Prolonged Droughts News Today

A study found that there might be a 7% increase in financial loans due to climate change. Read more here.

Natural disasters cost the Asia-Pacific region an economic loss of US$65 billion. Read more here. A recent study said natural disasters cost the Asia-Pacific region an estimated US$65 billion in economic damages last year, primarily from China's disastrous floods and India's drought.

The findings are based on the long-held premise that hurricanes or tropical cyclones in general are fueled by heat from the sea. Click to read more.

Lives are at risk in some countries because of human activities that led to droughts. Read more here.

ICARDA is participating in Cairo Water Week 2023, scheduled from October 29 to November 2, 2023, in Cairo, Egypt focusing on "Action on Water Adaptation for Sustainability."

The largest lake in the Middle East, Lake Urmia, has been reduced into a salt flat after successive droughts and serves agricultural purposes. Read more here.

Climate change ushering in prolonged drought, heatwaves, and storms has caused yearly losses of up to $140B for the past two decades. Read more here.

Severe and prolonged droughts may have been the cause of the decline and collapse of the Indus Civilization, according to new research

Activists take part in a protest to raise awareness on climate change and environment prior to the WEF annual meeting on Jan. 16 to 20 in Davos, Switzerland. (Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu Agency) MANILA -Senator Imee Marcos on Monday urged the national government to take a more aggressive stance in the next Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention to Climate Change. Marcos, who chairs the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, said it is time to hold the industrialize...

“Esa Honduras que iba camino a convertirse en un narco Estado la logramos enderezar, la logramos reencauzar con medidas valientes”, expresó Juan Orlando Hernández, presidente de Honduras, durante la celebración del Bicentenario de Independencia en el Estadio Nacional de Tegucigalpa.