Children in North East Uganda take younger siblings to school for food in hunger crisis

2022-08-16T18:48+0200africa-newsroom (en)

KAMPALA, Democratic Republic of Congo , August 16, 2022/APO Group/ -- Parents in north-eastern Uganda are sending toddlers of pre-school age to school with their siblings to share their free school meal as increasing numbers of families have no food at home, according to Save the Children.

66 dead as floods destroy thousands of homes in Sudan

2022-08-16T17:13+0200newsnow-co-uk (en)

triggered by heavy rains continued to tear up homes across Sudan , an official said Tuesday, with the death toll rising to 66 since the start of the Earlier this week, authorities had said that at least 50 people were killed since the rains started in June. Brig. Gen.

66 dead as floods destroy thousands of homes in Sudan

2022-08-16T16:40+0200english-alaraby (en)

triggered by heavy rains continued to tear up homes across Sudan , an official said Tuesday, with the death toll rising to 66 since the start of the Earlier this week, authorities had said that at least 50 people were killed since the rains started in June. Brig. Gen.

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

2022-08-15T08:22+0200europeansting (en)

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 are currently experiencing droughts. A new UN report says drought frequency and duration has increased by nearly a third since 2000.

Shelterbox responds to worst drought in east Africa for 40 years

2022-08-12T14:19+0200reliefWeb (en)

More than a million people have had to leave their homes behind in search of food and now have nowhere to live. ShelterBox is preparing to help thousands of people facing the most prolonged drought East Africa has faced in 40 years. While the drought facing the UK grabs media headlines, the....

58% of human infectious diseases can be worsened by climate change — we scoured 77,000 studies to map the pathways

2022-08-10T17:10+0200downtoearth (en)

Climate change can exacerbate a full 58 per cent of the infectious diseases that humans come in contact with worldwide, from common waterborne viruses to deadly diseases like plague, our new research shows. Our team of environment and health scientists reviewed decades of scientific papers on all....

58% Of Human Infectious Diseases Can Be Worsened By Climate Change We Scoured 77,000 Studies To Map The Pathways

2022-08-08T20:40+0200menafn (en)

- The Conversation) Climate change can exacerbate a full 58% of the infectious diseases that humans come in contact with worldwide, from common waterborne viruses to deadly diseases like plague, our new research shows. Our team of environment and health scientists reviewed decades of scientific....

58% of human infectious diseases can be worsened by climate change – we scoured 77,000 studies to map the pathways

2022-08-08T17:44+0200theconversation-us (en)

Climate change can exacerbate a full 58% of the infectious diseases that humans come in contact with worldwide, from common waterborne viruses to deadly diseases like plague, our new research shows. Our team of environment and health scientists reviewed decades of scientific papers on all known....

MIL-OSI Global: 58% of human infectious diseases can be worsened by climate change – we scoured 77,000 studies to map the pathways

2022-08-08T17:16+0200foreignaffairs-nz (en)

– By Tristan McKenzie, Postdoctoral Researcher in Marine Science, University of Gothenburg. Flooding from hurricanes like Irma in Florida can overwhelm sewer systems and spread pathogens in other ways. Climate change can exacerbate a full 58% of the infectious diseases that humans come in contact....

Biden’s climate agenda faces yet another obstacle: Kyrsten Sinema

2022-08-03T12:40+0200newsbreak-USA (en)

Kyrsten Sinema on Capitol Hill on 28 July. Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPA. The most ambitious attempt yet to pass climate legislation in the US may have surprisingly won the crucial backing of a senator who owns a coal company. Now it faces a further, deeply ironic, obstacle – a lawmaker who was once a member of the Green party.

California GOP gubernatorial candidate says it's time to pull plug on billion dollar high-speed rail project

2022-08-02T21:31+0200foxbusiness (en)

In 2008, Californians voted to fund a high-speed rail project that promised to whisk passengers from Los Angeles to San Francisco in just under three hours. The project was estimated to cost around $33 billion and debut by 2020. Now, 14 years on, the project has ballooned well past that figure and is nowhere near completion.

Biden’s climate agenda faces yet another obstacle: Kyrsten Sinema

2022-08-02T13:20+0200guardian (en)

T he most ambitious attempt yet to pass climate legislation in the US may have surprisingly won the crucial backing of a senator who owns a coal company. Now it faces a further, deeply ironic, obstacle – a lawmaker who was once a member of the Green party.

Biden’s climate agenda faces yet another obstacle: Kyrsten Sinema

2022-08-02T13:07+0200news-yahoo-uk (en)

The most ambitious attempt yet to pass climate legislation in the US may have surprisingly won the crucial backing of a senator who owns a coal company. Now it faces a further, deeply ironic, obstacle – a lawmaker who was once a member of the Green party.

Western U.S. wildfires escalate in windy conditions

2022-07-31T07:31+0200worldakkam (en)

More than 100 homes have been ordered evacuated and authorities have warned people to be on high alert, officials said. (Reuters) Wildfires in the US states of California and Montana exploded overnight in windy, hot conditions, rapidly encroaching on neighborhoods and forcing more than 100 homes to evacuate while Idaho The fire was spreading.

How the Affected Great Salt Lake Rise From the US Senate

2022-07-29T00:07+0200worldakkam (en)

On Thursday, the U.S. Senate studied Great Salt Lake, a law introduced by Senator Mitt Romney, Utah, to study the historic drought and protect the long-term health of the largest salt lake in the Great Salt Lake. The Lake Recovery Law has been passed. Western Hemisphere.

Vento e grandine dopo la siccità, danni al 75% delle vigne di dolcetto

2022-07-26T13:30+0200cuneodice (it)

Grappoli di dolcetto e nocciole a terra, capannoni e case scoperchiate, mais spezzato. Questi gli effetti dell’ondata di maltempo che nel tardo pomeriggio di ieri ha investito la Granda con eventi estremi localizzati e danni all’agricoltura che, secondo l’analisi di Coldiretti Cuneo, riguardano soprattutto la zona compresa tra Dogliani e Carrù.

Vento e grandine flagellano il Doglianese: perso fino al 90% dei dolcetti. Danni anche a nocciole e mais

2022-07-26T13:17+0200lavocedialba (it)

Grappoli di dolcetto e nocciole a terra, capannoni e case scoperchiate, mais spezzato . Questi gli effetti dell’ondata di maltempo che nel tardo pomeriggio di ieri ha investito la Granda con eventi estremi localizzati e danni all’agricoltura che, secondo l’analisi di Coldiretti Cuneo , riguardano soprattutto la zona compresa tra Dogliani e Carrù.

Vento e grandine flagellano il Doglianese: perso fino al 90% dei Dolcetti. Danni anche a nocciole e mais

2022-07-26T13:02+0200targatocn (it)

Grappoli di dolcetto e nocciole a terra, capannoni e case scoperchiate, mais spezzato . Questi gli effetti dell’ondata di maltempo che nel tardo pomeriggio di ieri ha investito la Granda con eventi estremi localizzati e danni all’agricoltura che, secondo l’analisi di Coldiretti Cuneo , riguardano soprattutto la zona compresa tra Dogliani e Carrù.

World News | Record High Temperatures Hit Chinese Provinces

2022-07-24T07:26+0200latestly (en)

Beijing [China], July 24 (ANI): Several Chinese regions including Xinjiang and Fujian facing record high temperatures as blistering heatwaves hit the country with the hot weather forecast. China's national observatory continued to issue a yellow alert for high temperatures as intense heatwaves....

European heat wave in the 40 Celsius has become the “new normal”, says WMO chief

2022-07-22T16:30+0200newsnow-co-uk (en)

The IPCC Special Report on Extremes also shows that heat waves will be more frequent, longer and more intense in the 21st century. While a record 40.3C was registered in UK on Tuesday, widespread extreme heat, wildfires and stress on health system were reported across the European continent. ”We have broken an all-time high in the UK”, said Prof.

European heat wave in the 40 Celsius has become the "new normal", says WMO chief

2022-07-21T12:16+0200mercopress (en)

The IPCC Special Report on Extremes also shows that heat waves will be more frequent, longer and more intense in the 21st century. While a record 40.3C was registered in UK on Tuesday, widespread extreme heat, wildfires and stress on health system were reported across the European continent. ”We have broken an all-time high in the UK”, said Prof.

President Biden asserts 'climate change is an emergency'

2022-07-21T01:49+0200newsnow-co-uk (en)

(Yuri Gripas - Pool via CNP / MEGA / Newscom/RSSIL/Newscom) President Joe Biden did not succumb to pressure from leading members of the Democratic Party to declare a national state of climate emergency in his remarks in Somerset, Massachusetts, this afternoon.

