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Global warming has cost £13m an hour, researchers find

E&T

The researchers also identified the years with the highest overall climate costs: 2003, when a heatwave struck Europe; 2008, when Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar; and 2010, when drought impacted Somalia and a heatwave hit Russia. Last November, Christian Aid published a report stating that current climate policies put the world on track for 2.7°C

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Food prices are rising as countries limit exports. Blame climate change, El Nino and Russia’s war

Canadian Manufacturing

This question is playing out in households around the world as they face shortages of essential foods like rice, cooking oil and onions. Neighboring Myanmar, the world’s fifth-biggest rice supplier, responded by stopping some exports of the grain. How do you cook a meal when a staple ingredient is unaffordable?

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Extreme weather: the technologies used to combat climate change

E&T

The world, it said, had taken “several important steps to curb the climate crisis while its impacts continued to worsen”, reminding us of the “increasingly severe and irreversible consequences” of an increase in temperature with floods, record-breaking heatwaves, severe drought in Africa, forest fires and cyclones throughout the year.

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Girl, 7, raped at Thai factory supplying clothes for Tesco while mother worked

The Guardian Manufacturing

Exclusive: Woman recounts 2018 attack as landmark lawsuit is brought against retailer on behalf of 130 Burmese former workers Analysis: How big brands like Tesco are drawn to ‘wild west of global supply chain’ A seven-year-old girl was raped in insecure accommodation at a factory producing clothes for Tesco in Thailand while her mother sewed F&F (..)

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View from India: A year of progress on many fronts

E&T

Over the last five years, the biggest beneficiary of India’s defence exports has been Myanmar. Fuselage and other parts of the aero engine are being manufactured in India for the world. . Probably these features could make the Vande Bharat Express world-class. Visvesvaraya Terminal at Baiyappanahalli (SMVB) Bengaluru.

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The LNG dilemma – fuelling global imbalance

E&T

On the world stage, however, the continent’s more impactful use of cold hard cash came most visibly in the form of a dive into the market for liquified natural gas (LNG), a commodity consequently transformed from carbon-emissions stopgap to geopolitical bellwether. It nevertheless progressively withdrew from the LNG spot market during 2022.

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