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Bhutan is the first country that has become carbon negative.

Good news

Bhutan’s successful climate action and Vietnam’s new AI law

The two pieces of good news this month are about Bhutan’s way to become the first country in the world that is carbon negative, and about Vietnam’s new comprehensive AI law.

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“A reform of the UN Security Council is necessary, but hard to achieve.”

Global governance

“Democratic states do not wage war on one another”

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by Anna-Katharina Hornidge
Anna-Katharina Hornidge
by Hans Dembowski
Drought in Kenya, March 2022.

Climate-risk insurance

Promising examples of climate-risk insurance schemes

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by Renate Bleich
by Dirk Reinhard
by Christian Barthelt
Harvesting shea nuts in Okere City.

Development project

Project develops rural community with shea butter

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by Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi
Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi
Flooded homes in Louisiana after Hurricane Ida.

Extreme weather

USA increasingly hit by weather-related disasters

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by Katie Cashman
Unplanned settlements are displacing informal vegetable growers in Abidjan.

Africa

Informal farming in the city

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by Irit Ittner
Women in positions of leadership: six governors and the mayor of Mecixo City.

Gender justice

Mexico claims to pursue a “feminist” foreign policy

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by Virginia Mercado
Virginia Mercado
This satellite image shows a collapsed ice shelf the size of New York City in East Antarctica in March 2022. The area had long been believed to be stable.

Relevant reading

Climate hazards are increasing fast

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by Mahwish Gul
Mahwish Gul
Bangladesh’s coastal areas have an extensive network of cyclone shelters.

Disaster preparedness

Boosting disaster preparedness in the Ganges Delta

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by Md Bodrud-Doza
Beneficiaries of India’s MGNREGA, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.

Social protection

How social-protection systems matter in the climate crisis

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by Stefan Beierl
Ukrainian refugees arriving in Berlin on March 2022.

Ukraine

Safety and new jobs for persecuted scientists

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