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Here's why climate change in Afghanistan has global repercussions

Severe droughts are exacerbating Afghanistan's humanitarian crisis, but funding for climate change adaptation is frozen.
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Afghans fight drought with small dams as Taliban shut out of COP28

Aid agencies say climate-driven disasters are exacerbating Afghanistan's humanitarian crisis. Due to international isolation – no country formally recognizes the Taliban government – meaning it will be excluded from COP28, the UN climate summit.
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600 years of tree rings reveal climate risks in California

An interdisciplinary collaboration used 600 years of tree rings from the San Joaquin Valley to reconstruct plausible daily records of weather and streamflow scenarios during that period, revealing vast variability in climate extremes.
Cornell University
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Information preparedness and community engagement for El Niño in the Eastern and Southern Africa Region

This brief describes the implications of El Niño in the East and Southern Africa Region (ESAR) for Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) initiatives, based on previous comparable weather events.
Stranded boats on the Amazon riverbanks as drought hits the Amazon river
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Amazon region hit by trio of droughts in grim snapshot of the century to come

The forecast for November 2023 through January 2024 is for drought across almost the whole region. Some projected rain in Peru may help with water levels in the Amazon River, but the wider region remains exposed to drought stress and forest fires.
Conversation Media Group, the
A girl lines up for water in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Listening to those in crisis: understanding perspectives on anticipatory action in Ethiopia

This blog presents findings from an assessment by 60 Decibels on anticipatory actions, which focused on how the assistance provided by FAO, UNFPA and UNICEF affected the target populations in Ethiopia.
Anticipation Hub
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Droughts, women and indigenous people in Chile: Assessing the impacts on income and employment

This publication examines the relationship between droughts and incomes and labor market outcomes in Chile over the period 1990-2017, focusing in particular on indigenous women.
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Does the Amazon's drought mean the forest is at a tipping point?

Scientists say deforestation is compounding the effects of climate change, threatening to turn parts of the forest into savannah.
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