Toward a drought-resilient Southern Africa
This Synthesis Report provides an overview of the challenges posed by drought in Southern Africa, as well as the progress that has been made in recent years by the SADRI Pillar Teams to identify knowledge
Droughts
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Adaptation and resilience to drought: from know how to do how
The Ready for the Dry Years publication series has been a part of joint efforts between ESCAP and ASEAN to support Member States to prepare for intensifying drought risk, by assessing patterns of drought
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Seasonal outlook to socio-economic impact based forecasting
This working paper introduces a methodological concept that translates the pre-monsoon seasonal outlook to multi-sector impact-based forecasting. Building on the seasonal forecasts for precipitation available
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Preparing India for extreme climate events: mapping hotspots and response mechanisms
<p>75% of India’s districts are hot spots of extreme climate events finds Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) in this new report. With an unusual spike in extreme events since 2005, these districts are bearing the effects of changing microclimate with loss of property, livelihoods and lives.</p>
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Climate change risk and adaptation assessment for irrigation in Southern Viet Nam: water efficiency improvement in drought-affected provinces
This publication presents findings from a climate change risk and adaptation assessment in southern Viet Nam as part of ADB’s Water Efficiency Improvement in Drought-Affected Provinces (WEIDAP) project.
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Ready for the dry years: Building resilience to drought in South-East Asia
This second edition of Ready for the Dry Years reveals that the severity of two drought events during 2015-2016 and 2018-2020 exceeds anything recorded in the past two decades, since the major El Niño
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Ending conflicts over water: solutions to water and security challenges
This report explores some of the thorniest water crises taking place across the developing world. In southern Iraq, severe water quality problems have triggered social unrest and violent protests. Recent
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What is the impact of weather shocks on prices? Evidence from Ethiopia
This paper combines data on weather shocks at the district level, monthly grain prices, and on wages in 82 retail markets in Ethiopia over 17 years to quantify the impact of drought on local prices and
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Assessment of climate change over the Indian region
This book discusses the impact of human-induced global climate change on the regional climate and monsoons of the Indian subcontinent, adjoining Indian Ocean and the Himalayas. It documents the regional
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Evaluation of a combined drought indicator and its potential for agricultural drought prediction in southern Spain
<p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">A new combined drought indicator (CDI) is proposed that integrates rainfall, soil moisture and vegetation dynamics.<a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/drought-indicator-Spain.pdf"
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Natural disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2000-2019
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is the second most disaster-prone region in the world. Some 152 million people have been affected by 1,205 disasters (2000-2019). Although many hazards are cyclical