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Eastern Africa is facing the very real prospect that the rains will fail for a fourth consecutive season, placing Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia into a drought of a length not experienced in the last 40 years. Humanitarian agencies have issued urgent appeals for support to prevent widespread famine. Since the turn of the year experts from the hydrometeorological community have been in…

Rich and healthy soils are the basis of all life on Earth. # Yet up to 40 percent of the planet’s land is degraded, affecting half the world’s population.About 1 billion people in developing countries live in extreme poverty. Two thirds are in rural areas, and their land is their life—they rely on it for shelter, food and income. They also stand to suffer disproportionately from land…

Phenomenon last seen in March could turn sky orange with thunderstorms, high winds and downpours. A cloud of Saharan dust could create a “blood rain” effect across the UK later this week, as it turns the rain from thunderstorms a shade of red, forecasters have predicted. “Blood rain” occurs when high concentrations of red-coloured dust or particles combine with rain, giving it…

By Leon Lidigu Health Reporter Nation Media Group What you need to know: The United Kingdom’s Meteorological Office (Met Office) estimated that there is a 48 per cent chance that the average global temperature of any year between 2022 and 2026 will be more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels while noting that for the previous five –year period (2017 to 2021), the…

We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union, who are united in our resolve to keep the goal of limiting warming to 1.5°C in reach, to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030 and to reach net zero emissions globally by mid-century: Recognize that…

The G7 agreed on a declaration recognising the impacts of the climate and biodiversity crises as a threat to international peace and stability. This common position paves the way for enhanced multilateral action on climate security, a result adelphi is proud to have worked towards for many years. 18/05/2022 At their meeting in Weißenhaus from 12-14 May 2022, the foreign…