Climate threat Global challenges
The water crisis threatens half of the world's food production
The ongoing water crisis in the world may threaten over half of the world's food production by the year 2050. That is according to a report from the Global Commission on the Economics of Water.
Half the world's population already suffers from a lack of water, and the number is expected to increase as the climate crisis worsens, several media outlets write.
The report also warns that the water crisis could lead to an average eight percent reduction in GDP for high-income countries by 2050 and up to a 15 percent reduction for low-income countries.
The water crisis in the world is about, among other things, reduced water resources, disturbances in the so-called water cycle and lack of access to clean water and sanitation.
The water crisis threatens half of the world's food production
The ongoing water crisis in the world may threaten over half of the world's food production by the year 2050. That is according to a report from the Global Commission on the Economics of Water.
Half the world's population already suffers from a lack of water, and the number is expected to increase as the climate crisis worsens, several media outlets write.
The report also warns that the water crisis could lead to an average eight percent reduction in GDP for high-income countries by 2050 and up to a 15 percent reduction for low-income countries.
The water crisis in the world is about, among other things, reduced water resources, disturbances in the so-called water cycle and lack of access to clean water and sanitation.
...................................
State-of-the-art fire station burned down - no alarm
A state-of-the-art fire station in Germany that cost tens of millions of euros to build and was completed last year has burned down. This is reported by the Oberhessische Presse.
The fire started in an emergency vehicle and then spread quickly. According to The Guardian, there was no fire alarm in the building.
- It's a nightmare for a firefighter. Nobody wants to be forced to put out the fire at their own station, says fire inspector Lars Schäfer to German media.
A state-of-the-art fire station in Germany that cost tens of millions of euros to build and was completed last year has burned down. This is reported by the Oberhessische Presse.
The fire started in an emergency vehicle and then spread quickly. According to The Guardian, there was no fire alarm in the building.
- It's a nightmare for a firefighter. Nobody wants to be forced to put out the fire at their own station, says fire inspector Lars Schäfer to German media.
.....................................
Scientists want to revive Tasmanian tigers - face criticism
American and Australian researchers have succeeded in recreating the Tasmanian tiger's DNA sequence to 99.9 percent, reports Sky News. Thus, it may soon be possible to revive the extinct species.
In 1936, the last Tasmanian tiger, also called the marsupial, died. Colossal Biosciences, a company in Dallas, has managed to extract DNA from a well-preserved specimen of a marsupial in a museum in Melbourne and it is now hoped that it will be possible to introduce new marsupials into the world.
But the method has critics. On the one hand, some believe that it would be better to invest the money in protecting animals that are now alive and that it would be unethical to revive animals in changed habitats. On the other hand, others believe that it is even uncertain whether it is possible to revive extinct species.
- This is a fairy tale science, DNA researcher and professor Jeremy Austin has previously said.
...................................
The Sakharov Prize
Elon Musk misses out on the EU's human rights prize
The EU Parliament's foreign affairs committee has named three finalists for this year's Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought, TT reports.
Venezuelan opposition leaders María Corina Machado and Edmundo González Urrutia were nominated by the conservative EPP and ECR party groups.
Two women's groups – Israeli Nashim Osot Shalom and Palestinian Nisaa al-Shams – were nominated by social democratic S&D and liberal RE. The Greens nominated Azeri human rights activist Gubad Ibadoglu.
The extreme right's two party groups nominated the billionaire and X owner Elon Musk, who, however, did not make it all the way.
