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Food trade drains global water sources at 'alarming' rates

03/30/2017. The global market for foodstuffs is depleting water sources in many parts of the world quicker than they can naturally be refilled.

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The Geopolitics of Environmental Challenges

03/02/2017. Much of the world seems to be on edge. But one issue – one might say the most significant of them all – is being ignored or pushed aside: the environment.

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Climate change and mass migration

01/19/2017. International leaders met in the Bangladeshi capital last month for ongoing discussions about a new global migration policy.

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Haiti: Malteser International prepares emergency relief

10/05/2016. Staff on the ground mobilize aid to help people affected by severe flooding.

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Record support for advancing Paris Climate Agreement

04/22/2016. 175 countries signed the Paris Agreement at a ceremony at UN Headquarters

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Floods : the global threat

04/16/2016. A TV documentary for the Franco-German television channel Arte

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One year after the earthquake in Nepal

04/16/2016. Malteser International plans construction of medical facilities in outlying regions

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Which countries are most at risk from climate change and how can we help?

03/29/2016. How to resolve that dilemma and help these places adapt to a warming world remains among the knottiest problems facing climate financing.

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The Future of Securing Global Cities

03/22/2016. Making cities resilient against man-made crises and natural disasters is the key to the twenty-first century.

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When life hangs by a glass of drinking water

03/22/2016. The ravages of unsafe water are unexpected.

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