In northern Malawi, female banana farmers have come up with a creative solution to combat the impacts of climate change, which have recently devastated their crops. They use overripe bananas that go bad due to extreme conditions to make wine.Supported by the COMSIP Cooperative Union, the initiative is an unique example of how Malawian communities are innovatetively addressing the effects of climate change.
Earlier this month, historic floods that destroyed everything in their path ravaged southern Brazil. In addition to displacing over 500,000 Brazilians, the floods claimed over 150 lives. The unprecedented devastation is attributed by scientists to a combination of several weather variables that are all impacted by climate change.
The widespread drought in Malawi, which is linked to the El Nino climate pattern, will be assisted in its recovery by the United Nations. According to officials, the crisis has caused a food scarcity that affects about half of the nation’s population. After visiting Malawi to assess the damage firsthand and identify ways to provide support.
Lake Malawi, Malawi’s largest body of water, is seeing an unprecedented surge in water level. Almost ninety percent of the beach area, according to the authorities, is under water, damaging land, crops, and lakeside hotels, resorts, and lodges.
The need for sustainable solutions becomes more pressing as climate change wreaks havoc around the world. In Nigeria, a private company recently introduced an Uber-style taxi system made of approximately 200 electric vehicles.
Pakistan earns millions of dollars from the global carbon credit markets thanks to restored mangroves. However, Pakistan’s inability to use the funds to strengthen its climate change defense is due to political unrest.
More than a thousand schools across the Philippines canceled face-to-face classes this week due to high temperatures that have forced many activities indoors, officials said Tuesday.
India’s inaugural survey on snow leopards has unveiled a population of 718 individuals within its borders, signaling hope for the species despite threats from poaching, climate change, infrastructure development and the degradation of their high-altitude habitats.
Hopes of finding more survivors are fading two days after a mudslide engulfed buses carrying dozens of miners in a gold-mining community in the southern Philippines, with unstable ground posing an added danger for rescuers.
Farmers in Somalia faced the dual threats of flooding and drought last year. In this report narrated by VOA’s Arash Arabasadi, Jamal Ahmed Osman spoke with farmers who related their experiences of how extreme climate conditions are taking a toll.