Biden lays out new funds for localities on climate, but no national emergency yet

2022-07-21T00:07+0200mycouriertribune (en)

Climate-induced weather disasters include record wildfires in the West, record-setting heat waves and droughts, and aggressive hurricanes. Here, smoke plumes and hurricane clouds are visible at once. (Image by NASA Earth Observatory. With U.S. Senate negotiations over climate funding stalled,....

Horn of Africa: Washington promises 1.2 billion dollars to deal with the famine

2022-07-19T15:53+0200tellerreport (en)

A rain of dollars to ward off drought and famine. Washington, via its humanitarian aid agency, USAID, will send shipments of food,… Horn of Africa: Washington promises 1.2 billion dollars to deal with the famine. An internally displaced Somali woman near a dead animal carcass due to recurrent....

Americans divided on government’s effectiveness on climate change, but agree on certain policies, survey...

2022-07-18T17:39+0200nationofchange (en)

on climate change were moving the country in the right direction, according to the Pew Research Center. However, the responses were generally split along party lines, with 82 percent of Republicans or those leaning GOP saying that the Biden administration’s climate policies were taking America in....

Youth speaking to power: Act on climate change now

2022-07-18T09:22+0200mg (en)

South Africa’s young people can no longer stand by and watch as the older generation fails to take action on climate change. (Photo by Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images) It is South Africa’s youth, the children of today, as well as future generations, who will bear the brunt of the poor....

Call for Abstracts

2022-07-15T11:09+0200igad (en)

Background. The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) is a Regional Economic Community (REC) of the African Union. Member countries include: Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia , Kenya , Somalia , South Sudan , Sudan and Uganda . IGAD’s mission is “to assist and complement the efforts of the member....

Climate risk report for the East Africa region

2022-07-11T19:50+0200reliefWeb (en)

Authors: Katy Richardson, Roger Calow, Florence Pichon, Stacey New, and Rebecca Osborne. Executive summary. This report highlights the headline risks to consider in climate resilient development planning for the East Africa region. Key climate-related risks for East Africa have been identified by....

Climate change and environment

2022-06-29T17:52+0200unicef (en)

3. Protecting children from the impact of climate change and environmental degradation. UNICEF supports initiatives to make schools, health centres, water and sanitation facilities – and other services critical to children’s well-being – resistant to climate and environmental shocks.

Ethiopian families struggle to survive amid record drought

2022-06-28T20:35+0200reliefWeb (en)

UNHCR is supporting local authorities in the Somali Region of Ethiopia to provide urgent aid to thousands forced to leave in search of water during worst drought for 40 years. Ardo emerges from her shelter when she hears a truck delivering water, after several days of her and her livestock going without.

UNHCR drought response emergency appeal for the Horn of Africa

2022-06-28T13:13+0200reliefWeb (en)

REGIONAL OVERVIEW. Following poor rainfall patterns in the Horn of Africa since 2019 along with changing climatic conditions, the region is facing a catastrophic drought, the worst experienced in 40 years. The drought is severely affecting millions of refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs)....

Conflict, climatic shocks deteriorate overall humanitarian situation in Ethiopia: UNOCHA

2022-06-27T17:55+0200china.org.cn (en)

ADDIS ABABA, June 27 (Xinhua) -- The cumulative impact of ongoing conflict and climatic shocks are deteriorating the overall humanitarian situation in Ethiopia , the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has warned. "The overall humanitarian situation in Ethiopia has....

Cyclone Batsirai leaves ten dead in Madagascar and nearly 50,000 displaced | news today

2022-06-23T07:15+0200247newsbulletin (en)

At least ten people have died and close to 50,000 have been displaced in Madagascar by the passage of the cyclone Batsirai which made landfall on this island in the Indian Ocean on Saturday night, the Malagasy Disaster Management Agency reported on Sunday.

Indigenous peoples have adapted to drought for millennia

2022-06-21T23:53+0200kenyastar (en)

will further limit them. Drought is the slow-motion car crash in the climate change disaster litany. By 2050, 216 million people are expected to migrate because of drought . A staggering 69.6 percent of the Canadian Inuit indigenous people do not always know where their next meal is coming from.

'This Drought Has the Face of a Child'

2022-06-21T06:41+0200allafrica (en)

Warning: This story includes some graphic accounts of human suffering, malnutrition and death which some people may find disturbing. Please exercise caution before reading on. In January 2022, Hirsiyow Mohamed and her three children left her drought-stricken village of Drumo in Somalia .

Indigenous peoples have adapted to drought for millennia

2022-06-20T06:09+0200themandarin (en)

A controlled burning to reduce bushfire risk in the Kimberley, where First Nations people of the area traditionally burnt selected areas. (Philip Schubert/Adobe) In Kenya right now, even camels are struggling to survive. The worst drought since the 1980s has killed 1.

Sassari, il prof allegro che scovava l’acqua

2022-06-18T18:41+0200lanuovasardegna (it)

SASSARI. Prima da ricercatore e poi da docente di Geologia applicata ha dedicato gran parte del suo impegno scientifico alla cooperazione internazionale, occupandosi con passione e successo della gestione delle risorse idriche sotterranee in Paesi africani come la Tunisia, l’Algeria, la Tanzania , l’Etiopia, il Kenya , il Benin e la Mauritania.

África: La Gran Muralla Verde generaría hasta 10 millones de empleos

2022-06-16T05:46+0200noticiasambientales (es)

Un plan colosal para detener el avance del desierto con la plantación de millones de árboles, que implica a once países africanos, Burkina Faso, Yibuti, Eritrea, Etiopía, Malí, Mauritania, Níger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudán y Chad. Por culpa de la desertificación del Sáhara y el Sahel, 60 millones de....

Kenya's drought deprives thousands of children of schooling

2022-06-13T04:40+0200tellerreport (en)

As one of the consequences of the extreme drought that continues to plague Kenya - and more generally in East Africa - thousands of children are being forced to drop out of school. This is… Reportage Kenya's drought deprives thousands of children of schooling. Audio 01:21.

Scorching temperatures topping 110 degrees to sweep across southwestern US

2022-06-09T11:24+0200dailymail (en)

The forecast comes under two weeks after California Governor Gavin Newsom has threatened to enact mandatory water restrictions on the population, as the state's water usage spiked amid the worst drought condition in at least a century. The West Coast state usually receives most of its annual rain....

Drought Hits Again but Climate Change Not Only Culprit

2022-06-05T08:57+0200allafrica (en)

East Bale "People are in trouble down here, all the way from Darako up to Sawwena, they have left their homes to find better pasture and water sources," Aliyi Sheik Osman told Addis Standard. A resident of Rayitu woreda, in east Bale zone, Oromia regional state, Aliyi says "there is nothing there....

Welcome To America’s Summer Of Rolling Blackouts

2022-05-30T15:28+0200climatechangedispatch (en)

Summer is around the corner, and we suggest you prepare by buying an emergency generator—if you can find one in stock. Last week the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) warned that this summer. Welcome to the “green energy transition.

America’s Summer of Rolling Blackouts

2022-05-28T01:12+0200wsj-en (en)

Progressives blame the grid problems on climate change. There’s no doubt that drought in the western U.S. is a contributing factor. NERC’s report notes that hydropower generators in the western U.S. are running at lower levels, and output from thermal (i.e.

2021 sees record numbers displaced globally and in Myanmar

2022-05-20T09:55+0200bnionline (en)

Conflicts and natural disasters forced tens of millions to flee within their own country last year, pushing the number of internally displaced people to a record high, monitors said Thursday. Some 59.1 million people were registered as internally displaced worldwide in 2021 -- an all-time record....

2021 sees record numbers displaced globally and in Myanmar

2022-05-20T08:02+0200mizzima (en)

Conflicts and natural disasters forced tens of millions to flee within their own country last year, pushing the number of internally displaced people to a record high, monitors said Thursday. Some 59.1 million people were registered as internally displaced worldwide in 2021 -- an all-time record....

Nearly 60 million people internally displaced worldwide in 2021

2022-05-20T04:07+0200citizen (en)

Conflicts and natural disasters forced tens of millions to flee within their own country last year, pushing the number of internally displaced people to a record high, monitors said Thursday. Some 59.1 million people were registered as internally displaced worldwide in 2021 — an all-time record....

