The ‘slow onset, silent killer:’ Droughts explained

This article is published in association with United Nations. Droughts across the world are intensifying and have become a “slow onset, silent killer” to which no country is immune, according to the UN’s most senior official working on desertification, drought and land restoration issues. Ibrahim Thiaw, the Executive Secretary of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification […]

Droughts are getting worse around the world, here’s why and what needs to be done

UN sounds alarm over rising demands on water resources as scarcity increases

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Stefan Ellerbeck, Senior Writer, Formative Content Climate change is contributing to more droughts and water shortages on continents around the world. Northern Italy is facing its worst drought in 70 years, and more than 43% of US states […]

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