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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Barack Obama stokes expectations of climate change action in second term
Hopes rise among green campaigners after president mentions 'the destructive power of a warming planet' in victory speech Barack Obama's invocation of "the destructive power of a warming planet" in
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Monsoon may fail more often due to climate change
Oslo The Indian monsoon is likely to fail more often in the next 200 years, threatening food supplies, unless governments agree how to limit climate change, a study showed on Tuesday. The monsoon rains could collapse about every fifth year between 2150 and 2200 with continued global warming, blamed mainly on human burning of fossil fuels, and related shifts in tropical air flows, it said.
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UK faces higher risk of flooding and droughts as water crisis looms
The risk of flooding and water shortage in 2013 has increased because the Government is too slow in changing the way we manage our water, environmental leaders warn. The authors of the Blueprint for Water
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Monsoon may fail more often due to climate change
The Indian monsoon is likely to fail more often in the next 200 years threatening food supplies, unless governments agree how to limit climate change, a study showed on Tuesday. The monsoon rains could
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Indian monsoons may fail more often due to climate change: Study
The Indian monsoon is likely to fail more often in the next 200 years threatening food supplies, unless governments agree how to limit climate change, a study showed on Tuesday. The monsoon rains could
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Global warming to hit Indian monsoon system, say researchers
India, which relies heavily on the monsoon rains for its vital agriculture sector, may suffer “frequent and severe” failures in its monsoon system due to global warming in next 200 years, a new research
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Lack of government action increases UK water risk
The risk of flooding and water shortage in 2013 has increased because the Government has been 'too slow' in taking action to improve water management in the UK, says environmental leaders. According
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Turn down the heat: why a 4°C warmer world must be avoided
<p><span id="itro1">This World Bank report is a stark reminder that climate change affects everything and spells out what the world would be like if it warmed by 4°C, which is what scientists are nearly
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Compendium on water-related hazards and extreme weather events in Central Asia and neighbouring countries
Water-related disasters and extreme weather events are occurring with increasing frequency in Central Asia and in the countries that surround it. Floods, landslides/mudflows, droughts and earthquakes,
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A drought resistance-promoting microbiome is selected by root system under desert farming
Traditional agro-systems in arid areas are a bulwark for preserving soil stability and fertility, in the sight of “reverse desertification”. Nevertheless, the impact of desert farming practices on the