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Extracting water from a traditional well using a manual pulley system. (Abdallah Khalili / UNCCD)
CLIMATE CHANGE 2023 2025

Global drought crisis deepens: Record heat and El Niño drive humanitarian disaster

Impacts of drought hit hardest in climate hotspots — regions already dealing with warming trends, population pressures and fragile infrastructure

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read