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SEI Asia Podcast: Heat is the defining climate challenge for cities
At COP30 in Belém this November, cooling and extreme heat was high on the global agenda. For the first time, governments put forward concrete steps to scale up sustainable cooling, strengthen heat-health systems, and support cities already struggling with rising temperatures.
Gender, equity and climate policy
Episode 02: Gender, Equity and Climate Policy By Charmaine Caparas, Ha Nguyen, and Teddy Baguilat Charmaine Caparas (00:06 – 00:20): Welcome to SEI Asia’s podcast on environment and policy in Asia. In this podcast series, we invite experts to discuss the many critical and complex environmental challenges in Asia and how to find solutions through policy and partnerships. Charmaine (00:25 – 00:49): Hello everyone! I’m Charmaine from the Stockholm Environment Institute.
Scientists: Quantum Fingerprinting May Be Better Than Classical Limit for Communication
Same, But Not Really A new study has experimentally demonstrated a quantum fingerprinting protocol and shown that it can surpass the classical limit for solving communication complexity problems. Scientists say that in these problems, two parties each have a message, and they both share some of their message with a referee, who has to decide whether the two messages are the same or not.
Scientists May Have Found a Way to Treat Urinary Tract Infection Without Antibiotics
Natural Method Scientists believe that the human body’s immune system can actually fight off a urinary tract infection (UTI) without the help of antibiotics. Duke University researchers found a pathway through which bladder cells can actually kick out the bacteria that cause UTIs – and are now looking into how they can harness it to treat the infections without antibiotics.
Scientists Are Mutating Rat Genes To Turn Them Into ‘Super Sniffers’
Dogs Out-of-Employment? K-9 dogs might soon have some competition. U.S. scientists have mutated mice so that they are “super sniffers” for drugs and explosives. This new generation of rodents was genetically altered to track down certain scents, according to a report at scientific journal Cell Reports. “What we think we can do is make ‘super sniffers’ for particular odors,” said co-researcher Dr.Paul Feinstein.
Snowden Just Created An Anti-Radio Snitching Device For Your iPhone
Edward Snowden is developing a device that can prevent radio-snitching for your iPhone. It’s only fitting because Snowden famously asked reporters in Hong Kong to put their phones in the fridge just before he spilled the NSA’s secrets. This will block any radio signals that might be used to silently activate the devices’ microphones or cameras.
Scientists Bring New Meaning to 'Bug Juice' With Nutritious Cockroach 'Milk'
Scientists found that the 'milk' or protein crystal located in the midgut of cockroaches is more than four times as nutritious as cow's milk and it could be the key to feeding our growing population in the future. It sounds a bit gross, but cockroach milk could be good for you. Scientists found that the protein crystal– or milk– located in the mid-gut of cockroaches is more than four times as nutritious as cow’s milk.
Recipe Sharing Blog Raises Voices of Women Refugees in the U.S.
While many would view women's empowerment through accomplished and successful careers or their right to whether or not bear a child, Becky Allen has chosen to give voice to female refugees in the U.S. by offering them a platform to share their food recipes. Allen created a website called Taking Refuge in which she pairs female refugees’ stories with recipes. The website was launched in January 2015 and currently counts 13 recipes and stories of female refugees.
Night life in the ‘New Jungle’ of Calais
This is one of the entrances to the ‘New Jungle’. The boy in the wheelchair hurt himself trying to cross to the UK. Friends take turns to wheel him around the informal settlement. At night, the ‘New Jungle’, the informal migrant and refugee settlement in the port city of Calais, France, comes to life. Several improvised bars, restaurants and shops open after sunset. Its residents gather together to dance, play games, drink and eat.
Dollars and Sense: The Financial Case for Keeping Migrants Healthy
As a major regional meeting on migration health opens in the Thai capital today, Reuben Lim reports on the challenges migrants face in accessing healthcare in Asia and the efforts made to include them in national health systems. Sixteen year old Sirichai Danwattana twiddles his thumbs as he and his mother wait outside the doctor’s office at IOM Thailand’s Migrant Health Assessment Centre (MHAC) in Bangkok.
Over 500 New Human Trafficking Victims Identified in Indonesia since Benjina ‘Slave Fisheries’ Exposed
Fishermen believed to be victims of trafficking are moved from Benjina to Tual.
Missing Migrants Update | 29 July 2015
The Missing Migrants Project is the only global database sharing key data on deceased and missing migrants arund the world. The aim is to strengthen advocacy and support a more informed policy response. Page 1 | 2 | Download PDF
Migration Comes of Age
This is the age of migration. There have, of course, been times of great population flow: the mass movements at the end of World War II, or the early years of the 20th century, when the populations of US cities began to surge. Others would point to the move across the Western United States, or further back to the age of colonialism and exploration by Europe.
Mediterranean Update: 101,900 migrant arrivals in Europe in 2015
Approximately 101,900 migrants have arrived on Europe’s shores on smugglers’ vessels since the beginning of January. The vast majority came to Italy and Greece: 54,660 migrants reached Italy (mostly via Libya), while 46,150 migrants reached Greece (mostly via Turkey). About 7,000 people were rescued in the Channel of Sicily between Saturday 6 June and Monday 8 June by a flotilla of international ships (including Italian, German, British, Swedish, Spanish and Irish vessels).
Escaping Danger into Uncertainty: The Voyages of Migrants out of Yemen into Somalia
Naima arrived in Berbera fleeing the conflict in Yemen with her eight-month-old baby girl. © IOM 2015 Naima is originally from Burao, Somaliland and she has arrived in Berbera with her 8 months old baby girl fleeing the conflict in Yemen. She lived in Sana’a with her husband. “I lived with my husband who is a student and still in Sana’a,” Naima said. “My husband refused to come with us.
After Ebola - A Survivor Builds a Stronger Sierra Leone
Mr Kamara,an Ebola survior working at the IOM managed National training Academy in Freetown. © IOM 2015 Gibril Kamara, 38, is a survivor of the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, the region’s worst affected country. Since December 2014 he has taken on a new role as a simulated patient trainer at the IOM managed National Training Academy for Frontline Ebola Practitioners in Freetown.
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