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MAY 24, 2023

In the Horn of Africa, meanwhile, aid agencies distribute emergency food rations to hungry families after several seasons of failed rains. As the northern hemisphere enters a pivotal summer season, when the absence of rain in vulnerable areas can mean life or death, these are some of the regions to watch for water-related stress.

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OCTOBER 4, 2021

It’s also Africa in 2050. In Sub-Saharan Africa, according to UNESCO , “only 24% of the population have access to safe drinking water, and 28% have basic sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households.”. According to the FAO , “An impending food crisis in Africa is already apparent. Stir well and bake.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 16, 2021

Though its northern and central regions are lush with tropical weather and rainforests, the south is historically dry, comprising vast desert stretches. Over the past year, this parched landscape has grown even more barren, as the country’s worst drought in over four decades has ravaged food supplies, sweeping hunger throughout the region. .

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APRIL 20, 2022

In the Somali region of Ethiopia, at a newly established site where people displaced by the recent drought are staying, many women and children are in desperate need of food, water, and health services. Adding to the strain, local and regional conflicts in Ethiopia and Somalia have delayed the delivery of aid.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 20, 2021

One hundred thousand people are displaced after ethnic clashes broke out in northern Cameroon earlier this month—the latest escalation of water-fuelled tensions in the region. The most recent wave of violence originated in the village of Ouloumsa in Cameroon’s Far North region. At least 15,000 more are displaced inside Cameroon.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 7, 2024

And most – especially those from Africa and the rest of the Americas – sought very different outcomes that the US. Senegal, Kenya, Cameroon, Djibouti and South Africa all intervened, as did Brazil, Mexico, Columbia, Barbados, Argentina and Ecuador. With negotiating time running out, the talks were over. A missed opportunity?

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Frontiers

MARCH 14, 2023

By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer Researchers studied the prevalence of the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) in a total of 16,900 historical and recent museum specimens, wild-living individuals, and literature records of amphibians from Africa. It is likely that Bd will spread further across Africa in the near future.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The humanitarian group said that half of families in drought-affected regions require food aid and one in five cannot feed everyone in their family. In southwest Africa, an ongoing investigation by National Geographic found that a Canadian oil and gas exploration company has consistently violated environmental laws.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

In the United States, a ruling by a federal judge in Wisconsin has long-term implications for fossil fuel infrastructure in the Great Lakes region. In Africa’s Sahel region, several countries are reeling from a devastating flood season. I’m Eileen Wray-McCann. In Nigeria, floods took more than 300 lives this year.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 25, 2021

In India, heavy rains swept across the Himalaya region, causing deadly landslides and floods. Such calamities occur frequently in the region, where steep slopes, land development, and an unstable climate are increasing the environmental risk. The devastation extended into Nepal, where the storms killed dozens more.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 27, 2021

A new app aims to reduce the number of failed water systems in Africa. An atmospheric river in central and northern California inundated the region with record-setting rain, triggering flooding and landslides. The rain was an intense change of pace for the drought-stricken region. Clean, running water isn’t a luxury.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 16, 2023

The IPCC is clear about the varying contributions to the heat-trapping emissions fueling climate change from different regions, with richer nations contributing the most to the problem (see figure below from the IPCC working group III report ). Who bears responsibility for climate change?

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 23, 2022

Africa is not on track to meet global goals for water access, sanitation, and hygiene. What’s Up With Water – March 22, 2022 – This week’s episode of What’s Up With Water covers a major settlement for Canada’s Indigenous communities and persisting drought in the Horn of Africa. Africa Not on Track to Meet Global WASH Goals.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Heavy rains and flooding continue to impact west and central Africa, reaching deadly heights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Historically, the delta region is where the river deposits nutritional sediment that supports rice crops grown by Vietnamese farmers. . This Week’s Top Water Stories, Told In Numbers. A total of 8.2

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 20, 2022

by Faith Chan, University of Nottingham and Olalekan Adekola, York St John University Many of the world’s poorest people live in regions most susceptible to flooding. In Africa, the continent’s largest city, Lagos in Nigeria, … Continue reading As sea levels rise, coastal megacities will need more than flood barriers.

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JANUARY 12, 2024

McDonald's CEO says Gaza boycott campaign hurting sales in MENA region The New Arab PaulaR Fri, 01/12/2024 - 14:23 Friday, January 5, 2024 Read more McDonald's' CEO blamed the blow to sales in the Middle East and North Africa region on 'misinformation' related to its ties with Israel.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

In western Canada, officials and residents are surveying the damage from a regional flood catastrophe. Powerful storms called atmospheric rivers brought nearly a foot of rain to parts of British Columbia, particularly the province’s southern region. This summer, the region crackled with a record heatwave and major fires.

