Tag: drought

A new UNICEF report finds that nearly every child worldwide is exposed to at least one climate hazard, while nearly half are already living with three or more overlapping threats to health, education, water, housing, and survival.

They discovered that emissions from the richest 10 percent of people in China and the United States alone each resulted in an increase of two to three times the heat extremes in vulnerable regions.

The world as we knew it really is ending faster than some of us ever expected.

The life-threatening impacts of the global climate emergency have only continued to reverberate in 2023.

While the west is experiencing a mega-drought, the lake is at its lowest water level since recording started in 1847.

Damage to soils and water has dire consequences for humanity, a new report warns ahead of meeting of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification.

Likely worsening conditions in many of the areas already experiencing drought could lead to additional heatwaves.

"Climate change is here and now," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal. "If a 1,200 year mega-drought isn't enough to make people realize that, I don't know what is."

"Climate change is an emergency."

The move could make it harder for landowners to sue companies that pollute water tables.