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One Year After Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: Global Hunger Grows
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One year after Russia began its brutal invasion of Ukraine, the war’s ripple effects on hunger reverberate globally. Countries around the world rely on Russia and Ukraine for grain, particularly 25 African countries who get at least one-third of their wheat from the region and are already experiencing rising temperatures, debt and conflict. Food & Land Use Coalition Director Morgan Gillespy lays out how wealthy nations should respond to the growing global food crisis. Read more
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A man carries a cart of supplies down a road in Bakhmut, Ukraine. February 26, 2023 marked one year since the Ukraine-Russia conflict began. Photo by Maksym Pozniak/Haraburda/Unsplash
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Converting Diesel School Buses into Electric
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In the push to electrify the U.S. school bus fleet, electric repowers can be a more affordable and sustainable route than purchasing brand new electric buses. By removing a school bus’s internal combustion engine — which runs on diesel, a fossil fuel that poses severe health risks to children who ride buses — and retrofitting it with an electric drive system, school buses can become totally electric with zero hazardous tailpipe emissions. With the availability of this technology growing and more repowered school buses on the market, WRI experts explain how school districts and others can capitalize on this growing trend. Read more
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Relocating Vulnerable Communities in Iloilo City, Philippines
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As floods intensify and temperatures rise, the Philippines’ coastal Iloilo City is increasingly under threat. The thousands of people living in informal settlements along the water’s edge are particularly vulnerable due to their location and lack of resources. So the city’s local government and several community groups banded together to create an innovative solution: The Participatory Housing and Urban Development project relocates households out of the flood zone and into resilient homes, while also providing greater access to employment opportunities, schools and healthcare facilities. Since the project’s launch, some residents have swapped their flood-prone homes for safer brick houses in the city’s center, providing other cities a blueprint for inclusive coastal resiliency. Read more
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Indigenous Communities Hold Some of the Amazon’s Last Remaining Carbon Sinks
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As the Amazon rainforest suffers increasing deforestation, Indigenous communities can play a big role in its salvation.
WRI analysis finds that forests managed by Indigenous people are some of the Amazon’s last carbon sinks, removing about 340 million tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, equivalent to the UK’s annual fossil fuel emissions. Meanwhile, forests outside of the Amazon’s Indigenous lands are collectively a carbon source, due to significant forest loss. Read more
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