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Global heating made Greece and Libya floods more likely, study says
Carbon pollution led to heavier rains and stronger floods in Greece and Libya this month but other human factors were responsible for “turning the extreme weather into a humanitarian disaster”, scientists have said.
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Humanitarian aid is no match for climate-fueled drought in Somalia
Over the past three years, an extreme drought has pushed the Horn of Africa to the brink of famine, causing one of the worst humanitarian crises in modern history.
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Fleeing floodwaters a way of life for families on banks of New Delhi's Yamuna River
Already forced to flee their last home due to extreme weather, flooding is again taking away the little Bhagwan Devi, her husband and their four children have.
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U.N. warns drought may be 'the next pandemic'
Water scarcity and drought are set to wreak damage on a scale to rival the COVID-19 pandemic with risks growing rapidly as global temperatures rise, according to the United Nations.
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More than 10 million people displaced by climate disasters in six months, report finds
About 10.3 million people were displaced by climate change-induced events such as flooding and droughts in the last six months, the majority of them in Asia, a humanitarian organisation says.
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David Attenborough to U.N.: 'Climate change a threat to global security, I don't envy you'
British naturalist David Attenborough warned on Tuesday that climate change is the biggest security threat that modern humans have ever faced, telling the U.N. Security Council: "I don't envy you the responsibility that this places on all of you."
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As floods hit Borneo, Indonesia urged to boost climate action under Paris accord
Deadly floods across parts of Indonesia are a stark reminder of the climate change risks facing the Southeast Asian nation, environmentalists said on Monday, urging the government to be more ambitious in its efforts to cut planet-heating emissions.
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