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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Red heat
Droughts in Africa were far worse in the last millennium than is now
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Blind to rain
Gujarat s minister for major irrigation projects needs to understand that big dams alone do not add up to water management
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Drought across the border
Dams are the talking point in Pakistan where the regions of Sindh and Baluchistan have been hit by drought
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KENYA
The slump in rainfall, as experienced in most parts of South Africa, will result in a severe spell of prolonged drought, according to a warning issued by the Kenya Meteorological Department (
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Government criticised
the World Bank has held the central government responsible for the severe water crisis experienced in different parts of the country. It said that the drought situation was a direct result of the
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SUBSIDISED KILLING
They may survive the drought. But they cannot survive government policies. When people have to abandon their livestock, they are reduced to misery, as is happening in Gujarat and Rajasthan. Because India s rural economy is built around livestock, which ca
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This DROUGHT is sponsored by Govt. of India
Who is really behind our water problems?
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When calamity strikes
Water harvesting is the new catchword for the government struggling against drought. And the media is going out of its way to spread the word. In the process, the rural poor s traditional knowledge may just be hijacked
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Contrasting images
First hand account from a researcher who visited the drought hit regions
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Awaiting the deluge
The question on everyone s lips is when will the monsoon commence and how extensive will it be?