Tag: water
New Delhi pollution crisis: Air and water quality worsening
Environmentalists in New Delhi have accused the government of not understanding the link between the environment and public health. It comes amid a worsening pollution crisis in the Indian capital, with air quality failing to improve and the Yamuna River foaming with toxic waste. Al Jazeera’s Pavni Mittal reports. – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/ – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/ – Check our website:…
Iraq's extreme heat and water shortages – BBC News
Iraq is one of the most climate-vulnerable places on Earth. This summer, Sheikh Kezem Al-Kaabi fights to continue farming his ancestral land despite extreme heat and worsening water shortages. In Baghdad, traffic cop Sa’ad Saddam Abdulhasan is responsible for one of the city’s busiest intersections. He keeps the city moving, but that means working in 50C heat. BBC Life at 50C investigates how extreme heat…