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A worker labouring in the cane fields to harvest sugar cane at Siloah, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica
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As rains falter, Jamaica’s urban farmers race to adapt

The Abilities Foundation is one of six schools and community centres in Kingston to receive rainwater harvesting tanks courtesy of CityAdapt, an effort led by UNEP to help Caribbean communities contend with climate change.
United Nations Environment Programme
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The drought that forced a Himalayan village in Nepal to relocate

When prolonged drought struck the village of Samdzong, the residents had to make a critical decision: whether to stay or leave.
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Women and men selling goods in a market in Burundi
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As El Niño intensifies floods and droughts, early action pays off

Through anticipatory action, the World Food Programme and its partners are cushioning the fallout of extreme weather in countries grappling with hunger.
World Food Programme
Iraq drought and desert
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Warming climate intensifies flash droughts worldwide

Sudden onset of drying is a rising problem, particularly acute in South America and Southern Africa. But in high mountain regions of Central Asia, climate change has instead brought more moisture.
American Geophysical Union
Family collecting their harvest on a truck, India
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Soil salinization leaves farmers with drastically lower crop yields in India

The first year that production fell, he assumed bad weather was to blame. The reality was much more dire.
Yale Climate Connections
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Documents and publications

Afghanistan: Slow-onset early action plan for drought - drought preparedness, May 2024

This early action plan has been closely monitoring the climate situation in Afghanistan since January 2024 to assess the risk of drought conditions.
Field of dead corals, due to warming oceans
Research briefs

Ocean warming triggers Indo-Pacific heatwaves

A recent study led by Koll on future projections for the Indian Ocean, published in Science Direct, projects marine heatwaves as increasing from 20 days per year (during 1970–2000) to as much as 250 days per year.
Science and Development Network
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Documents and publications

Responding to climate change impacts on human health in Europe: focus on floods, droughts and water quality

This report aims to raise awareness about the range of risks to human health associated with changes in water quantity and quality under the changing climate.

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