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Soldiers unload aid supplies for the survivors of devastating earthquake at the Incirlik airforce base, February 2023 At last year’s Brussels Conference, donors recognised that the protracted nature of the conflict in Syria requires a collective stepping up. Yet, one year on, this is yet to materialise, Harlem Désir and Tanya Evans write. This week, the EU is hosting a conference on supporting the future of Syria and the region. It is the most important pledging moment for the people of Syria. And it could not come at a more important time. Today, more than 15 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance in Syria - the highest figure since the crisis began in 2012 and a 23% increase since 2020. Over the past year, the economic situation in the country has deteriorated so much that millions can no longer afford to buy food to feed their families. More than 90% of people in Syria are living below the poverty line, millions of whom are still dealing with the devastating impacts o...

Do solar panels break in heatwaves? Experts explain why UK return to coal wasn’t due to wilting tech Steam and smoke billow from the Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal-fired power station near Nottingham. Britain’s resort to coal power wasn't because solar panels can't handle the heat, say campaigners, as temperatures topped 30C. The UK has fired up a coal power station for the first time in weeks - but it’s not because solar panels can’t handle the heat, as some have claimed. As soaring temperatures saw more people switching on air con, the National Grid gave the green light to Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station in Nottinghamshire yesterday. It marked the end of a 46-day run without coal-generated electricity, the longest break since summer 2020, in a move lambasted by green campaigners. “It is a sign of failure that the National Grid is turning to one of the most polluting forms of power generation to deal with a summer heatwave that we know has been made worse because of climat...

Meet ‘ANDI’, the sweating thermal dummy aiding research to solve heat-related illnesses ANDI, a thermal test manikin, is seen sweating inside a heat chamber controlled by research scientists at Arizona State University, in Tempe, Arizona, U.S., June 5, 2023. Researchers hope to use the data to design solutions such as cooling clothes or backpack exoskeletons for cooling support. Researchers are using a thermal dummy that sweats, breathes and walks to understand what the human body experiences under extreme heat.   Thermal dummies have most commonly been used to optimise high-end ski jackets or other temperature-controlling garments. But as it remains unclear what is happening to the human body during a heat stroke and the research team at Arizona State University is trying to “understand in detail what was happening to the core temperature as somebody has experienced a heat-related illness or death”. Arizona State University’s ANDI is one of the only two thermal dummies u...