drought

Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan spoke at the Ministerial Dialogue on Drought Resilience titled “From Geneva to Riyadh and Beyond: Enhancing Global and National Policy Instruments for a Proactive Drought Management Approach” today (2 December). Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Rizwana urges urgent global action on drought, degradation

She urged the global community to accelerate climate action for both mitigation and adaptation

A drone view shows the house and boat of fisherman Janderson Lima Oliveira, affected by the drought of Solimoes River in Manacapuru, Amazonas state, Brazil September 14, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Bruno Kelly
Environment

Brazil's Amazon drought disrupts residents' lives

Joao Mendonca, a river dweller and the leader of community, carries water gallons on the sandbanks of the Madeira river to bring to the isolated region of Paraizinho community, during the worst drought of the river in history, Humaita, Amazonas state, Brazil September 8, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Bruno Kelly
Climate Change

Amazon rivers' low water levels bring fresh challenges for locals

Lilian Ramos, 33, feeds fish as part of a fish farming project by the UN's World Food Program to combat malnutrition in a region known as the Central American Dry Corridor, in San Agustin Acasaguastlan, Guatemala August 22, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Josue Decavele
World+Biz

As drought breeds hunger in Guatemala, farming program aims to help

A resident collects water from a tank as tap water has been declared undrinkable as a result of the drought in Teulada, Alicante, Spain, August 19, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Eva Manez/File Photo
Europe

In Spain's drought-hit Costa Blanca, people queue for bottled water

A woman serves traditional porridge at a rural home, as Zimbabwe is experiencing an El Nino-induced drought, resulting in malnutrition among children under the age of five, pregnant and lactating women, and adolescents, in Kotwa in Mudzi district, Zimbabwe July 2, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo/File Photo
Africa

Nearly 68 million suffering from drought in Southern Africa: SADC

Cracks run through the partially dried-up river bed of the Gan River, a tributary to Poyang Lake during a regional drought in Nanchang, Jiangxi province, China, August 28, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo
Climate Change

Flooding hits China's south, temperatures sizzle elsewhere

Cracks run through the partially dried-up river bed of the Gan River, a tributary to Poyang Lake during a regional drought in Nanchang, Jiangxi province, China, August 28, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo
China

From northwest to east China, parched and baking regions face drought

Speakers at a seminar on Sustainable Agricultural Practices for Drought Resilience in Dhak on 9 June. Photo: Courtesy
Environment

Environmentalists call for sustainable agriculture system to deal with drought

A villager arrives to collect her monthly allocations of food aid provided by the World Food Program (WFP) in Mumijo, Buhera district east of the capital Harare, Zimbabwe, March 16, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo/File Photo
Africa

More than half of Zimbabwean population will need food aid, cabinet says

Photo: UNB
Agriculture

Prolonged heat wave, drought threaten litchi production in Pabna

Monrovia NSU CHALLENGER bulk carrier transits the expanded canal through Cocoli Locks at the Panama Canal, on the outskirts of Panama City, Panama April 19, 2023. REUTERS/Aris Martinez
World+Biz

Drought-hit Panama Canal to ease traffic restrictions

A view of the Panama Canal trade route in Panama City, Panama. Photo: AP/UNB
Global Economy

The drop in Panama Canal traffic due to a severe drought could cost up to $700m