60m people internally displaced worldwide in 2021

2022-05-20T03:10+0200thenews-pk (en)

GENEVA: Conflicts and natural disasters forced tens of millions to flee within their own country last year, pushing the number of internally displaced people to a record high, monitors said on Thursday. Some 59.1 million people were registered as internally displaced worldwide in 2021 -- an....

Nearly 60 mil people internally displaced worldwide in 2021

2022-05-20T00:05+0200japantoday (en)

Conflicts and natural disasters forced tens of millions to flee within their own country last year, pushing the number of internally displaced people to a record high, monitors said Thursday. Some 59.1 million people were registered as internally displaced worldwide in 2021 -- an all-time record....

MIL-OSI USA: Stansbury, Heinrich, Luján, Owens, Lee, Lawmakers Introduce Landmark Bipartisan Water Security and Drought Package

2022-05-19T20:57+0200foreignaffairs-nz (en)

WASHINGTON— As the worst drought in 1,200 years grips communities across the West and wildfires continue to burn across the state of New Mexico, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) announced a bipartisan, bicameral legislative package to address drought and water security across the United States.

news Latest climate report underscores urgent need to act on drought

2022-05-19T20:47+0200unccd-int (en)

The State of the Global Climate in 2021 report released on 18 May 2022 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) confirms that the past seven years have been the warmest seven years on record. According to the Report, drought affected many parts of the world, including the Horn of Africa,....

Nearly 60m internally displaced worldwide in 2021

2022-05-19T20:07+0200omanobserver-om (en)

GENEVA: Conflicts and natural disasters forced tens of millions to flee within their own country last year, pushing the number of internally displaced people to a record high, monitors said on Thursday. Some 59.1 million people were registered as internally displaced worldwide in 2021 -- an all-time....

60m people internally displaced worldwide in 2021

2022-05-19T19:32+0200newagebd (en)

Conflicts and natural disasters forced tens of millions to flee within their own country last year, pushing the number of internally displaced people to a record high, monitors said on Thursday. Some 59.1 million people were registered as internally displaced worldwide in 2021 an all-time record....

PH high on list of displacements due to disasters

2022-05-19T19:05+0200manilastandard-ph (en)

The Philippines had one of the highest numbers of internal displacements due to natural disasters in 2021, with Typhoon Odette resulting in the largest number of disaster displacements of the year worldwide, according to a joint report by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC) and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC).

Nearly 60m people million internally displaced last year

2022-05-19T18:45+0200taipeitimes (en)

Conflicts and natural disasters forced tens of millions to flee within their own country last year, pushing the number of internally displaced people to a record high, monitors said yesterday. About 59.1 million people were registered as internally displaced worldwide last year — an all-time record....

'Nearly 60M people internally displaced in 2021'

2022-05-19T18:07+0200manilatimes (en)

GENEVA: Conflicts and natural disasters forced tens of millions to flee within their own country last year, pushing the number of internally displaced people (IDP) to a record high, monitors said on Thursday. Some 59.1 million people were registered as internally displaced worldwide in 2021, an....

Nearly 60m people internally displaced worldwide in 2021

2022-05-19T15:29+0200parstoday-en (en)

Conflicts and natural disasters forced tens of millions to flee within their own country last year, pushing the number of internally displaced people to a record high, monitors said Thursday. Some 59.1 million people were registered as internally displaced worldwide in 2021 an all-time record....

Philippines among nations with most disaster-related internal displacements in 2021 --report

2022-05-19T13:35+0200gmanews (en)

The Philippines had one of the highest numbers of internal displacements due to natural disasters in 2021, with Typhoon Odette resulting in the largest number of disaster displacements of the year worldwide, according to a joint report by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC) and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC).

Nearly 60 Mn People Internally Displaced Worldwide Last Year

2022-05-19T13:03+0200aawsat (en)

Conflicts and natural disasters forced tens of millions to flee within their own country last year, pushing the number of internally displaced people to a record high, monitors said Thursday. Some 59.1 million people were registered as internally displaced worldwide in 2021 -- an all-time record....

Nearly 60 million people internally displaced in 2021

2022-05-19T12:34+0200manilastandard-ph (en)

Conflicts and natural disasters forced tens of millions to flee within their own country last year, pushing the number of internally displaced people to a record high, monitors said Thursday. Some 59.1 million people were registered as internally displaced worldwide in 2021 – an all-time record....

Nearly 60 million displaced people worldwide in 2021, a record figure

2022-05-19T11:57+0200tellerreport (en)

The number of displaced people around the world has reached a record high. Conflicts and natural disasters forced millions of people to flee within their own country last year, bringing the total number of displaced people to nearly 60 million, according to a study released Thursday, May 19 by NGOs. Internally displaced people numbered 59.

Nearly 60 million people displaced in 2021 by conflict and natural disaster

2022-05-19T11:51+0200infomigrants (en)

Some 59.1 million people were registered as internally displaced worldwide in 2021 -- an all-time record expected to be broken again this year amid mass displacement inside war-torn Around 38 million new internal displacements were reported in 2021, with some people forced to flee multiple times....

Nearly 60-M people internally displaced worldwide in 2021

2022-05-19T11:34+0200abs-cbnnews (en)

Conflicts and natural disasters forced tens of millions to flee within their own country last year, pushing the number of internally displaced people to a record high, monitors said Thursday. Some 59.1 million people were registered as internally displaced worldwide in 2021 -- an all-time record....

Nearly 60m people internally displaced worldwide in 2021

2022-05-19T11:05+0200enca (en)

PARIS - Conflicts and natural disasters forced tens of millions to flee within their own country last year, pushing the number of internally displaced people to a record high, monitors said on Thursday. Some 59.1 million people were registered as internally displaced worldwide in 2021 -- an all-time....

Nearly 60 million people displaced in 2021 by conflict and natural disaster

2022-05-19T10:58+0200newsnow-co-uk (en)

Conflicts and natural disasters forced tens of millions to flee within their own country last year, pushing the number of internally displaced people to a record high, monitors said Thursday. Some 59.1 million people were registered as internally displaced worldwide in 2021 -- an all-time record....

Nearly 60 mn people internally displaced worldwide in 2021

2022-05-19T10:50+0200abs-cbnnews (en)

GENEVA Conflicts and natural disasters forced tens of millions to flee within their own country last year, pushing the number of internally displaced people to a record high, monitors said Thursday. Some 59.1 million people were registered as internally displaced worldwide in 2021 -- an all-time....

Nearly 60 million people displaced within their own country in 2021

2022-05-19T10:35+0200tellerreport (en)

Nearly 60 million displaced people within their own country in 2021. This is the frightening assessment drawn up by several NGOs and published on Thursday. Conflicts and natural disasters are the two main causes put forward. Over the past ten years, 2020 and 2021 respectively occupy the first two places in terms of record number of trips.

Nearly 60 million people internally displaced worldwide in 2021

2022-05-19T10:02+0200timesofmalta (en)

Conflicts and natural disasters forced tens of millions to flee within their own country last year, pushing the number of internally displaced people to a record high, monitors said Thursday. Some 59.1 million people were registered as internally displaced worldwide in 2021 - an all-time record....

Nearly 60 million people internally displaced worldwide in 2021 – timesofmalta.com

2022-05-19T09:53+0200unravelmalta (en)

Conflicts and natural disasters forced tens of millions to flee within their own country last year, pushing the number of internally displaced people to a record high, monitors said Thursday. Some 59.1 million people were registered as internally displaced worldwide in 2021 – an all-time record....

Nearly 60 million people forced to flee homes in 2021

2022-05-19T09:49+0200RTERadio (en)

Conflicts and natural disasters forced tens of millions to flee within their own country last year, pushing the number of internally displaced people to a record high, monitors said today. Some 59.1 million people were registered as internally displaced worldwide in 2021 - an all-time record....

Conflicts, disasters displaced 60mn people within their countries in 2021

2022-05-19T09:31+0200thedailystarBD (en)

"2022 is looking bleak," IDMC director Alexandra Bilak told reporters. The record numbers seen in 2021, she said, marked "a tragic indictment really on the state of the world and on peace-building efforts in particular". NRC chief Jan Egeland agreed, warning: "It has never been as bad as this." "The world is falling apart," he told reporters.

Nearly 60mn people internally displaced worldwide in 2021

2022-05-19T09:23+0200thehindu (en)

Conflicts and natural disasters forced tens of millions of people to flee within their own country last year, pushing the number of internally displaced people to a record high, monitors said on May 19. Some 59.1 million people were registered as internally displaced worldwide in 2021 — an all-time....

