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Drought

Saving Soils by All Earthly Ways Possible

The Global Soil Partnership is leading the mission for better soil management and raised awareness of soil-related issues. Soils are now high on the...

OWSA Contributor - 5 September 2022

Agriculture

In Nepal, Farmers Are Cutting Paddy to Feed Their Cattle

Nepal’s Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM) on Wednesday announced that most parts of the country have thus far received below-average rains during this...

OWSA Contributor - 25 August 2022

Civil society

140 Aid Workers Died in 2021, says OCHA

According to data from the non-governmental organization Humanitarian Outcomes, more than 140 aid workers were killed in the line of duty last year – the highest number...

OWSA Contributor - 15 August 2022

Climate change

Women’s Lives Get Harder in Bundelkhand as Water Scarcity Grows

Up to 70 per cent of women in parts of the drought-prone region in central India are affected by acute water shortages, according to...

OWSA Contributor - 27 July 2022

Climate change

Building a Heatwave-Resistant India

Heat waves may have warmed the environment — but India’s response to them remains lukewarm, if not cold. A more sustained and aggressive policy...

East Asia Forum - 17 July 2022

Climate change

Shifting Climate Boundaries

For decades, studies have shown that a warming climate is pushing the treeline to shift upwards across the world — including in the Everest...

OWSA Contributor - 9 July 2022

Air

‘Middle East Cooperation Needed’ to Combat Dust Storms

After storms swept through Iraq, Iran, Syria, Kuwait in recent weeks, countries are banding together to tackle surge in dust storms. Iran, Iraq and...

SciDevNet - 8 July 2022

Climate change

Emergency Declared in Italy to Manage Drought

Smarting under the effects of an unusually early heatwave and deficient rainfall, both ascribed to climate change, the government of Italy has declared a...

OWSA Contributor - 5 July 2022

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