How extreme weather affects food prices in Canada
Extreme weather events like fires, floods, heat waves and droughts pose an increasing risk to Canada’s food supply chain, putting pressure on prices all the way to the grocery store …
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Thousands of Indian farmers protest in New Delhi demanding minimum crop prices
Thousands of farmers protested in India’s capital on Thursday to press their demand for a new law that would guarantee minimum crop prices, after weeks of being blocked from entering …
For some Sri Lankan women, domestic violence is cost of climate change
Karunarathna said she and her husband would fight over little things, and he would often hit her. She had to seek hospital treatment several times. She did report some of …
Why tens of thousands of Indian farmers are marching toward New Delhi
Tens of thousands of Indian farmers are marching toward the capital to demand guaranteed crop prices, renewing a movement from two years ago that succeeded in getting the government to …
As Christmas tree farmers retire, who will take over?
Brad Clements, 82, has been growing Christmas trees near Milton, Ont., since the 1980s but is getting ready to pack it in. “We’re looking at closing it up in the …
World needs to quicken energy transition or face warming of nearly 3 C by century’s end: UN
The world is on pace to warm by as much as 2.9 C by the end of the century, nearly double the international target agreed upon less than a decade …
India’s millet revival: How the once-neglected seed is making a comeback
The beer is flowing and the snack plates piling up at a bustling bar in Mumbai’s trendy Bandra neighbourhood on what would be an ordinary Sunday pub night, except for …