Nearly 60 mn people internally displaced worldwide in 2021

2022-05-19T09:21+0200BangkokPost (en)

GENEVA: Conflicts and natural disasters forced tens of millions to flee within their own country last year, pushing the number of internally displaced people to a record high, monitors said Thursday. Some 59.1 million people were registered as internally displaced worldwide in 2021 -- an all-time....

59 Million Displaced Globally, Conflicts And Calamities To Blame: Report

2022-05-19T08:57+0200ndtvnews (en)

Geneva: Conflicts and natural disasters forced tens of millions to flee within their own country last year, pushing the number of internally displaced people to a record high, monitors said Thursday. Some 59.1 million people were registered as internally displaced worldwide in 2021 -- an all-time....

Nearly 60 mn people internally displaced worldwide in 2021

2022-05-19T08:49+0200al-monitor (en)

Conflicts and natural disasters forced tens of millions to flee within their own country last year, pushing the number of internally displaced people to a record high, monitors said Thursday. Some 59.1 million people were registered as internally displaced worldwide in 2021 -- an all-time record....

19/05/2022 Nearly 60 mn people internally displaced worldwide in 2021

2022-05-19T08:45+0200rfi-en (en)

Some 59.1 million people were registered as internally displaced worldwide in 2021 -- an all-time record expected to be broken again this year amid mass displacement inside war-torn Ukraine. Around 38 million new internal displacements were reported in 2021, with some people forced to flee multiple....

Nearly 60 mn people internally displaced worldwide in 2021

2022-05-19T08:37+0200digitaljournal (en)

Conflicts and natural disasters forced tens of millions to flee within their own country last year, pushing the number of internally displaced people to a record high, monitors said Thursday. Some 59.1 million people were registered as internally displaced worldwide in 2021 — an all-time record....

Nearly 60 million people internally displaced worldwide in 2021

2022-05-19T08:34+0200moneycontrol (en)

Conflicts and natural disasters forced tens of millions to flee within their own country last year, pushing the number of internally displaced people to a record high, monitors said Thursday. Some 59.1 million people were registered as internally displaced worldwide in 2021 -- an all-time record....

Nearly 60mn people internally displaced worldwide in 2021

2022-05-19T08:33+0200brecorder (en)

GENEVA: Conflicts and natural disasters forced tens of millions to flee within their own country last year, pushing the number of internally displaced people to a record high, monitors said Thursday. Some 59.1 million people were registered as internally displaced worldwide in 2021 – an all-time....

Over 59M people internally displaced around globe in 2021

2022-05-19T08:22+0200dailysabah (en)

Tens of millions of people were forced to flee as a result of conflicts and natural disasters, setting a record in 2021, monitors said Thursday. Some 59.1 million people were registered as internally displaced worldwide in 2021 – an all-time record expected to be broken again this year amid mass displacement inside war-torn Ukraine.

2021 among hottest years on record

2022-05-18T10:08+0200tellerreport (en)

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) publishes this Wednesday, May 18 its report on the state of the climate in 2021. If 2016 was warmer, it still beat other sad records. 2021 among hottest years on record. July 11, 2021 in Death Valley National Park, California. AP - John Locher. Text by: Simon Rozé Follow.

Le Monde Afrique 'By better managing agricultural potential, food crises could be avoided' in the Horn of Africa

2022-05-17T10:06+0200LeMonde (en)

A girl carries a jerry can of water in the Higlo IDP camp in Ethiopia , April 27, 2022. TIKSA NEGERI / REUTERS. The specter of 2011, when famine killed nearly 260,000 Somalis, looms over the Horn of Africa. As rainfall has been lower than expected for three rainy seasons in a row, the eastern part of....

UN adds Pakistan to list of drought-hit ...

2022-05-16T12:19+0200dailypakistan (en)

NEW YORK The United Nations has placed Pakistan in the list of 23 countries facing drought related emergencies in last two years (2020-2022). The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has issued the 'Global Land Outlook' report as world set to mark the UN Desertification and Drought Day on June 17.

Environmental developments worldwide in January 2022

2022-05-13T20:36+0200turkishpress (en)

ANKARA A number of reports on climate change and its growing impact were released in January, while positive steps and pledges toward the protection of the environment were also witnessed. Following is a list of environmental developments, reports and events compiled by Anadolu Agency. Jan.

Everybody’s problem is drought’: One in four children could live with water shortages in 2040, UN warns

2022-05-11T15:02+0200independent-UK (en)

risk has increased by 29 per cent in the past twenty years — and the climate crisis threatens to make water shortage issues even worse, warns a new United Nations report. Drought is a global problem, but sub-Saharan Africa , southern Asia, Eastern Europe and parts of Latin America are especially....

Worst drought in decades devastates Ethiopia's nomads

2022-05-11T12:39+0200mb-com-ph (en)

The worst drought to hit the Horn of Africa in decades is pushing 20 million people towards starvation, according to the UN, destroying an age-old way of life and leaving many children suffering from severe malnutrition as it rips families apart. April is meant to be one of the wettest months of the year in this region.

Worst drought in decades devastates Ethiopia’s nomads

2022-05-11T07:54+0200brecorder (en)

GODE: There has hardly been a drop of rain in Hargududo in 18 months. Dried-up carcasses of goats, cows and donkeys litter the ground near the modest thatched huts in this small village in the Somali region of southeastern Ethiopia . The worst drought to hit the Horn of Africa in decades is pushing....

Worst drought in 40 years could starve 20 million people in east Africa

2022-05-04T14:10+0200metro-uk (en)

Countries in the Horn of Africa have skipped their rainy seasons for four years now (Pictures: AFP) An almost four-year drought in eastern Africa is threatening to plunge up to 20 million people into starvation and completely destroy an ancient way of life.

Worst drought in decades devastates Ethiopia's nomads14min

2022-05-04T11:31+0200presstv-ir (en)

There has hardly been a drop of rain in Hargududo in 18 months. Dried-up carcasses of goats, cows and donkeys litter the ground near the modest thatched huts in this small village in the Somali region of southeastern Ethiopia . The worst drought to hit the Horn of Africa in decades is pushing 20....

News24.com | Worst drought in decades devastates Ethiopia's nomads

2022-05-04T11:30+0200news24 (en)

April is meant to be one of the wettest months of the year in this region. But the air in Hargududo is hot and dry and the earth dusty and barren. Many of the animals belonging to the 200 semi-nomadic herder families in the village have perished. Those who had "300 goats before the drought have only 50 to 60 left.

Worst drought in decades devastates Ethiopia's nomads

2022-05-04T10:21+0200terradaily (en)

There has hardly been a drop of rain in Hargududo in 18 months. Dried-up carcasses of goats, cows and donkeys litter the ground near the modest thatched huts in this small village in the Somali region of southeastern Ethiopia . The worst drought to hit the Horn of Africa in decades is pushing 20....

Worst drought in decades devastates Ethiopia’s nomads

2022-05-04T08:33+0200thesundaily (en)

GODE : There has hardly been a drop of rain in Hargududo in 18 months. Dried-up carcasses of goats, cows and donkeys litter the ground near the modest thatched huts in this small village in the Somali region of southeastern Ethiopia . The worst drought to hit the Horn of Africa in decades is pushing....

Worst drought in decades devastates Ethiopia’s nomads

2022-05-04T07:08+0200capitalfm (en)

In East Africa, the frequency of drought has doubled from once every six years to once every three since 2005, according to the latest UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report. “Several prolonged droughts have occurred predominantly within the arid and semi-arid parts of the region over the past three decades.

Worst drought in decades devastates Ethiopia's nomads

2022-05-04T07:01+0200urdupoint (en)

Gode, Ethiopia , May 4 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 4th May, 2022 ) :There has hardly been a drop of rain in Hargududo in 18 months. Dried-up carcasses of goats, cows and donkeys litter the ground near the modest thatched huts in this small village in the Somali region of southeastern in....

Worst Drought In Decades Devastates Ethiopia's Nomads

2022-05-04T05:04+0200barrons (en)

The worst drought to hit the Horn of Africa in decades is pushing 20 million people towards starvation, according to the UN, destroying an age-old way of life and leaving many children suffering from severe malnutrition as it rips families apart. April is meant to be one of the wettest months of the year in this region.

Worst drought in decades devastates Ethiopia’s nomads

2022-05-04T04:59+0200digitaljournal (en)

There has hardly been a drop of rain in Hargududo in 18 months. Dried-up carcasses of goats, cows and donkeys litter the ground near the modest thatched huts in this small village in the Somali region of southeastern Ethiopia . The worst drought to hit the Horn of Africa in decades is pushing 20....

