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Betting on green hydrogen in Chile, a road fraught with obstacles
Chile is in a privileged position in the world to produce green hydrogen and boost the development of the new fuel thanks to the country's optimal conditions for generating solar and wind energy, but the large investment required and the scarcity of water are two of the biggest obstacles to overcome.
Burkina Faso: Climate change triggers rural exodus
The Sahel is experiencing an overall decrease in rainfall, but also a depletion of soils due to agricultural overexploitation and progressive deforestation of the original savannahs by cutting firewood, bush fires and stray animals.
Solar tubewells suck water out of Sindh desert
At the southern end of Pakistan's Sindh-Balochistan border near the Kirthar mountain range, Sindh's Kachho desert has witnessed an unprecedented surge in the use of solar-powered tubewells for groundwater extraction in agriculture.
The new face of activism: Youth
Rather than waiting for adults to act, more young girls and boys are standing up and speaking out on the world's pressing issues.
Thermal houses keep people warm in Peru's Andean highlands
Thirty families from a rural community more than 4,300 meters above sea level will have warm houses that will protect them from the freezing temperatures that each year cause deaths and diseases among children and older adults.
Chile has medicine against desertification, but does not take it
The retention of rainwater which otherwise is lost at sea could be an excellent medicine against the advance of the desert from northern to central Chile, but there is no political will to take the necessary actions, according to experts and representatives of affected communities.