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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In The Horn Of Africa, Drought Threatens Millions
Four-year-old Hussein Musa sits propped against his mother in a thatch-roofed hut, in a section cordoned off under a scorching sun to mark those with the worst symptoms. "They say he is severely malnourished. He is also suffering from fever and diarrhea," said Mako Wabari, his 35-year-old mother. "We are relying on food aid.
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Africa drought endangers 500,000 children: UN
The lives of half a million children in the Horn of Africa are at risk, international aid agencies said on Friday, as the worst drought in decades forces thousands of people to flee their homes each day. High food prices and the driest years since the early 1950s have pushed many poor families in Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia and Djibouti into desperate need, UNICEF said. "We have over two millio
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Water curbs spread in France despite June rain
Water restrictions are spreading across France after rain last month proved insufficient to replenish rivers and water tables hit by a spring drought, the environment ministry said on Friday. Curbs on water use have now been introduced in 70 out of 96 administrative departments in mainland France, the most to face such restrictions since a 2003 heatwave that led to the death of 15,000 people.
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Dont shoot the messenger
<p>An official tirade has been unleashed against official data on employment. But why? (Editorial)<br /> </p>
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Climatic changes dont spare Nuwara Eliya
People living in the Nuwara Eliya are perturbed that the area is undergoing climatic changes demonstrated by a prolonged drought and a delay in the south-west monsoonal rains experienced this year. These monsoonal rains accompanied by strong winds that usually make their presence felt in June and July make life quite unpleasant to the people living in the district. However, environmentalists
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10 million drought-hit in Africa
<p> Biggest ever aid campaigns to tackle</p>
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Increased fitness of rice plants to abiotic stress via habitat adapted symbiosis: A strategy for mitigating impacts of climate change
<p>Climate change and catastrophic events have contributed to rice shortages in several regions due to decreased water availability and soil salinization. Although not adapted to salt or drought stress, two commercial rice varieties achieved tolerance to these stresses by colonizing them with Class 2 fungal endophytes isolated from plants growing across moisture
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The climate wars myth
The first decade of the 21st century was the hottest since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. Global warming is real and, if present trends continue, its possible effects worry publics and governments
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Leading role of internal dynamics in the 2009 Indian summer monsoon drought
Understanding the underlying dynamics of the Indian summer monsoon (ISM) extremes such as severe droughts is key to improving seasonal prediction of the ISM rainfall. A large number of ISM droughts over
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Kenya To Allow GM Maize To Alleviate Shortage
Kenya's state-run National Safety Authority is set to approve importation of genetically modified maize into the country for the first time to mitigate a looming shortage, its head said on Wednesday. The Kenyan government last week forecast a shortfall in the supply of maize, a staple in east Africa's biggest economy, of 14.8 million 90-kg bags in the 2011/12 season due to drought. "With the