04/05/2022 Worst drought in decades devastates Ethiopia's nomads

2022-05-04T04:34+0200rfi-en (en)

The worst drought to hit the Horn of Africa in decades is pushing 20 million people towards starvation, according to the UN, destroying an age-old way of life and leaving many children suffering from severe malnutrition as it rips families apart. April is meant to be one of the wettest months of the year in this region.

‘This is the worst drought in forty years’: Millions of Ethiopians at risk from failed rains

2022-04-26T14:29+0200africanewswire (en)

Ethiopia’s eastern Somali Region has been hit by three consecutive below-average rainy seasons, worsening the already deteriorating humanitarian situation for around 3.5 million people, more than half the local population. As a result of the drought, Zeineba, 60, was forced into the most difficult....

ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia’s eastern Somali Region has been hit by three consecutive below-average rainy seasons, worsening the already deteriorating humanitarian situation for around 3.5 million...

2022-04-26T11:32+0200saudigazette (en)

ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia ’s eastern Somali Region has been hit by three consecutive below-average rainy seasons, worsening the already deteriorating humanitarian situation for around 3.5 million people, more than half the local population. As a result of the drought, Zeineba, 60, was forced into the....

Ethiopia: 'This Is the Worst Drought in Forty Years' - Millions At Risk From Failed Rains

2022-04-26T09:29+0200allafrica (en)

Ethiopia's eastern Somali Region has been hit by three consecutive below-average rainy seasons, which is worsening the already deteriorating humanitarian situation for around 3.5 million people, more than half the local population. As a result of the drought, Zeineba, 60, was forced into the most....

‘This is the worst drought in forty years’: Millions of Ethiopians at risk from failed rains

2022-04-26T00:54+0200maravipost (en)

As a result of the drought, Zeineba, 60, was forced into the most difficult decision of her life: to leave her neighborhood behind and move to another village, to save her life and that of her family. “My livestock perished from lack of water and pasture, and could not survive the harsh drought anymore.

‘This is the worst drought in forty years’: Millions of Ethiopians at risk from failed rains

2022-04-25T23:30+0200globalissues (en)

As a result of the drought, Zeineba, 60, was forced into the most difficult decision of her life: to leave her neighborhood behind and move to another village, to save her life and that of her family. “My livestock perished from lack of water and pasture, and could not survive the harsh drought anymore.

‘This is the worst drought in forty years’: Millions of Ethiopians at risk from failed rains

2022-04-25T20:33+0200un-news (en)

As a result of the drought, Zeineba, 60, was forced into the most difficult decision of her life: to leave her neighborhood behind and move to another village, to save her life and that of her family. “My livestock perished from lack of water and pasture, and could not survive the harsh drought anymore.

‘This is the worst drought in forty years’: Millions of Ethiopians at risk from failed rains

2022-04-25T20:05+0200un-org (en)

As a result of the drought, Zeineba, 60, was forced into the most difficult decision of her life: to leave her neighborhood behind and move to another village, to save her life and that of her family. “My livestock perished from lack of water and pasture, and could not survive the harsh drought anymore.

Millions of Ethiopians at risk from failed rains

2022-04-25T20:05+0200miragenews (en)

Ethiopia’s eastern Somali Region has been hit by three consecutive below-average rainy seasons, which is worsening the already deteriorating humanitarian situation for around 3.5 million people, more than half the local population. As a result of the drought, Zeineba, 60, was forced into the most....

Equilibrium/Sustainability — Arizonans flee 100-foot ‘wall of fire’

2022-04-20T23:59+0200thehill (en)

Smoke from a wind-whipped wildfire rises above neighborhoods on the outskirts of Flagstaff, Ariz., on Tuesday, April 19, 2022. Homes on the outskirts of Flagstaff were being evacuated Tuesday as high winds whipped a wildfire, shut down a major highway and grounded firefighting aircraft.

Floods in South Africa and drought in Somalia latest signs of climate change At opposite corners of the African continent, extreme weather is inflicting suffering on millions of people

2022-04-20T12:42+0200theglobeandmail (en)

From the parched scrublands of Somalia to the flood-wrecked streets of KwaZulu-Natal, climate change is sweeping across Africa at a faster pace than ever, at a catastrophic cost in human lives. At opposite corners of the African continent, extreme weather – including massive rainfall and prolonged....

Catastrophe looms in Somalia

2022-02-11T15:48+0100thewhig (en)

It is not hyperbole to say that catastrophe looms if decisive action is not taken. It is important to recall that in 2011 a staggering 250,000 people died of hunger in Somalia when famine overtook the country. Horn of Africa. According to the World Food Program, 13 million people across the Horn of....

Stripped of their livestock, Somalia climate migrants struggle in cities

2022-02-11T10:46+0100en-africanews (en)

The sheep died first, then the goats. When her only camel perished, Yurub Abdi Jama knew that her life as a herder was over, and joined the exodus from her village to the city. Her people in northern Somalia had been herding for generations, born on arid land and accustomed to drought.

Families going without food in Somalia due to drought, charity warns

2022-02-10T10:32+0100middleeastmonitor (en)

Millions are being forced out of their homes in Somalia in search of food and water as a result of the severe drought facing the country, Save the Children has warned. The impact on families is being felt more severely this season due to the result of multiple, prolonged droughts in quick....

Severe Drought in Horn of Africa Threatens 13 Million with Hunger, UN Reports

2022-02-09T02:54+0100earth-org (en)

Millions of people face hunger and increased conflicts as record drought in the Horn of Africa causes water shortages and livestock deaths. Severe drought caused by record dry conditions has left an estimated 13 million people facing hunger in the Horn of Africa, according to the Three consecutive....

21 African Nations Fight Desertification with 8,0000 Kilometer Long Great Green Wall

2022-02-01T12:20+0100archdaily (en)

African nations are fighting climate change with an 8,0000 kilometer long Great Green Wall meant to combat the desertification of the Sahel region, home to over 100 million people. Spanning the entire width of the African continent, the movement aims to restore 100 million hectares of degraded land,....

UK providing urgent climate crisis aid funding to East Africa

2022-01-18T15:25+0100engineeringnews (en)

The UK announced on Monday that it was going to provide a new support package to four East African countries, to help them deal with both extreme drought and flooding conditions. The package, worth 17-million, was announced by British Minister for Africa (roughly equivalent to a Deputy Minister in....

UK gives Sh2.6bn towards drought mitigation in Horn of Africa

2022-01-18T07:26+0100newsnow-co-uk (en)

The UK government has funded drought mitigation measures to support at least one million residents in Kenya , Somalia , Ethiopia and South Sudan . UK Minister for Africa Vicky Ford announced a Sh2.6 billion support to countries in the Horn of Africa affected by extreme drought and flooding.

New $ 10 Million UK Assistance to Address the Impact of Somalia Drought

2022-01-17T15:54+0100eminetra (en)

New $ 10 Million UK Assistance to Address the Impact of Somalia Drought. UK Minister of Africa Vicky Ford MP today (January 17, 2022) UK support for Somalia affected by extreme drought during a visit to Kenya as part of a trip to three countries in East Africa. Announced $ 10 million package.

Climate Change in East Africa: "We Keep On Losing What We Have"

2022-01-06T02:33+0100reliefWeb (en)

By: Susan Martinez. Across East Africa, swarms of desert locusts have invaded communities for the past few years. The insects devour everything in their path, and many families were unprepared for the damage to their crops. In southern Ethiopia , Darmi Doyo, a mother of five children, lost her entire harvest last year.

11 Top Causes of Global Poverty

2021-12-22T13:17+0100reliefWeb (en)

Around 8% of the world’s population lives in extreme poverty but do you know why? We look at 11 of the top causes of global poverty. Living on less than $2 a day feels like an impossible scenario, but’s a reality for around 600 million people in our world today.

How climate change has affected each state by Stacker / Nov 24, 2021 he latest United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report is yet another reminder of the dire effects of climate change. While climate projections often look to the future when discussing the worst impacts of....

2021-11-24T17:13+0100cbs17 (en)

he latest United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report is yet another reminder of the dire effects of climate change. While climate projections often look to the future when discussing the worst impacts of climate change, we are in fact already experiencing its effects across the United States.

