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China deploys cloud-seeding planes and cuts electricity use as record heatwave takes toll
China battling its longest heatwave on record, with energy-intensive industries suspended and dams opened to b…
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Burning planet: why are the world’s heatwaves getting more intense?
In March, the north and south poles had record temperatures. In May in Delhi, it hit 49C. Last week in Madrid,…
- Bangladesh, Climate crisis, Drought, Environment, Extreme weather, Farming, Flooding, Poverty, Rice, Society, South and Central Asia, Water, World news
‘We faced so many cyclones’: how people in Bangladesh are rebuilding after climate catastrophe
This year’s Guardian and Observer campaign supports charities fighting global climate injustice. Here, we look…
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Migrant caravan and Qatar’s tarnished World Cup: human rights this fortnight – in pictures
A roundup of the struggle for human rights and freedoms, from Pakistan to Poland Continue reading...
- Access to water, Afghanistan, Drought, Environment, Farming, Global development, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Water, World news
‘The challenge for us now is drought, not war’: livelihoods of millions of Afghans at risk
After years caught in the crossfire between the Taliban and security forces, farmers in Kandahar face a new th…
- Agriculture, Climate change, Drought, Environment, Farming, Global development, India, Science, South and Central Asia, Water, World news
Purple revolution: India’s farmers turn to lavender to beat drought
Faced with climate change, farmers in Jammu and Kashmir are switching from maize to essential oilsIt’s late Ju…