UN, US sign $2 billion humanitarian funding agreement for 17 crisis-hit countries

mennessä CrNet Oy | joulu 30, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The United Nations and the United States on Monday formalized an agreement under which the US committed $2 billion in humanitarian assistance for global relief programmes, a move the UN’s top relief official hailed as a landmark commitment to saving lives amid...

2025 One of Costliest Years for Climate Disasters: Report

mennessä CrNet Oy | joulu 29, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The top-10 costliest climate disasters include wildfires, cyclones, extreme rainfall and flooding, and droughts spanning four continents. Together, they resulted in economic losses of $120 billion. Record-breaking heatwaves, tropical cyclones, and rainfall made 2025...

Glacier loss to accelerate, with up to 4,000 disappearing each year by 2050s

mennessä CrNet Oy | joulu 29, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

A symbolic funeral was held in the Swiss Alps in 2019 to mourn the disappearance of the Pizol glacier. Thousands of glaciers will vanish each year in the coming decades, leaving only a fraction standing by the end of the century unless global warming is curbed, a...

Sri Lanka cyclone: More than a million still need aid weeks after Ditwah floods

mennessä CrNet Oy | joulu 29, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Homes and community structures were severely damaged after the cyclone, leaving families in urgent need of support. Nearly a month after Cyclone Ditwah tore across Sri Lanka, more than a million people – including over half a million children – remain in urgent need...

Valtion vesillä kalastaa tulevinakin vuosina yli 300 kaupallista kalastajaa

mennessä CrNet Oy | joulu 23, 2025 | Kestävän kehityksen tiede- ja tutkimusuutiset

Kotimainen joulukala on jatkossakin usein valtion vesiltä peräisin: yhteensä 320 ammattilaista kalastajaa haki Metsähallitukselta kaupallisen kalastuksen lupaa kaudelle 2026–2028. Aikaisempina vuosina valtion vesillä on liikkunut noin 300 kaupallista kalastajaa, ja...