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"Drought is pushing tens of millions of people to the edge of starvation around
the world, in a foretaste of a global crisis that is rapidly deepening with
climate breakdown.
More than 90 million people in eastern and southern Africa are facing extreme
hunger after record-breaking drought across many areas, ensuing widespread crop
failures and the death of livestock. In Somalia, a quarter of the population is
now edging towards starvation, and at least a million people have been
displaced.
The situation has been years in the making. One-sixth of the population of
southern Africa needed food aid last August. In Zimbabwe, last year’s corn crop
was down 70% year on year, and 9,000 cattle died.
These examples are just the beginning of a worldwide catastrophe that is
gathering pace, according to a report on drought published on Wednesday. In
regions across the world, drought and water mismanagement are leading to
shortages that are hitting food supplies, energy and public health.
Mark Svoboda, the founding director of the US National Drought Mitigation
Center (NDMC), and co-author of the report, said: “This is not a dry spell.
This is a slow-moving global catastrophe, the worst I’ve ever seen.”
The report, published by the NDMC, the UN Convention to Combat Desertification,
and the International Drought Resilience Alliance, examined in detail more than
a dozen countries in four main regions: Africa, south-east Asia, Latin America
and the Mediterranean. Taking information from governments, scientific
institutions and local sources, the authors were able to build a picture of
human suffering and economic devastation."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
