallout ranging from massive refugee crises and submerged cities to scorching heatwaves and drought, scientists say.
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David Miliband Says World Refugee Crisis to Worsen With Climate Change
A historic 52 million people are fleeing conflict worldwide, a trend that will intensify over the next two decades because of climate change, International Rescue Committee chief David Miliband said on Friday.
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Truth vs Hype: Muzaffarnagar - Children of the inferno
In the polarised climate of post-riot Muzaffarnagar, it is hard to imagine that the village school was a unifying force, where children of Jats and Muslims studied together. But today, those schools have emptied out of Muslim children, who are now huddled in the freezing cold of a refugee camp, with no access to modern education, and to the shared ...
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"Ghost Town": Brazil Floods A Climate Warning To World, Says UN
Record floods that killed over 170 people and displaced half a million in southern Brazil are a warning sign of more disasters to come throughout the Americas because of climate change, an official at the UN' refugee agency said on Tuesday.
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In US, First Climate Refugees Find Safe Haven In Louisiana
Joann Bourg stands in front of her new home, about an hour's drive from the low-lying Louisiana island where she grew up -- an area gradually sinking into the Gulf of Mexico.
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Over 84 Million Displaced Due To Violence, Climate Change: UN Agency Data
As more people flee violence, insecurity and the effects of climate change, the number forcibly displaced now exceeds 84 million globally, according to new data released on Thursday by the United Nations' refugee agency, UNHCR.
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Slam Poet Brings Refugee Voices To COP26: "Earth Began To Purge Us Too"
At COP26, Sudanese-American poet Emtithal Mahmoud will be appealing for urgent action but also highlighting the efforts refugees are already making to adapt to their habitats.
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Reform UN Security Council, Save It From Its Diminishing Relevance: India
India has said that the UN Security Council needs to be reformed without delay or else it will be left to nurse its self-inflicted wounds of "diminishing relevance" in a world awash with challenges like armed conflicts, terrorism, refugee crises and climate change.
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'Floating Schools' Reinvent Education In Disaster-Prone Bangladesh
Mosammat Rekha's older cousins grew up unable to read and write, their tiny village so frequently cut off from the nearest school by floods that would rise suddenly in their remote corner of disaster-prone Bangladesh.
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Donald Trump To Meet Pope May 24 In Potentially Awkward Encounter
U.S. President Donald Trump will meet Pope Francis on May 24, the Vatican said on Thursday, a potentially awkward encounter given their diametrically opposing positions on immigration, refugees and climate change.
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An Epic Middle East Heat Wave Could Be Global Warming's Hellish Curtain-Raiser
Record-shattering temperatures this summer have scorched countries from Morocco to Saudi Arabia and beyond, as climate experts warn that the severe weather could be a harbinger of worse to come.
-
11,000 Ivorian Refugees In Ghana Still Afraid To Go Home
Five years after the return of peace to Ivory Coast, 11,000 Ivorian refugees living in Ghana are still afraid to go home despite an upbeat economic climate in the world's top cocoa producer.
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India-Led Efforts Give Boost To UN Security Council Reforms In 2015
The long-pending UN Security Council (UNSC) reform process got a much-needed breakthrough after efforts led by India resulted in the adoption of text-based negotiations in 2015, a year that also saw the world body grappling with the emergence of terror group ISIS, climate change and refugee crisis.
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Britain's Prince Charles Blames Climate Change For Syrian War
Britain's Prince Charles has pointed to the world's failure to tackle climate change as a root cause of the civil war in Syria, terrorism and the consequent refugee crisis engulfing Europe.
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Global Warming: What if We Do Nothing?
If mankind fails to curtail global warming, we will have to deal with fallout ranging from massive refugee crises and submerged cities to scorching heatwaves and drought, scientists say.
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David Miliband Says World Refugee Crisis to Worsen With Climate Change
A historic 52 million people are fleeing conflict worldwide, a trend that will intensify over the next two decades because of climate change, International Rescue Committee chief David Miliband said on Friday.
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Truth vs Hype: Muzaffarnagar - Children of the inferno
In the polarised climate of post-riot Muzaffarnagar, it is hard to imagine that the village school was a unifying force, where children of Jats and Muslims studied together. But today, those schools have emptied out of Muslim children, who are now huddled in the freezing cold of a refugee camp, with no access to modern education, and to the shared ...
