#Heatwaves have long been known to impact children's learning. But the intensity & duration with which they strike now are leading to much greater cumulative impacts
#ClimateChange is directly causing educational gaps worth years across the world
For policy makers who care about GDP than #education, what happens to the economy when your workforce cant keep up?
This is as true in the west as in the #GlobalSouth
"As the county on Friday experienced searing temperatures, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) #Punjab issued an alert for #heatwave, #rains, and #storms expected this month."
Yup, thats THREE 'natural disasters' expected in the province this month.
Let that not distract you from the main headline - #schools will be closed because of them.
As usual, #IMF enforcing capitalists' debts over #Pakistan by forcing #austerity over a #ClimateCrisis stricken country, while (2 years on) promised funds by international banks remain #Greenwashing stunts.
'..why there has been a delay, Mr Ye said that the amount pledged was for reconstruction.. "..the new climate risk profile and the possibility that these areas may be flooded again,”...'
Brilliant article on the challenges facing transition to renewables, and why its unlikely
"while the cost of renewable power is now lower than that of fossil fuels, renewables are not a profitable business. The particularities of the .. market structure are the causal factors here... Making sure that capital gets its pound of flesh has crippled the country."
Continuing the theme - why despite hitting #Pakistan's rooftop #solar target half a decade early the Gov is being forced to somehow put brakes on the renewables transition.
" this rapid growth in rooftop solar is creating costs that have to be passed on to poorer segments of the population"
12 GOP senators threaten the International Criminal Court: "Target Israel & We Will Target You. You have been warned".
The senators told the ICC's prosecutor not to pursue charges against Israeli officials over war crimes committed in Gaza.
Specifically, they threatened to sanction ICC employees & associates & bar them & their families from entering the US (which is not a party to the ICC).
This is exactly what putin wants - the #US alienating the #GlobalSouth and other national #ICC supporters.
Bit by bit, putin is sadly dismantling #US credibility. The utter thoughtlessness of these politicians to say this - malleable unwitting ruzzky assets, everyone.
"n K-P, the consequences of #GlobalWarming and #ClimateChange are evident in the changing of the #monsoon season, which now falls at a time when the #strawberry cash crop, a speciality of Charsadda, is to be cultivated."
".. unusual rains .. destroyed approximately 80 per cent of the fruit’s crop, leaving farmers in a deplorable state... "
"The ‘rooftop #solar conundrum’ is another issue, where increased tariffs have spurred demand for rooftop panels, leading to a decline in demand from the national grid.
...contribute to the ‘capacity payment conundrum’, ..purchasing agreements obligate the gov to make payments even when plants are not generating electricity."
When #Namibia Stands Up to #Germany: How Gaza Revolutionized the Global South (Dr. Ramzy Baroud | Counter Currents, 2024-04-18)
... beside Nicaragua, South Africa & al.
"Since the start of the Israeli genocide in Gaza, Namibia answered the call of solidarity with the Palestinians, along with many African and South American countries..."
"The Nicaraguan case accuses Germany of violating the ‘Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide’. It rightly sees Germany as a partner in the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians."
"The horrific crime of the Holocaust, and other mass killings carried out by the German government... during WWII, is a continuation of other German crimes committed against Africans, decades earlier."
When #Namibia Stands Up to #Germany: How Gaza Revolutionized the Global South (Dr. Ramzy Baroud | Counter Currents, 2024-04-18)
... beside Nicaragua, South Africa & al.
"Since the start of the Israeli genocide in Gaza, Namibia answered the call of solidarity with the Palestinians, along with many African and South American countries..."
"So when Namibia took a strong stance against Israel’s largest military supporter in Europe – Germany – it did so based on Namibia’s total awareness of its history."
"The Nicaraguan case accuses Germany of violating the ‘Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide’. It rightly sees Germany as a partner in the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians."
"The horrific crime of the Holocaust, and other mass killings carried out by the German government... during WWII, is a continuation of other German crimes committed against Africans, decades earlier."
Just published a review essay and reflection of Harvard Business School's recent conference "Oral History of Business in the Global South" in the April Interfaces.
"The BYD Group of China has recently announced its entry into the passenger vehicle market in Pakistan in collaboration with Mega Conglomerate Pvt Ltd, the parent company of Hub Power and Haleeb Foods."
After three long years of struggling with the book and analyzing it I finally put my thoughts into a coherent blogpost. I never expected the Ministry to be #solarpunk , but I hoped that it will paint a future to look forward to.
On the difference between academic research and policy research, from an African perspective.
"Combined, all these factors reinforce the preponderance of incrementalist apolitical/technocratic tweaking and household/individual-centric interventions as the smart way to make development policy, rather than valiant quests towards broad-based macroeconomic transformation."
Yogita Raghuvanshi has been a long-haul #trucker in #India for over 20 years. She drives through rain in the foggy mountains of #Cherrapunji, one of the world's wettest regions, to pick up goods.
She talks about the dangers of her job, tricks to survive in harsh environments as a #woman, and being away from her children for long periods.
In just 100 days in 1994, about 800,000 people were slaughtered in #Rwanda by ethnic #Hutu extremists. They were targeting members of the minority #Tutsi community, as well as their political opponents, irrespective of their ethnic origin.
LULA UNFAZED BY ISRAEL - Brazilian President takes a brave stand doubles down accusation of Israel committing genocide, despite being pushed to apologize and declared persona non grata in Israel.
Refusing to be bullied like others into retracting his opinion, insists he "will never give up dignity for a falsehood".
"I want to say loud and clear that the Prime Minister of Israel is carrying out genocide against women and children. This is a fact." - Lula.