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UN warns global drought carries $300 billion annual cost

UN warns global drought carries $300 billion annual cost

  • Drought projected to affect 75% of the world’s population by 2050, a UN report cautioned
  • The UN urged investment in ‘nature-based solutions’ to cut the price of dessication and benefit the environment
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Update Thailand flooding kills nine, displaces thousands video

Thailand flooding kills nine, displaces thousands

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UN talks struggle for breakthrough on plastics treaty as deadline looms

UN talks struggle for breakthrough on plastics treaty as deadline looms

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UN plastic treaty talks push for breakthrough as deadline looms

UN plastic treaty talks push for breakthrough as deadline looms

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Tens of thousands flee as Super Typhoon Man-yi nears Philippines

Tens of thousands flee as Super Typhoon Man-yi nears Philippines

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Pakistani province declares health emergency due to smog and locks down two cities

Pakistani province declares health emergency due to smog and locks down two cities

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Primary schools empty as smog persists in India’s capital New Delhi

Primary schools empty as smog persists in India’s capital New Delhi

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Special Toxic smog chokes Indian capital as air pollution turns ‘severe’ video

Toxic smog chokes Indian capital as air pollution turns ‘severe’

By Sanjay Kumar ·
Saudi Deputy Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Mansour bin Hilal Al-Mushaiti speaking at the "A World Without Hunge

Saudi Arabia advocates for global cooperation to end hunger, ensure food security

By Arab News ·
MEWA and NCVC launch National Afforestation Season in Riyadh

MEWA and NCVC launch National Afforestation Season in Riyadh

By Haifa Alshammari ·
To tackle plastic scourge, Philippines makes companies pay

To tackle plastic scourge, Philippines makes companies pay

By AFP ·
BRICS leaders call for urgent action to address land degradation, desertification, drought

BRICS leaders call for urgent action to address land degradation, desertification, drought

By Reem Walid ·
Sixteen farmers arrested for burning crop waste as pollution rises in north India

Sixteen farmers arrested for burning crop waste as pollution rises in north India

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