Climate change and fires: Bolivia's forests in peril

2021-11-11T10:19+0100terradaily (en)

The road through San Matias, Bolivia, is a no man's land. Hundreds of thousands of hectares of once lush forest are now a wasteland of twisted, carbonized tree stumps. It is a protected area, but San Matias -- which also hosts subsistence farmers, cattle ranches and quartz mines -- burns every year as land is cleared for the next planting season.

Climate change and fires: Bolivia's forests in peril

2021-11-10T10:57+0100phys (en)

It is a protected area, but San Matias—which also hosts subsistence farmers, cattle ranches and quartz mines—burns every year as land is cleared for the next planting season. The practice is legal during May and June, after the rainy season, with each farmer allowed to burn 20 hectares—also in the....

Climate change and fire: endangered Bolivian forests

2021-11-10T10:55+0100floridanewstimes (en)

The road through San Matthias in Bolivia is a no-man’s land. Hundreds of thousands of hectares of forest, once lush, are now a wasteland of twisted, carbonized tree stumps. Although a protected area, San Matthias, with its self-sufficient farmers, ranches and quartz mines, burns every year as the land is cleared for the next planting season.

Climate change and fires: Bolivia's forests in peril

2021-11-10T03:09+0100digitaljournal (en)

The road through San Matias, Bolivia, is a no man’s land. Hundreds of thousands of hectares of once lush forest are now a wasteland of twisted, carbonized tree stumps. It is a protected area, but San Matias — which also hosts subsistence farmers, cattle ranches and quartz mines — burns every year as land is cleared for the next planting season.

Climate Change And Fires: Bolivia's Forests In Peril

2021-11-10T02:57+0100barrons (en)

The practice is legal during May and June, after the rainy season, with each farmer allowed to burn 20 hectares -- also in the reserve located in Bolivia's eastern Santa Cruz department, near the border with Brazil. The limit is often deliberately exceeded, and the fines negligible.

Climate change and fires: Bolivia's forests in peril

2021-11-10T02:48+0100yahoo-sg (en)

The road through San Matias, Bolivia, is a no man's land. Hundreds of thousands of hectares of once lush forest are now a wasteland of twisted, carbonized tree stumps. It is a protected area, but San Matias -- which also hosts subsistence farmers, cattle ranches and quartz mines -- burns every year as land is cleared for the next planting season.

10/11/2021 Climate change and fires: Bolivia's forests in peril

2021-11-10T02:41+0100rfi-en (en)

It is a protected area, but San Matias -- which also hosts subsistence farmers, cattle ranches and quartz mines -- burns every year as land is cleared for the next planting season. The practice is legal during May and June, after the rainy season, with each farmer allowed to burn 20 hectares -- also....

Bill marks investment in climate-change fight

2021-11-07T17:24+0100arkansasonline (en)

WASHINGTON -- The $1 trillion infrastructure bill headed to President Joe Biden's desk includes the largest amount of money ever spent by the United States to prepare the nation to withstand the devastating effects of climate change. The $47 billion in the bill designated for "climate resilience" is....

Guns, but more Roses

2021-11-04T20:08+0100thedailystarBD (en)

BBC reported on October 29, "Days of heavy downpours have brought significant flooding problems across the south and west of Scotland. Travel has been disrupted, bridges washed away and people evacuated from their homes." Unthinkable even a few years ago.

The role of extractives in Africa’s inclusive green and resilient recovery

2021-10-23T09:33+0200zimbabwesituation (en)

Climate change presents yet another stumbling block to achieving development outcomes as floods, droughts, cyclones, and other natural hazards continue to ravage Africa, reversing the gains made over decades. For Africa that is already reeling in poverty, debt, crumbling health systems and a myriad....

The role of extractives in Africa’s inclusive green and resilient recovery

2021-10-23T08:57+0200thezimbabwean (en)

The COVID-19 pandemic presents the greatest global development challenge ever faced in our lifetime. It has decimated economies and livelihoods. The impacts are multi-faceted and longer term than expected. Climate change presents yet another stumbling block to achieving development outcomes as....

Harris to highlight drought, climate change in Nevada trip

2021-10-18T16:10+0200thehill (en)

Vice President Harris will visit Lake Mead in Nevada on Monday to receive a briefing from Interior Department officials about the impact of this year’s drought and highlight the Biden administration’s proposals to address climate change. A White House official said that Harris will receive a briefing Monday afternoon from officials with the U.

The role of extractives in Africa’s inclusive green and resilient recovery

2021-10-12T23:05+0200un-africarenewal (en)

Climate change presents yet another stumbling block to achieving development outcomes as floods, droughts, cyclones, and other natural hazards continue to ravage Africa, reversing the gains made over decades. For Africa that is already reeling in poverty, debt, crumbling health systems and a myriad....

Why the Huntington Beach oil spill is so harmful to wildlife

2021-10-05T21:38+0200vox-energy-and-environment (en)

The spill is a reminder that our dependence on fossil fuels can cause damage even beyond the impacts of climate change, which has bolstered devastating droughts and fire seasons in California. Oil infrastructure can — and does — malfunction. Climate change could also put offshore pipelines and rigs....

Children born in 2020 will experience 6.8 times more heatwaves than those born in 1960: Report

2021-09-28T20:57+0200downtoearth (en)

Children born in 2020 will experience more heatwaves, floods, droughts and wildfires across their lifetimes due to climate change, according to a These children will face on average twice as many wildfires; 2.8 times the exposure to crop failure; 2.6 times as many drought events; 2.8 times as many river floods and 6.

Overnight Energy & Environment — Presented by the American Petroleum Institute — PennEast drops pipeline plans despite Supreme Court victory

2021-09-27T23:42+0200thehill (en)

Today we’re looking at a pipeline operator quitting while it’s ahead, a study with worrisome news for the next generation, and pushback against a Democratic tax plan from the plastics industry. For The Hill, we’re Rachel Frazin and Zack Budryk. Write to us with tips: Let’s jump in. PennEast stops pipeline development.

How climate change is making the world ‘too strange’

2021-09-27T05:38+0200thestarkenya (en)

Nowadays, Mzee Okumu Jarongo does not see grass full of dew at his home in Homa Bay. Rainfall patterns have become unpredictable compared to yesteryears. The 95-year-old man, who lives in Kanyamwa Kochieng village, Ndhiwa constituency, says thick clouds used to gather on hilly places.

The Star: How climate change is making the world ‘too strange’

2021-09-27T04:23+0200kenyamoja (en)

Nowadays, Mzee Okumu Jarongo does not see grass full of dew at his home in Homa Bay. Rainfall patterns have become unpredictable compared to yesteryears. The 95-year-old man, who lives in Kanyamwa Kochieng village, Ndhiwa constituency, says thick clouds used to gather on hilly places.

Biden to meet with Democrats on Wednesday over tensions on spending, infrastructure bills

2021-09-22T19:16+0200nbcnews (en)

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is expected to host multiple in-person meetings with groups of House and Senate Democrats on Wednesday to build consensus around his infrastructure and social spending packages, two sources familiar confirmed to NBC News.

Biden to meet with Democrats on Wednesday over tensions on spending, infrastructure bills

2021-09-22T03:31+0200news-yahoo (en)

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is expected to host multiple in-person meetings with groups of House and Senate Democrats on Wednesday to build consensus around his infrastructure and social spending packages, two sources familiar confirmed to NBC News.

Pelosi, progressive leader Jayapal to meet amid tension on spending, infrastructure bills

2021-09-21T21:52+0200nbcnews (en)

WASHINGTON — The leader of the progressive caucus Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., will meet with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday, after threatening to sink an infrastructure bill that is a top Democratic priority. On Tuesday, Jayapal said her group is willing to vote down the Senate-passed infrastructure bill unless a larger $3.

House Democrats add Afghan refugee aid, hurricane relief to stopgap spending bill

2021-09-21T18:05+0200nbcnews (en)

WASHINGTON — House Democrats announced Tuesday an additional $28.6 billion in disaster relief and $6.3 billion in Afghan refugee aid has been added to a stopgap spending bill that needs to passed quickly in the coming weeks to avoid a government shutdown. Panel Chair Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn.

KBC: Water harvesting solutions backed to shield communities from drought

2021-09-16T14:09+0200kenyamoja (en)

The government is being urged to intensify investment in water harvesting and storage solutions in order to end the cycle of water scarcity when drought strikes. On September 8, 2021, President Uhuru Kenya tta declared the raging drought in various parts of the country as a national disaster.

Biden to survey California fire damage as he urges action on climate change

2021-09-13T19:40+0200mycentraloregon (en)

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. (NEW YORK) — President Joe Biden on Monday was making his first visit to the West Coast as president, with plans to survey wildfire damage and push for action on combatting climate change. Biden planned to first stop in Boise, Idaho, to visit the National Interagency....

