Drought

Climate change poses threat to global stability: US intelligence

An assessment from 18 US intelligence agencies underscores the looming interconnected natural, geopolitical and economic crises stemming from the climate emergency.

UN: Climate crisis threatens nearly 120M in Africa

"By 2030, it is estimated that up to 118 million extremely poor people will be exposed to drought, floods, and extreme heat in Africa if adequate response measures are not put in place," says UN study.

Hundreds of Afghans, many eager to flee, throng Kabul passport office

Those who descended on Afghanistan’s capital city passport office came despite warnings that the distribution of passports would not begin until Saturday and initially for only those with prior applications.

Afghans immediately need $36 million to get over food crisis - UN

Even though donors have pledged more than $1 billion in aid, some of the money is urgently needed to help those who depend on farming.

Opposition misinformation undermining firefighting efforts: Erdogan

"Forest fires are an international threat just like Covid-19, and even like the threat from terrorists, that whole world is currently fighting," the Turkish president said.

UN says droughts pushing 400,000 people toward starvation in Madagascar

In 28 years working for WFP on four continents, Lola Castro, WFP’s regional director in southern Africa, said she had “never seen anything this bad” except in 1998 in Bahr el Gazal in what is now South Sudan.

Climate change responsible for spring and winter within weeks

Turkey experienced its third hottest year in 2020, yet now Istanbul and a host of other cities are blanketed with snow. We asked experts to explain the science to us.

Climate change bares its many faces in Turkey

A ‘false spring’ has tricked trees into blossoming, while low water levels at dams may be fertile breeding grounds for mosquito-borne diseases.

Wildfires and droughts devastate South American biodiversities

Unprecedented wildfires and droughts are wreaking havoc in South America, especially in the region between Paraguay, Parana and Uruguay rivers.

Heavy rain douses Australia's east coast bushfires

There are still 33 fires burning in Australia's New South Wales state, but they are all at the lowest warning level of "advice" and mostly in southeastern areas where the rains are headed.

Record 45 million need urgent food aid in southern Africa - UN

Low growth, rising population, drought and floods have contributed to worsening food insecurity in the region.

Rain to bring relief, risks to fire-stricken Australia

Forecasts of rain expected to bring some respite but risk of landslides and water pollution grows, officials say. Meanwhile, a top climatologist says Australia could become so dry that its residents could become "climate refugees."