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JOHANNESBURG Friday, March 12, 2010 (IRIN) - As the level of carbon dioxide increases in the atmosphere, we will probably see fewer but more intense storms, a group of the world's top experts on tropical cyclones and climate change have concluded.

JOHANNESBURG Thursday, March 18, 2010 (IRIN) - West Africa can meet its food needs through regional trade, most agricultural experts say, if countries keep their borders open for the free flow of staple grains, especially in times of heightened stress, whether climatic, economic, or brought on by conflict.

Source: IRIN The hapless people flooding ports and airport terminals in developed countries are occasionally seen as "environmental migrants" or even "environmentally induced migrants", fleeing natural disasters in their part of the world.

DAKAR Wednesday, February 03, 2010 (IRIN) - Humanitarian relief is at high risk of corruption, says Transparency International (TI), which has released a guide on how aid agencies can combat the problem in disaster response.

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JOHANNESBURG Thursday, May 21, 2009 (IRIN) - New projections by the US-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) show that mean global temperature could increase by as much as 5.2 degrees Celsius this century if "rapid and massive action" to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is not taken, according to a press release. Previous studies have indicated an increase of 2.4 degrees Celsius.

DAKAR Thursday, May 21, 2009 (IRIN) - Aid agencies are far more accountable to disaster affected people than they were a decade ago, says the latest Humanitarian Accountability Report, but problems remain in transparency about interventions, communication with aid recipients, monitoring and reporting on sexual abuse and eliminating corruption.

MANAMA Sunday, May 17, 2009 (IRIN) - The risk of disasters occurring worldwide is increasing due to the expansion of slums, the increasing vulnerability of rural livelihoods to weather changes and deteriorating ecosystems, a new UN report says.

JOHANNESBURG Thursday, May 14, 2009 (IRIN) - Climate change will be the biggest global health threat in the 21st century, but little is known about its possible effects on developing countries, where the impact will be felt most, says a new report.

DUBAI Wednesday, March 04, 2009 (IRIN) - A new IMF report has highlighted the impact of the global financial crisis on 26 low-income countries. It says poverty and political instability could increase unless at least US$25 billion is injected into 22 of these ailing economies this year.

NEW YORK Tuesday, April 21, 2009 (IRIN) - Non-profit organisations and NGOs are laying off staff and cutting back aid programmes as the global recession bites, and the prospects for 2010 also look bleak.

NAIROBI Tuesday, May 05, 2009 (IRIN) - More people were newly displaced last year compared with the previous year, but the number living in other parts of their homeland globally remained stable over the same period, according to a report by the Norwegian Refugee Council's Geneva-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, which was released in New York.

Women's Refugee Commission **Global Initiative Puts Fuel on Par with Food and Water as Urgent Needs in Humanitarian Assistance** NEW YORK (April 29, 2009) -Top United Nations officials, joined by the Women's Refugee ...