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This is according to nasa, june of 2022 was the 450th straight month where the temperatures globally on average were higher than the 20th century. so only people now in their 40s remember a cooler than average month on earth, and its not cooling off, right? and so the mega drought, which is now 22 years long, theres no rain in the forecast. theres no huge snow year that is just where, you know, everybodys betting on, and that is -- those are the water -- thats the bank, first national banks of l...

Dr Bob Alfa, Director of Planning, Water Resources Commission (WRC), has called for the district assemblies in the Upper East Region to do more to protect water catchment areas. They needed to start doing the small things that were inexpensive but effective to stop the destruction of these areas through…

>> reporter: from a lush, natural paradise to a dry, salty desert. global warming is literally evaporating what once was the largest lake in the entire middle east in iran. the sixth largest salt lake in the world. all around this lake you can see the impact of the global climate emergency. on the communities here, on the people. their livelihoods and of course, also, their future. the authorities tell us today this lake is less than half the size of what it used to be. the shrinkage is due in p...

A desert. >> reporter: from a lush, natural paradise to a dry, salty desert, global warming is literally evaporating what once was the largest lake in the entire middle east in iran, the sixth largest salt lake in the world. all around this lake, you can see the impact of the global climate emergency on the communities here, on the people, their livelihoods and of course also their future. the authorities tell us today lake ormia is less than half the size of what it used to be. the shrinkage is...

For therapeutic purposes. they would stay here for several days, he says. the ferry boats many used across the lake now lay stranded on the salty crust slowly rusting away. this google maps animation shows just how fast the lake has shrunk, going from 5,400 square kilometers in size to just 2,500 in about 30 years. lack of rain and water shortages are a problem all across iran. severe lack of water recently led to protests, some violent in the southwest of the country. irans new president saying...

Reps task FG on construction of irrigation Dams for agricultural purposes On By Levinus Nwabughiogu-Abuja House of Representatives yesterday urged the Federal Ministry of Water Resources to carry out a holistic Needs Assessment of Irrigation Dams across the country and ensure their expeditious construction for agricultural purposes. The House also urged the Federal Ministry of Power, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and the Nigerian Independent Power Project (NIPP) to direct the Contr...

Power Minister R K Singh on Wednesday brushed aside apprehensions that water storage or dam projects, which also generate hydro electricity, harm environment, and urged experts to commission an authoritative and scientific study to find out the truth. Speaking at a symposium on sustainable development of dams and river basins, Singh said, "I have not seen science of environment being harmed. I see science of progress in this (water storage). Punjab and Haryana developed and they are where the...

Respect the signs because they know that this land belongs to us and we will protect it. but the sign on the right says we are protecting mother. we must respect it and preserve it by his. daughter or. to set the fate of the amazon basin is still in doubt. as the dam projects and the measures associated with them provide the government with an opportunity to intervene in tribal territory that. does not mean they can cut the size of the protected zones but the government can just say that this is...

Warriors helped us to put the signs are. black the local residents respect the signs because they know that this land belongs to us and we will protect it. the sign on the right says we are protecting mother we must respect it and preserve it. in to set the fate of the amazon basin not just still in doubt. is the dam projects and the measures associated with them provide the government with an opportunity to intervene in tribal territory. they can cut the size of the protected zones but the gove...

Respect the signs because they know that this land belongs to us and we will protect it. the sign on the right says we are protecting mother we must respect it and preserve it by his. total. to set. the fate of the amazon basin is still in doubt. just as the dam projects and the measures associated with them provide the government with an opportunity to intervene in tribal territory. that they can cut the size of the protected zones but the government can just say that this is a political necess...