The Star: Two million Kenyans affected by drought — state

2021-09-06T21:17+0200kenyamoja (en)

The national government has said at least two million Kenya ns from 10 counties have been affected by drought. Devolution CS Eugene Wamalwa said the government with the help of other state and non-state actors are working to cushion the affected families.

Dems, Republicans Clash On Climate Plan As Storms, Floods, Fires Batter U.S.

2021-09-02T23:49+0200newsweek-USA (en)

Deadly flooding in the Northeast. A catastrophic hurricane on the Gulf Coast. Raging wildfires across California. The U.S. House Natural Resources Committee met to discuss funding to address climate change and resiliency projects on Thursday as rescue and recovery efforts continued in the wake of major natural disasters across the country.

Fatal floods stoke calls for infrastructure spending

2021-09-02T23:26+0200metro-us (en)

By David Shepardson and Jason Lange. Fatal floods in New York and New Jersey prompted Democractic lawmakers and experts to intensify calls on Thursday for U.S. infrastructure spending, including passage of a $1.2 trillion bill before Congress. With the weather impact of climate change worsening, the....

New York's fatal floods stoke calls for U.S. infrastructure spending By David Shepardson and Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fatal floods in New York and New Jersey prompted Democractic lawmakers and experts to inten... 2h ago

2021-09-02T23:18+0200wsau (en)

By David Shepardson and Jason Lange. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Fatal floods in New York and New Jersey prompted Democractic lawmakers and experts to intensify calls on Thursday for U.S. infrastructure spending, including passage of a $1.2 trillion bill before Congress.

Democrats, Republicans Clash Over Climate Plan As Storms, Floods, Wildfires Batter U.S.

2021-09-02T22:34+0200newsweek (en)

Deadly flooding in the Northeast. A catastrophic hurricane on the Gulf Coast. Raging wildfires across California. The U.S. House Natural Resources Committee met to discuss funding to address climate change and resiliency projects on Thursday as rescue and recovery efforts continued in the wake of major natural disasters across the country.

New York's fatal floods stoke calls for U.S. infrastructure spending By David Shepardson and Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fatal floods in New York and New Jersey prompted Democractic lawmakers and experts to inten... 1h ago

2021-09-02T21:48+0200kelo (en)

By David Shepardson and Jason Lange. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Fatal floods in New York and New Jersey prompted Democractic lawmakers and experts to intensify calls on Thursday for U.S. infrastructure spending, including passage of a $1.2 trillion bill before Congress.

New York's fatal floods stoke calls for U.S. infrastructure spending

2021-09-02T21:02+0200reuters (en)

With the weather impact of climate change worsening, the infrastructure bill passed by the Senate and awaiting House of Representatives approval includes $47 billion for climate resilience measures. These are intended to help communities withstand more severe storms, droughts, floods, fires, heat waves and sea level rise, Democrats said.

New York's fatal floods stoke calls for U.S. infrastructure spending

2021-09-02T20:46+0200news-yahoo (en)

By David Shepardson and Jason Lange. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fatal floods in New York and New Jersey prompted Democractic lawmakers and experts to intensify calls on Thursday for U.S. infrastructure spending, including passage of a $1.2 trillion bill before Congress.

New York's fatal floods stoke calls for U.S. infrastructure spending

2021-09-02T20:37+0200trust (en)

By David Shepardson and Jason Lange. WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Fatal floods in New York and New Jersey prompted Democractic lawmakers and experts to intensify calls on Thursday for U.S. infrastructure spending, including passage of a $1.2 trillion bill before Congress.

New York’s fatal floods stoke calls for U.S. infrastructure spending

2021-09-02T20:32+0200oann (en)

Abandoned cars are left on a flooded highway, as local media reported the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida bringing drenching rain and the threat of flash floods and tornadoes to parts of the northern mid-Atlantic, in the Queens borough of New York City, U.S., September 2, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid.

New York’s fatal floods stoke calls for U.S. infrastructure spending

2021-09-02T20:27+0200metro-us (en)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Fatal floods in New York and New Jersey prompted Democractic lawmakers and experts to intensify calls on Thursday for U.S. infrastructure spending, including passage of a $1.2 trillion bill before Congress. With the weather impact of climate change worsening, the....

New York's fatal floods stoke calls for U.S. infrastructure spending

2021-09-02T20:22+02004-traders (en)

WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Fatal floods in New York and New Jersey prompted Democractic lawmakers and experts to intensify calls on Thursday for U.S. infrastructure spending, including passage of a $1.2 trillion bill before Congress. With the weather impact of climate change worsening, the....

New York's fatal floods stoke calls for U.S. infrastructure spending

2021-09-02T20:20+0200en-finance-yahoo (en)

By David Shepardson and Jason Lange. WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Fatal floods in New York and New Jersey prompted Democractic lawmakers and experts to intensify calls on Thursday for U.S. infrastructure spending, including passage of a $1.2 trillion bill before Congress.

Climate change wake-up call

2021-08-22T08:53+0200thestarkenya (en)

On August 9, scientists observing changes in the Earth’s climate observed changes that are unprecedented in thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of years. Some of the changes already set in motion — such as continued sea-level rise — are irreversible over hundreds to thousands of years.

The Star: Climate change wake-up call

2021-08-22T06:32+0200kenyamoja (en)

On August 9, scientists observing changes in the Earth’s climate observed changes that are unprecedented in thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of years. Some of the changes already set in motion — such as continued sea-level rise — are irreversible over hundreds to thousands of years.

Climate crisis puts one billion children at ‘extremely high risk - UNICEF

2021-08-20T17:22+0200trtworld (en)

Children sit in a styrofoam container on a flooded road following heavy rainfall in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China July 22, 2021. (Reuters) Almost half of the world’s 2.2 billion children are already at “extremely high risk” from the impacts of the climate crisis such as cyclones and heatwaves as....

Insights for African countries from the latest climate change projections

2021-08-12T00:07+0200kenyastar (en)

. The Conversation 12 Aug 2021, 04:44 GMT+10 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) - a body of the UN tasked with providing scientific information on climate change - has released a major new report , pulling together evidence from a wide range of current and ancient climate observations.

How Kenya's pastoralists are coping with changes in weather patterns...

2021-08-09T23:18+0200menafn (en)

- The Conversation) Kenya is experiencing changes in its weather patterns. This includes changes in temperatures and wind and rainfall patterns – particularly shifts in the timing and length of rainy seasons. This has led to more droughts and floods. These changes have increased the vulnerability of....

The Star: 1.4m Kenyans surviving on food aid due to drought — Red Cross

2021-08-09T21:24+0200kenyamoja (en)

At least 1.4 million people are surviving on donated food in Northern Kenya . This is due to the ongoing drought that has hit hard some of the counties in the region, including Mandera, Isiolo, Garissa, Marsabit, Tana River, Baringo and West Pokot. The Kenya Red Cross Society said the situation could....

Read 'Drought Flood Fire'

2021-08-09T07:47+0200dissidentvoice (en)

The world is on fire like never before: “Wildfires Have Erupted Across the Globe Scorching Places That Rarely Burned Before” (CNN headlines July 22, 2021) but not only is fire raging, Biblical floods are destroying entire communities; e.g., 9,000 homes swept away in central China (BBC News) as towns....

Livelihoods drying up on Africa farms

2021-08-03T03:41+0200chinadaily (en)

A farmer holds maize harvested from a farm insured by Pula, an agricultural insurance company that helps small-scale farmers to manage the risk associated with extreme climate conditions, in Kitui county, Kenya on March 17, 2021. [Photo/Agencies] Shrinking harvests attest to growing struggle on the land as climate warms.

Extreme Weather In 1971

2021-08-01T03:03+0200wattsupwiththat (en)

Montreal’s “Storm of the Century” – March 1971. With COP26 looming large and the public beginning to be aware of the crippling cost of Net Zero, the media are desperately stoking alarm over every bad weather event that comes along. They have given up all pretence of objective reporting, and....

Deedha: How Pastoralists Communities Are Effectively Managing Drought and Conflict

2021-07-30T18:09+0200theelephant (en)

The first known drought in Northern Kenya was about 120 years ago (Wajir 1901, Mandera and Garissa 1902, Tana River 1905, and Isiolo 1927). Since then, 30 major droughts have been recorded in Northern Kenya. While a slow-onset disaster, drought occurrence has reduced to an interval of every 1-2 years in the last two decades.

