Russia-Ukraine crisis highlights Africa’s need to diversify its wheat sources
Crop yields are relatively low in Africa compared to major producing wheat regions
Environmental impacts of the Russia-Ukraine conflict
War in Ukraine could lead to thousands of civilian deaths, a potential refugee crisis and global economic downfall. It will also create …
The Global South is forging a new foreign policy in the face of war in Ukraine, China-US tensions: Active nonalignment
Russia has seen the new nonaligned movement as an opening to bolster its own position
How does the Ukraine invasion lead to a world food crisis?
Russia and Ukraine are among the largest producers and exporters of grain globally. Because of the invasion, a large stockpile of grain and …
Almost 5 million refugees in eastern Africa in need of support: UN
Gap between resources and needs has grown along with rise in migrant population
Indian farmers taxed $169 bn via export bans or restrictions in 2022: OECD report
India introduced export bans, duties or permits on several commodities in 2022 to stabilise domestic prices following the war in Ukraine and the …
Russia-Africa summit: Putin offers unconvincing giveaways in a desperate bid to make up for killing the Ukraine grain deal
Russia’s efforts to woo African leaders are part of the Kremlin’s broader efforts to extend its influence across the global south
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has put pressure on global food, energy supplies; and Africa is most affected
Forty-one African countries are being impacted by a triple crisis of food, energy and finance due to the war in Ukraine, says UN report
UN to boost humanitarian aid for Ukraine, form global crisis response group
Providing relief in captured cities is becoming riskier by the day as Russia widens its attack, says Antonio Guterres
How Ukraine invasion will hit Russia’s marginalised: An indigenous activist explains
Down To Earth talks to Pavel Sulyandziga, an indigenous activist about what is happening in Russia, especially to its indigenous and marginalised …
Russo-Ukrainian Conflict: Is the Kremlin using food as a weapon of war
There is growing belief that Russia is doing so, given its exit from the Black Sea grain deal and targeted attacks on food supplies in Ukraine
Russia-Ukraine war has nearly doubled household energy costs worldwide: New study
The energy price increase due to the Russian-Ukraine war would not have had such an extreme impact if not for over-dependence on fossil fuels
Why sunflower oil lovers need to worry about Russia-Ukraine war
India imports about 90% of sunflower oil from Russia and Ukraine; but the Russian invasion of Ukraine has severely affected imports; besides, …
The invasion of Ukraine has raised some difficult questions about human rights
In both, Russia and Ukraine, the people’s right to civilian existence has been taken away
Food crisis: Food-insecure population doubled in 2 years, says UN Secretary-General
Agencies call upon countries to increase food production and not to stop export as the Russia-Ukraine war rages on
Wheat prices going strong in Madhya Pradesh, courtesy Ukraine, loss of yield in north India
Private traders are offering much higher prices than government MSP of Rs 2,015 per quintal
Ukraine invasion fallout: Food, energy price rise to continue till 2024-end, says World Bank
Shift to more costly trade patterns has begun; transition to cleaner energy could be delayed
As Putin puts nuclear forces on high alert, here are 5 genuine nuclear dangers for us all
Will we act to eliminate the nuclear threat or press mute on the alarm and drift back to sleep?
Russia-Ukraine war to have ‘ripple effects’ on India’s fuel prices: Experts
India should take this as a market signal and channel investments into electric vehicles and green hydrogen, which are substitutes for oil and gas,…
2022 too short, too far: How the Russian invasion of Ukraine impacted the world
Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2022
Europe beats Russian winter; EU upgrades continent’s growth outlook despite energy crisis
The upward revision is despite an anticipated winter slump amid Russia’s war on Ukraine coupled with a looming energy crisis
‘A consequential but ultimately tragic figure’: last leader of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev dies aged 91
Like other tragic reformers in history, Gorbachev’s chief legacy is to remind us about what might have been, rather than what subsequently …
Famines: what 20th century food crises tell us about how to cope with the Ukraine fallout
Our success at navigating the first serious global challenge to food security in the 21st century will indicate how well equipped we are to …
Stop attacking health workers, cease hostilities in Ukraine: WHO
Attacks on health workers have led to at least 12 deaths and 34 injuries in Ukraine since February 24
Wisent: Ukraine war could wreck efforts to save and rewild Europe’s great wild bovid, say new study authors
Parts of Poland, Ukraine, western Russia, parts of the Balkans and Germany most appropriate to rewild wisent
