Drought

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
- 18/10/2022
- British International Investment
- - Climate Change
  - Climate Impacts
  - Africa
  - South Asia
  - Floods
  - Drought
  - Economy

BRAZIL

In view of the drought-triggered energy crisis, the government has proposed sweeping reforms that would increase state regulation in the power industry. Earlier, the government had tried to sell off
- 27/02/2002
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Mounting problem

Human activities are degrading mountain ranges worldwide
- 27/02/2002
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- - Air Pollution
  - Mountains
  - Land Degradation
  - Mining
  - Deforestation
  - Drought
  - Migration
  - Tourism
  - War
  - Madagascar
  - Australia
Left high and dry

Drought like spell in J&K spells doom for saffron farmers
- 30/01/2002
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Power trickles down

Successful cooperatives compel Maharashtra government to hand over control of irrigation facilities to farmers
- 30/12/2001
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The manufacture of popular perceptions of scarcity: Dams and water-related narratives in Gujarat, India

This paper critically examines some narratives of water scarcity in Kutch, western India. It argues that images of dwindling rainfall and increasing drought largely serve to legitimize the controversial
- 01/12/2001
- World Development
DROUGHT HIT

Sri Lanka is facing a severe drought and the number of affected people is estimated to be around 1.5 million across seven of the country's 25 districts. The US-based World Vision Organisation said
- 14/10/2001
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Disastrous state

F<font class="UCASE">or</font> more than a decade now, Orissa has been reeling under contrasting extreme weather conditions: from heat waves to cyclones; from droughts to floods. Calamities have been visiting the state with alarming regularity.
- 14/10/2001
Parched lands

The frequency of droughts has made even traditionally water rich regions fall under the spectre of death
- 14/10/2001
FOLLOW UP

Rajasthan, which is facing a severe drought for the third consecutive year, has decided to start a social audit system for its relief operations. The state government, which has undertaken its
- 30/08/2001
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A water journey

Monsoon means celebrations for the people of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat who script success stories of rainwater harvesting. But in Rajasthan they are questioned: who own the raindrop?
- 14/08/2001