US EditionInvestigating the Complex Issue of Drought
- On July 3, 2025, severe heatwaves and intensifying drought affected much of Europe, leading to numerous wildfires and the issuance of critical weather warnings across several countries.
- This crisis results from climate change-driven droughts that have become more frequent, intense, and systemic, affecting all sectors and economies worldwide.
- Drought impacts range from hunger, school dropouts, and forced child marriages in Africa to water shortages and disrupted trade, such as Panama Canal ship traffic dropping by a third.
- Experts such as Daniel Tsegai highlight that conventional short-term methods to address drought are inadequate, advocating for sustained investment in building resilience. He cites research showing that every dollar spent on strengthening drought preparedness can yield a return of approximately seven dollars in recovery benefits.
- The unfolding drought emergencies imply escalating threats to food security, economies, and ecosystems, signaling an urgent need for global cooperation and preparedness for a "new normal.
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Investigating the complex issue of drought
Too little rain, too little water in the landscape—so simple, so serious. Even if the drought is obvious because freshwaters carry less water, plants wither and the soil becomes brittle and cracked, the drying out itself is a complex process in which the spatial context plays an important role.
Europe's Heatwaves and Drought Are Demanding Urgent Global Climate Action - teleSUR English
The ‘new era of drought’ poses escalating threats to food security, ecosystems, and national economies. Extreme heat and worsening drought conditions are gripping large parts of Europe, fueling wildfires and prompting urgent weather alerts across multiple countries. RELATED: Glacier Collapse Buries Swiss Village That Voted Against Climate Change Policies Scientists and international agencies warn that this crisis is part of a broader “new era of…
Droughts Worldwide Push Millions Towards Starvation
“Drought is pushing tens of millions of people to the edge of starvation around the world, in a foretaste of a global crisis that is rapidly deepening with climate breakdown,” The Guardian reports. “More than 90 million people in eastern and southern Africa are facing extreme hunger after record-breaking drought across many areas, ensuing widespread crop failures and the death of livestock. In Somalia, a quarter of the population is now edging t…
There are those who do not suffer hunger and there are those who do. To this second group belongs one in every eleven inhabitants of the planet. In a situation of moderate food insecurity is found 29% of the world population. If we ever set out (we, the countries that participate in multilateral agencies such as UN and FAO) to eradicate hunger by 2030, today we already anticipate that that good desire will not be fulfilled.
Expert: New drought era signals global systemic risk
Humanity has entered a "new era of drought," as the world grapples with an escalating systemic drought risk, Daniel Tsegai, program officer at the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), said in a recent interview.
Earth has seen some of its worst droughts ever recorded in last two years, report finds
Over the past two years, Earth has endured some of the most widespread and destructive droughts ever recorded, according to a new analysis by the U.S. National Drought Mitigation Center and the U.N. Convention to Combat Desertification. Mark Svoboda, director and professor at the center, joins "The Daily Report" to discuss.
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