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Saving the World One Tech Innovation at a Time

Tech Soup

Imagine a hurricane bearing down on an isolated village. For example, basic SMS and telephone messaging are being used to educate students in remote areas of Pakistan, to control the spread of HIV/AIDS in South Africa, and to raise funds for East African drought relief. Worst of all, many villagers will be injured or killed.

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As extreme weather events worsen, 7Analytics meshes AI and big data to predict flooding

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and Europe , to Africa , Australia , and Asia, where India and Pakistan have been hit by some of their worst floods in recent memory. And Hurricane Ida alone reportedly caused at least $50 billion in damages , depending on what figures we’re to believe.

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This is what your life will be like when the world hits a dangerous climate tipping point

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Other hard-hit countries will include Nigeria, Indonesia, the Philippines, Pakistan, Sudan, and Niger. Flooding from extreme storms like hurricanes will also become more frequent. In India, the most populated country in the world, some 600 million people will feel unprecedented heat outside this niche.

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BEYOND EXPO 2024 | UN Coordinator in China urges revitalization of multilateralism amid global conflicts

TechNode

The second is a crisis of the climate, which is hanging like a sword over humanity whether it was the hurricane in Florida, which upended lives and livelihoods, or the floods we have seen in Europe and China, and today in Pakistan, 60% of the country was under water. So it is a major challenge. Then we have ongoing conflicts.

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