Climate conversations - Preparing for drought can pay off as climate impacts take hold
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'The reality is that governments are wedded to emergency response and remain painfully slow to invest in disaster risk reduction strategies. We know which parts of the world are most disaster-prone and that lives can be saved through preventative measures,' Esther Williams, a journalist working for Tearfund, the Christian relief and development agency, writes for AlertNet.
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Drought and Desertification
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Afghanistan