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Three southern African nations — Zambia, Malawi and Zimbabwe — declared drought as a national disaster between February and April, 2024.

This policy brief examines the impacts of heat waves and drought on women’s food security, economic productivity, and care work, and highlights the alarming occurrence of gender-based and sexual violence during climate-induced challenges.

From January 2024, large parts of Southern Africa experienced significantly below-average rainfall, as a consequence, the countries have been battling major outbreaks of cholera, other waterborne diseases, and other problems.

A recent study published in the PNAS shows that western Central Asia has experienced a long-term drying trend over the past 7,800 years.

The booklet is designed to be used by schools around the world to complement existing materials about nature-induced disasters in each country. Targeted for ages 8-12, some parts can be tailored to both younger and older children.

Water levels at Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe have dropped dramatically because of the latest El Niño drought.

This study sought to understand how and when can development, climate change and humanitarian actors best support households to protect the livelihoods and wellbeing in the face of repeated or ongoing food crises forecasted to worsen?

A University of California, Irvine-led team reveals a clear link between human-driven climate change and the years-long drought currently gripping southern Madagascar.