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12 Aug 2019 WASHINGTON DC, United States
Seventeen Countries Face "Extremely" High Water Stress
Widely reported new findings from the World Resources Institute (WRI) paints a disturbing picture of global water stress and concomitant risks. WRI’s water risk calculator (Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas) has been updated with data on water demand by households, industry and agriculture, and water supply from surface sources and aquifers from 1961 to 2014...
12 Aug 2019 GENEVA, Switzerland
500 Million Threatened By Desertification
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a new special report on climate change and land use August 8, part of a series of such examinations authorized by the United Nations designed to assist governments in understanding the effects of climate change and necessary policy decisions...
13 Jul 2019 ROME, Italy
UNFAO: Conflict And Climate Conditions Continue To Exacerbate Food Insecurity
Variable climate conditions and persistent conflicts contine to cause high levels of food insecurity in 41 countries, with 31 of these in Africa, UNFAO has reported. The Crop Prospects and Food Situation report issued by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization July 4, relates that these countries continue to be in food deficit and in need of external assistance, a situation that has not changed in three months...