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MAY 30, 2023

And lastly, Federal agencies provide more financial aid for drought response in the Horn of Africa. Right now, a storm of crises has pushed millions across the Horn of Africa to the brink. representative to the United Nations, speaking at a UN event to solicit funds to save lives in the Horn of Africa.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 21, 2023

South Africa has just nine entries – a modest number, easily overlooked in the flood of cases out of the United States, Europe and the rest of the world. Global significance South Africa has been described as a “microcosm” of the challenges facing the global response to climate change. Why are these South African cases worth studying?

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MAY 21, 2021

Hunters living in what is now South Africa trapped springboks in U-shaped rock walls called desert kites, which were previously thought to be unique to the Middle East region

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JANUARY 27, 2022

The MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa has taken an image that shows the centre of the Milky Way in unprecedented detail. Radio waves can penetrate dust that permeates the region and obscures the view at other wavelengths such as optical. More details about the image can be found here.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 26, 2022

A fourth failed rainy season is predicted for the Horn of Africa. The convergence of severe local drought, domestic conflict, environmental degradation, and shocks to the international food supply raises fears that the region’s herders and subsistence farmers will face famine. Even now, major wheat-producing regions in the U.S.

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APRIL 27, 2023

Through the end of March, according to WHO, cholera outbreaks were being reported in two dozen countries, largely in eastern and southern Africa. Ethiopia is having one of its longest outbreaks on record due to conflict in the Oromia region. earthquake that struck the region on February 6.

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MAY 25, 2022

The aftermath of last month’s floods in Durban, South Africa. Heavy rain is forcing hundreds to evacuate in coastal South Africa only a month after the worst flooding in history. The region is prone to flooding, and experts say climate change is increasing the likelihood of extreme weather events. YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN.

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APRIL 20, 2022

Floods decimate coastal South Africa. Floods in South Africa have killed more than 400 people and displaced nearly 40,000 people. South Africa’s climate future: The floods have again spurred conversations around climate adaptation in South Africa, Reuters reports. YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN. 67 MILLION.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The British Columbia Oil and Gas Commission suspended water permits for a dozen energy companies as drought conditions continue to deplete water levels in regional rivers, streams, and lakes. In South Africa, a flood caused a mine dam wall to collapse, killing one person and injuring dozens more. Read the story. . Read the story. .

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 22, 2021

What’s Up With Water—December 20, 2021 – This week’s episode covers ongoing drought in Iraq, an investigation into an oil and gas exploration company in southwest Africa, and the annual meeting of Colorado River Basin leaders. “Third Pole” Glaciers Melting At An Alarming Rate, Study Finds.

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JUNE 25, 2021

congressional representatives are calling for an investigation into a Canadian company’s oil and gas explorations on a major delta in southern Africa. Nearly 89 percent of nine western states are in some form of drought, and more than a quarter of the region is considered in exceptional drought, the worst category in the U.S.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 3, 2022

This week’s episode of What’s Up With Water covers two UN reports on humankind’s impact on Earth’s lands and waters, worsening food crises in the Horn of Africa, and Las Vegas’s water insurance policy. The region is suffering from multiple shocks. Transcript.

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

Unfortunately, the Pacific is still treated as a strategic asset by powerful nations today, and the multilateral steps taken by the region to protect itself from nuclear weapons continue to be undermined. The Second Meeting of States Parties. Forgetting the taboo?

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

As internal conflict, economic downturn, and prolonged drought continue to plague the country’s southern and north-eastern regions, aid organizations say hunger will only worsen. Madagascar was the first country in the region to be hit by the storm. As drought plagues Ethiopia, the country’s children are suffering from malnutrition.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Increasing temperatures are resulting in global and regional precipitation changes, leading to shifts in rainfall patterns and agricultural seasons, with a major impact on food security and human health and well-being,” WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas said at a press conference.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 11, 2021

According to the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report published Monday, Southeast Asia coastal zones are among the world’s most climate vulnerable regions. There are a handful of high-impact “tipping points” that could drastically change global or regional water cycles.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Dam levels in Eastern Cape, South Africa , fall below 50 percent. What’s Up With Water—November 22, 2021 – This week’s episode covers flooding in western Canada, drought and hunger in the Horn of Africa, water agreements in the Middle East, and drinking water rules in Pennsylvania. YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN. BELOW 50 PERCENT . ON THE RADAR.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 18, 2021

In South Africa, garbage and high levels of bacteria are contaminating the country’s rivers, and environmental activists are struggling to hold government officials accountable. Sixty coal mines in the region suspended operations, even as China suffers from electricity shortfalls and rising energy prices. Transcript.

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

More than 37,000 non-native species have been introduced to ecosystems and regions around the world and more than a third these introductions have occurred since 1970. In terms of impacts, 34% are reported in the Americas, 31% in Europe and Central Asia, 25% in the Asia Pacific region, and 7% Africa.

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Real Climate

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

It’s not a good areal sample of the northern hemisphere, it’s not a good sample of rural stations – many of which exist in the rest of Europe, Australia, Southern Africa, South America etc., An areal weighting of the four regional time series might be justifiable, but that isn’t what’s done. Lean, and D.H.

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