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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Manipur all set to declare drought in the state
IMPHAL, June 21: With the State of Manipur failing to receive sufficient rainfall compared to previous years, the disaster management under the Home Department of the state is all set to declare drought in the state. This decision was taken during a cabinet meeting Saturday evening.
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Are We Heading For A Drought?
The agriculture ministry is preparing a contingency plan to prevent food shortage---------- For the first time in 30 years, India stares at the probability of a drought, which threatens to worsen the already precarious food demand-supply balance and plunge the country into a deeper food security crisis.
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As dry spell gets longer, so do worry lines
Centre Plans To Shower Farmers Across India With Drought-Resistant Seeds Prabha Jagannathan NEW DELHI
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Tibet faces worst drought in 30 yrs
Tibet is facing the worst drought in 30 years which has affected 15.3 per cent of remote Plateau, damaging thousands of hectares and killing 13,601 head of cattle, authorities said on Saturday
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Disaster Request for a Drought-Hit County in California
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger made an unusual request Friday, asking President Obama to declare Fresno County a federal disaster area because of a three-year drought that is straining California
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Britain Faces Severe Warming By 2080s: Study
Climate change could lead to a rise in average summer temperatures in parts of Britain that is nearly double the level which the European Union and others say is dangerous, a study said on Thursday.
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Climate Change Threatens To Knock Crop Yields
Rapid rises in temperatures worldwide may overwhelm farmers' efforts to keep up, say experts who want funds to breed new crops and freeze heat-resistant strains bred over past centuries. A Stanford University study to be published on Friday estimates that African growing seasons for the continent's staple foods -- maize, millet and sorghum -- will be hotter in nine out of 10 years by 2050.
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U.S. Climate Report Details Energy, Agriculture Harm
Climate change has already caused "visible impacts" in the United States and poses particular risks to the U.S. agriculture and energy industries, a new government report said on Tuesday.
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Facts On World's Water Shortage
With California in its third year of drought, concern over access to clean water is no longer limited to the developing world. Here are some facts about global water scarcity, according to the World Health Organization.
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U.S. Faces Security Threat From Climate Change: Kerry
There is "scarcely an instrument of U.S. foreign policy" that was not vulnerable to climate change, which scientists say will raise sea levels by melting glaciers and ice sheets on Greenland and Antarctica, Kerry, a Democrat, said at a Council on Foreign Relations meeting.