Small climate changes can have devastating local consequences it happened in the Little Ice Age

2021-07-28T08:22+0200menafn (en)

- The Conversation) In recent weeks, catastrophic floods overwhelmed towns in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, inundated subway tunnels in China, swept through northwestern Africa and triggered deadly landslides in India and Japan . Heat and drought fanned wildfires in the North American West....

La guerra dell’acqua

2021-07-22T07:37+0200ecomy-it (it)

Pur non condividendo l’opzione militare, Mohamed Nasreddin Allam, ministro dell’Irrigazione egiziano tra il 2009 e il 2011, spiega che per la sopravvivenza del suo Paese non rimangono molte altre strade: “Con il riempimento ordinato dal premier etiope, in questi giorni nel corpo della diga si stanno....

MIL-OSI New Zealand: How does the climate crisis make more children go hungry?

Wed, 07 Jul 2021 03:41:00 +0200foreignaffairs-nz (en)

They originally arrived in the camp during the 2017 drought when they lost almost all their livestock – their primary source of food and income. They lived in the camp for two years and then returned to the countryside when conditions improved. But then the current drought intensified, their....

L’allevamento dei cammelli in Somalia è a rischio: "Se il cammello sta bene, anche noi stiamo bene”.

Mon, 21 Jun 2021 10:58:00 +0200nationalgeographic-it (it)

‘Piango con lei’ Come ha dimostrato la recente siccità, il cambiamento climatico sta mettendo a dura prova questa parte del Corno d’Africa a tal punto da mettere in difficoltà la capacità di queste terre di sostentare i cammelli e il resto del bestiame. A Xijiinle, le gobbe dei cammelli si sono ristrette e il latte si è esaurito.

As we mark world desertification day

Sat, 19 Jun 2021 05:28:00 +0200dailytrust (en)

Africa is the continent most affected by desertification, and one of the most obvious natural borders on the landmass is the Southern edge of the Sahara desert. The countries that lie on the edge of the Sahara are among the poorest in the world, and they are subject to periodic droughts that devastate its people.

Siccità e desertificazione: urgenze per il mondo

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 12:18:00 +0200agenparl (it)

(AGENPARL) – VATICAN CITY, gio 17 giugno 2021 Il 17 giugno è la Giornata mondiale per la lotta alla desertificazione e alla siccità. Una ricorrenza indetta dalle Nazioni Unite per celebrare l’adozione della Convenzione delle Nazioni Unite per la lotta alla desertificazione (UNCCD) del 1994. Il tema di quest’anno è “Restauro.

Africa: Unicef, oltre 220 milioni di bambini vivono in condizioni di insicurezza idrica

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 11:34:00 +0200agenzianova (it)

Roma, 17 giu 11:04 - (Agenzia Nova) - Oltre 220 milioni di bambini e le loro famiglie in Africa vivono in condizioni di insicurezza idrica. È la denuncia del Fondo delle Nazioni Unite per l'infanzia (Unicef), che in una nota diffusa oggi in occasione della Giornata mondiale contro la desertificazione e la siccità.

Siccità e crisi climatica: stop a caffè e cioccolato in Europa entro il 2050

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 10:01:00 +0200iconaclima (it)

, mettendo a rischio le risorse che i Paesi dell’UE consumano e rendendo più vulnerabile l’ economia agroalimentare . A stabilirlo è un nuovo studio, pubblicato su Nature Communications Siccità e cambiamenti climatici: a rischio caffè, cioccolato, soia e olio di palma.

Climate crisis to hit Europe’s coffee and chocolate supplies Coffee and chocolate supplies in Europe soon could be disrupted by the climate crisis as droughts hit producer countries, according to a study. The research also found a high vulnerability for palm oil imports, used in many foods and....

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 17:42:00 +0200msn-uk (en)

Coffee and chocolate supplies in Europe soon could be disrupted by the climate crisis as droughts hit producer countries, according to a study. © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Ammentorp Photography/Alamy Stock Photo. The research also found a high vulnerability for palm oil imports, used in....

Climate crisis to hit Europe’s coffee and chocolate supplies

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 17:21:00 +0200guardian (en)

Coffee and chocolate supplies in Europe soon could be disrupted by the climate crisis as droughts hit producer countries, according to a study. The research also found a high vulnerability for palm oil imports, used in many foods and domestic products, and soybeans, which are the main feed for chickens and pigs in the European Union.

Somalia: They Lost Everything: Recovering from Strongest Storm Ever Recorded in the Horn of Africa

Fri, 11 Jun 2021 06:00:00 +0200reliefWeb (en)

More than 60,000 people, many of them internally displaced and refugees, were affected when Cyclone Gati made landfall in the northeastern part of Somalia in November 2020 following two days of heavy rains. The tropical cyclone, equivalent to a Category 3 hurricane, was the strongest storm ever....

Somalia: Improving living conditions in camps for displaced families in Somaliland

Tue, 08 Jun 2021 12:22:00 +0200reliefWeb (en)

In Somaliland, recurrent droughts have forced pastoralist communities to leave their land and move to congested internally displaced persons (IDP) sites, which are often overcrowded and poorly maintained. ACTED conducted site maintenance and improvement works, and established camp governance structures in all the targeted sites.

Disastri ambientali, conflitti, migrazioni forzate: la crisi climatica si abbatte sull’Africa nonostante sia fra i continenti a più basse emissioni globali di gas serra

Sat, 05 Jun 2021 08:31:00 +0200unita-news (it)

dell’IDMC, International Displacement Monitoring Centre , del Norvegian Refugee Council , il 98% sul totale degli sfollamenti dovuti a disastri sono stati causati da condizioni meteorologiche estreme, come alluvioni e tempeste. L’aumento delle temperature ha determinato l’intensità e la frequenza di....

Disastri ambientali, conflitti, migrazioni forzate: la crisi climatica si abbatte sull’Africa nonostante sia fra i continenti a più basse emissioni globali di gas serra

Sat, 05 Jun 2021 06:00:00 +0200valigiablu (it)

dell’IDMC, International Displacement Monitoring Centre , del Norvegian Refugee Council , il 98% sul totale degli sfollamenti dovuti a disastri sono stati causati da condizioni meteorologiche estreme, come alluvioni e tempeste. L’aumento delle temperature ha determinato l’intensità e la frequenza di....

Actionaid: acqua e vaccini per salvare l’Africa

Wed, 19 May 2021 13:00:00 +0200cinquecolonne (it)

«Mi sveglio tutti i giorni molto presto per andare a prendere l’acqua al fiume sperando di tornare a casa entro le 8:30 e poi andare a scuola. Quando faccio tardi mi manca frequentare le lezioni». La storia di Japeth, 12 anni, è quella di migliaia di bambini in Kenya costretti ogni giorno a lottare per la sopravvivenza.

Op-Ed: Locust Swarms in East Africa Show the Interaction Between the Climate Crisis and Armed Conflict

Tue, 11 May 2021 00:52:00 +0200earth-org (en)

The locust swarms which continue to plague East Africa show how climate change can aggravate human conflict, which in turn makes formulating a response to natural disasters even harder. E ast Africa continues to face an unparalleled threat to its food and human security from the continued breeding cycles of desert locusts.

Così il clima danneggerà le piantagioni di tè

Mon, 10 May 2021 14:15:00 +0200laprovinciapavese (it)

Avremo meno tè da bere e quello che berremo sarà meno buono. È una delle conseguenze che la crisi climatica potrebbe provocare. Nei prossimi decenni, infatti, alcune delle più grandi aree di coltivazione del tè del mondo saranno tra le più colpite da eventi meteorologici estremi e la loro produttività si ridurrà.

Così il clima danneggerà le piantagioni di tè

Mon, 10 May 2021 13:53:00 +0200lasentinella (it)

Avremo meno tè da bere e quello che berremo sarà meno buono. È una delle conseguenze che la crisi climatica potrebbe provocare. Nei prossimi decenni, infatti, alcune delle più grandi aree di coltivazione del tè del mondo saranno tra le più colpite da eventi meteorologici estremi e la loro produttività si ridurrà.

Environmental justice 29th April 2021 Facing disaster with courage: stories from activists on the front line of climate change

Thu, 29 Apr 2021 16:29:00 +0200clientearth (en)

The world is facing the most significant environmental challenges it has ever witnessed. The climate crisis is snowballing into everyone’s lives with increasing speed, but no matter how fast, those that can, choose to ignore it. The sense of urgency within general populations is starting to become....