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Stop floating, start swimming: Water and climate change – interlinkages and prospects for future action
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Executive Summary
Climate change matters to the water cycle – Impacts vary from one region to another, but we often do not know exactly how.
Even small changes in climate can have significant impacts on water availability and extreme events, such as droughts and floods. The water cycle is an essential part of the climate system, and therefore acutely sensitive to climate change and climate variability. Empirical evidence shows that insignificant climate variations can cause significant changes in hydrological flows and water availability. For instance, a global temperature rise of 2°C could increase the number of people suffering from absolute water scarcity by an additional 40%, compared to the effects of population growth alone. Groundwater is particularly affected by droughts, since only precipitation that has not evaporated or drained off reaches deeper layers.
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Terence Wood
14 December, 2020, 7:00 pm
Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130H Hercules transports vital emergency supplies to Fiji and Vanuatu following Tropical Cyclone Harold.
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Do Australia and New Zealand focus enough aid on Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
LDCs is an official UN category denoting countries thought to be in most need of official development assistance and related help.
Whether a country is considered an LDC depends on its GNI per capita, health and education indicators, and vulnerability. These are pretty sensible criteria.
If you look at the official list of LDCs, some oddities emerge: Samoa was an LDC up until 2014; Papua New Guinea isn’t an LDC.
Kenya to gradually remove taxes on UK goods in pact
Monday December 14 2020
Cabinet Secretary for Industrialisation, Trade and Enterprise Development Betty Maina with UK s International Trade Minister Ranil Jayawardena during the signing of the new Kenya-UK trade deal in London, United Kingdom. Also present is Kenya s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Manoah Esipisu. PHOTO | POOL
By CONSTANT MUNDA
Summary
The pact, which will now have to be ratified by respective lawmakers, preserves duty- and quota-free access for exports originating from the EAC free trade area (FTA) after the UK formally leaves the European Union bloc at the end of this month.