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Displaying 3000 of about 5008 resultsLarge areas of Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya are currently in the grip of a severe drought. An estimated 16.7 million people face acute food insecurity. That’s more than the combined populations of Austria and Switzerland.
Four consecutive rainy seasons have now failed since late 2020, a climatic event not seen in at least 40 years.…
Kere is a catastrophic phenomenon that impacts the southern arid and semi-arid part of Madagascar. It claims thousands of lives per years of occurrence and retains the entire region in an entrenched cycle of destitution. Embracing the systems thinking paradigm, this plan deciphers elements at play and dynamic interplays between them.
The plan presents…
Start Network is delighted to announce that Start Ready has officially gone live, protecting people in six countries against predictable climate shocks.
Start Ready is a new financing mechanism that enables frontline humanitarians to access early, predictable funds. The unique financing enables national and local institutions and NGOs to collecti…
The Ganges Delta has always been exposed to extreme weather events. Bangladesh has made remarkable progress towards becoming climate resilient. More will be needed since global heating is getting worse.
Due to its geographic location and high population density, the entire country is a climate hotspot. Common issues include heat waves, erratic rainfall…
Strict rationing has left millions of Monterrey residents without tap water for hours or days at a time, fueling long-standing anger over water concessions that favor big companies - including soft drinks and beer makers
In Nuevo Leon state, taps run dry as drought hits supply
Activists file rights complaint over water restrictions
Anger directed a…
The article argues that disaster management plans need to adapt to the climate crisis and human displacement and reduce migrants’ vulnerability while responding to infectious disease transmission. This study focuses on Bangladesh, one of the most vulnerable countries with multifaceted hazard risks projected to intensify under climate change. Today, the…
The report summarizes evidence on the many ways in which Nature-based solutions (NbS) can address climate impacts in the UK, and explores the barriers and enabling factors that influence their wider uptake. NbS can play a critical role in helping the UK to adapt to the impacts of climate change, including sea-level rise, floods, droughts and heatwa…
Every Thursday at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time, the U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM) publishes a map of drought conditions across the United States. Established in 2000, the USDM combines measurements of physical variables like soil moisture and runoff with reports of drought effects like fallow fields and reductions in municipal water supply. Though generated by…
World Environment Day (WED) 2024 host, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Nations Environment Programme, (UNEP) have launched campaigns to combat desertification, restore land and build drought resilience ahead of global WED celebrations on 5 June in the country’s capital Riyadh. ”Now is the time to act on commitments to prevent, halt and…
An unusual boost in plant productivity can foreshadow severe soil water loss. NASA satellites are following the clues.Flaring up rapidly and with little warning, the drought that gripped much of the United States in the summer of 2012 was one of the most extensive the country had seen since the yearslong Dust Bowl of the 1930s. The "flash drought,"…
As widespread drought raises expectations for a repeat of last year’s ferocious wildfire season, response teams across Canada are grappling with the rapidly changing face of fire in a warming climate.No longer quenched by winter, nor quelled by the relative cool of night, last summer’s wildfires burned an unprecedented 18.5 million hectares of land—more…
Standing amid rows of juicy, lime green lettuce and chunky florets of broccoli, Jose Paiz appears as if he could be the owner of a modern, high-tech farm. But the crops thriving here, in the suburbs of Mexico City, are part of a 1,000-year-old tradition."My ancestors were doing this before even the [Spanish] Conquistadors arrived in Mexico [in 1519]," s…
Although the rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell in 2023, the region is faced by another challenge in the shape of fire affecting the native vegetation that has so far been spared destruction.An article published in the journal Global Change Biology warns that wildfires in old-growth forests rose 152% last year compared with 2022, de…
The drought striking the Amazon that has worried researchers since last year is far from over, according to meteorological institutions in Brazil. In the state of Amazonas alone, local authorities report that the drought has affected more than 600,000 people.Even seasoned scientists are surprised by the scope. For example, “we don’t remember hearin…
Climate change has resulted in increasingly extreme weather events worldwide. NIBIO research scientist Pål Thorvaldsen is among the many scientists who participated in a large international drought experiment initiated by the University of Michigan, U.S. He explains that climate change may lead to more frequent occurrences of short-term extreme dro…