Global drought hotspots report catalogs severe suffering, economic damage in 2023-2025
UN Convention to Combat Desertification, Bonn Food, water, energy crises, human tragedies in 2023-2025 detailed in sweeping analysis Fuelled by […]
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Canadian experts urge protection for children from escalating heat in schools and child care settings
Canadian Partnership for Children’s Health And Environment, Toronto As Canadians face increasingly intense and frequent heat waves, health, education and
Sand and dust storm frequency increasing in many world regions: UN
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Bonn Two billion tons of sand and dust, equal in weight to 350 Great
UN Warns of 6 Risk Tipping Points Threatening the Environment, Security
UNU Institute for Environment and Human Security A United Nations University report finds that drastic changes are approaching if risks
UN Announces Satellite-Based Global Methane Detection System
United Nations Environment Programme, Paris / Nairobi As part of global efforts to slow climate change by tackling methane, the
World “at a crossroads” in management of droughts, up 29% in a generation
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Bonn Humanity is “at a crossroads” when it comes to managing drought and
Chronic land degradation: UN report offers stark warnings, remedies
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Bonn The way land resources – soil, water and biodiversity – are currently
UN: 500 million live in 19 African nations deemed water insecure
United Nation University Institute for Water, Environment & Health 1st assessment of water security in Africa is based on 10
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50% more wildfires foreseen by 2100; Governments are not prepared: UN
UN Environment Programme Even the Arctic, previously all but immune, faces rising wildfire risk; Wildfires and climate change are “mutually
Global Library of Underwater Biological Sounds, “GLUBS,” will help monitor marine life
The Rockefeller University Programme for the Human Environment, International Quiet Ocean Experiment By assembling and expanding first-ever global audio collection