Drought data shows an unprecedented emergenc

<p>Recent drought-related data based on research in the past two years and compiled by the UN point to &ldquo;an unprecedented emergency on a planetary scale, where the massive impacts of human-induced droughts are only starting to unfold. According to the report, <em>&lsquo;Global Drought Snapshot,&rsquo;</em> launched by the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) at the outset of COP28 climate talks in the UAE, few if any hazard claims more lives, causes more economic loss and affects more sectors of societies than drought.</p>

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