Emerging Economies Climate Report 2022
The report reveals that over half of companies in emerging economies have been impacted by extreme weather events over the last 12 months.The report shows that 58% of companies in Africa and South Asia
Drought
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War and Drought Threaten Afghan Food Supply
A pitiable harvest this year has left small farmers all over central and northern Afghanistan facing hunger, and aid officials are warning of an acute food shortage this winter for nine million Afghan
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Heavy Weather
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California "Water Bank" in Works Amid Drought
California's state government is forming a "water bank" to buy water for local water agencies at risk of shortages next year should a current drought persist, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Thursday. Schwarzenegger in June declared the most populous US state to officially be in drought and declared nine counties in its farm-rich Central Valley to be in a state of emergency because water supplies were so low after two years of below-average rainfall.
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Drought and drinking water crisis in Bundelkhand
Drought swept Bundelkhand desperately needs a drinking water
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Kerala wants PAP pact reviewed: VS
G. Prabhakaran PALAKKAD: Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan has accused the Tamil Nadu government of trying to avoid the renewal of the inter-State Parambikulam-Aliyar Project (PAP) agreement even after its expiry in 1988. The Chief Minister has said he will take up the matter with the Tamil Nadu government.
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Desal and water tank wars
DESALINATION and other big-ticket solutions to Melbourne's water woes threaten to sideline alternatives, as a proposal to drop rainwater tanks is the subject of a row at the highest levels of State Government. - Tanks in doubt - Water estimates wrong - Decision in balance "There are water tank wars going on," a senior Government figure said, describing a debate being viewed as pivotal to the future of Victoria's water planning.
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Water: plenty amidst scarcity at an Andhra village
M.J. PRABU The water conservation project at Kothapally is a model to be replicated Permanent solution: The watershed project is named Adarsha. The monsoon came late over the semi-arid regions of central India this year. While several farming villages suffered from drought, Kothapally village in Ranga Reddy district of Andhra Pradesh had water in its wells for drinking and irrigation.
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The next ten years
What's going to happen over the next decade? New Scientist looks at the latest forecasts - and how reliable they are.
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East Africa's hunger
MORE than 14 million people in the East Africa region require urgent food aid owing to drought and spiralling cereal and fuel prices, aid agencies say.
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Climate-Change Program to Aid Poor Nations Is Shut
The National Center for Atmospheric Research, an important hub for work on the causes and consequences of climate change, has shut down a program focused on strengthening poor countries' ability to forecast and withstand droughts, floods and other climate-related hazards. The move, which center officials say resulted from the shrinking of federal science budgets, is being denounced by many experts on environmental risk, who say such research is more crucial than ever in a world with rising populations exposed to climate threats.