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PARIS - It is a new stain on the already tarnished reputation of biofuels. After being accused of aggravating food insecurity and driving up food prices, accelerating tropical deforestation and even increasing greenhouse gas emissions, crop-based biofuels are now being accused of worsening air pollu...

In two to four weeks. how do you catch it? well, it doesnt spread easily. this is not another covid—19. we require close physical contact with an infected person. so, skin to skin, exposure to skin blisters or scabs or perhaps touching clothing or bedding from the infected person. the uk health security agency said significant proportion of recent cases have been among gay and bisexual men and its urged them to be alert to the symptoms. there is a vaccine which is effective at preventing monke...

Our planet is losing its biodiversity. Here are five ways IFAD and rural people are protecting it

How farmers around the world are protecting nature’s delicate balance – and reaping the rewards 19 May 2022 ©IFAD/GMB Akash Biodiversity sustains life. Healthy ecosystems are diverse...

Very, very worrying. we are looking at people displaced by conflict in ethiopia, for example, 5 million. but also increasingly by climate change related events. massive drought in africa. successive droughts in afghanistan. you mentioned at the start of your headlines, the un warning about a food crisis. this was coming, even before the grain supply from ukraine being in jeopardy because of these climate change related events, because of drought. crops are failing, people are moving. that then f...

>> reporter: mobile homes and mansions on fire in southern california. flames also turning homes to ash in new mexico. 11 large wild fires are currently burning across the u.s. so far more than 1.3 million acres have burned. thats more than double the same period last year. >> we have never had a fire this big. >> reporter: new mexico has been in the bulls eye of a megadraught. the largest in the u.s. and bigger than new york city. wind gusts as high as 70 miles an hour have been fuelling it. ne...

Michael is a third generation farmer near las vegas, new mexico. >> its completely open. there is no water. as you can see. right now we have it completely and there is no water coming out. >> reporter: all of his irrigation lines are dry. the wild fire is miles away from his 600 achre farm and yet it will wide out all of his crops. >> reporter: have you thought about what that means to your bottom line? >> its nonexist tent. at that point we have no revenue from this farm. >> reporter: the wate...

State being ordered to stop watering their crops. theres just not enough water to go around. more tonight from cnns rene marsh. >> these are mobile homes. >> reporter: mobile homes and mansions on fire in southern california. flames also turning homes to ash in new mexico. 11 large wildfires are currently burning across the u.s. so far, more than 1.3 million acres have burned. thats more than double the same period last year. >> we have never had a fire this big. >> reporter: new mexico has been...

Massive flocks of the red-billed quelea bird — a notorious African crop pest — have decimated grain harvests across Zimbabwe.

The Bank of England (BoE) governor warned of "apocalyptic" food shortages as the Russia-Ukraine war contributed to rising food prices worldwide. BoE Governor Andrew Bailey expressed [...]