Global Drought Crisis Deepens: Record Heat and El Niño Drive Humanitarian Disaster – The Mail & Guardian
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Global drought crisis deepens: Record heat and El Niño drive humanitarian disaster – The Mail & Guardian
Some of the most widespread and damaging drought events in recorded history have unfolded since 2023, a new UN-backed report has found. The analysis on worldwide drought hotspots, prepared by the US National Drought Mitigation Centre and the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, found that global climate patterns in 2023 and 2024 set the stage for severe drought impacts worldwide that are continuing into 2025. According to the National Oceani…
The study “Hot Points of Drought in the World 2023-2025” exhaustively describes how droughts exacerbate poverty, hunger, energy insecurity and the collapse of ecosystems.
Wayuu: The Indigenous peoples feeling the brunt of climate change in Colombia - Latin America Reports
La Guajira, Colombia – Recurrent droughts and extreme weather conditions will continue to endanger Colombia’s northern La Guajira department. Here, existing atmospheric patterns and global warming collide in increased climate variability and extremity, affecting the lives of hundreds of thousands of Indigenous Wayuu peoples. Native to the Guajira Peninsula, which stretches across northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela, the Wayuu are Colo…
Climate Change Drives Record-Breaking Droughts, Says UN-Backed Report
Driven by climate change and mounting pressure on land and water resources, some of the most extensive and destructive droughts in recorded history have occurred since 2023, according to a new UN-supported report released today. Produced by the U.S. National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC) and the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), with backing from the International Drought Resilience Alliance (IDRA), the report — Drought Hotspot…
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