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  2. Climate change is causing droughts everywhere - AOL

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    Last summer’s drought across the Northern Hemisphere was made 20 times more likely by climate change, according to an October 2022 study by World Weather Attribution, a group of international ...

  3. United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification - Wikipedia

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    The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa (UNCCD) is a Convention to combat desertification and mitigate the effects of drought through national action programs that incorporate long-term strategies supported by international cooperation and partnership arrangements.

  4. Rising heat drives drought more than lack of rain, UCLA study ...

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    He says the only way to prevent droughts is to stop temperatures from increasing, which Fu explains means we have to stop emitting greenhouse gases. This story was produced by the LA Post and ...

  5. Drought - Wikipedia

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    Drought is a recurring feature of the climate in most parts of the world, ... a variety of ways: firstly drought can cause poor ... to prevent or avert drought.

  6. Effects of climate change on the water cycle - Wikipedia

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    In 2024 the World Meteorological Organization published a report saying that climate change had severely destabilized water cycle during the year 2023, causing both stronger rainfall and stronger drought. The world’s rivers had their driest year in at least 30 years and many of the world’s major river basins were drying up like the basins ...

  7. Stage 3 drought restrictions on the way? This is what city ...

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    When the drought was declared in March, lake levels were measured at about 29.4%. Stage 2 drought restrictions primarily impact landscape irrigation, restricting certain types such as automatic ...

  8. Desertification - Wikipedia

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    Desertification is a gradual process of increased soil aridity.Desertification has been defined in the text of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) as "land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid regions resulting from various factors, including climatic variations and human activities."

  9. Global health leaders pen open letter to ‘those with the ...

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    To those with the power to prevent lives being lost to the climate crisis, Climate change is the defining health challenge of our time. Research suggests there will be an additional 14.5 million ...