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Learn about drought, a slow-onset disaster that affects millions of people worldwide. Find out how drought impacts health, agriculture, economies, energy and the environment, and how WHO responds to drought-related emergencies.
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Healthier environments could prevent almost one quarter of...
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A drought is a period of drier-than-normal conditions. [1]: 1157 A drought can last for days, months or years. Drought often has large impacts on the ecosystems and agriculture of affected regions, and causes harm to the local economy.
Aug 12, 2022 · Drought frequency and duration has increased by nearly a third globally since 2000, the UN says. The climate crisis is fuelling this according to Drought in Numbers, 2022. It says more than 2.3 billion people around the world are currently facing water stress.
Dec 1, 2023 · A new report by the UN team combatting desertification reveals alarming trends over the past two years which have resulted in an unprecedented emergency due to human-induced droughts. The Global...
May 12, 2022 · Humanity is “at a crossroads” when it comes to managing drought and accelerating ways of slowing it down must happen “urgently, using every tool we can”, said the head of the UN Convention to...
Drought is a prolonged dry period in the natural climate cycle that can occur anywhere in the world. It is typically a slow on-set phenomenon caused by a lack of rainfall. It has a major impact on food security, health and population displacement and migration.
The Drought Monitor summary map identifies general areas of drought and labels them by intensity. D1 is the least intense level and D4 the most intense. Drought is defined as a moisture deficit bad enough to have social, environmental or economic effects.
