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Former United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said, “Africa has a fever”
Source: AUN News
African and other world leaders gathered in Rotterdam two months before the 27th global climate summit (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt, to...
The risk of the “climate penalty” is increased by pollution and climate change
Source: AUN News
Even in a scenario with low emissions, there would likely be more wildfires and related air pollution, according to WMO Secretary-General Petteri...
Floods and wildfires don’t have to become catastrophes
Source: AUN News
The years 2021 and 2022 saw record-breaking catastrophic disasters everywhere, from record-breaking heatwaves in British Columbia to wildfires in the Mediterranean, floods...
More than 340,000 people in Chad are impacted by unprecedented flooding
Source: AUN News
While unprecedented rains have threatened food security and livelihoods over the past month, swollen floods have damaged roughly 2,700 hectares of crops,...
Groundwater’s “invisible” usefulness is highlighted by the UN during World Water Week
Source: AUN News
99 percent
Groundwater supplies 99 percent of the world's liquid freshwater, according to the United Nations World Water Development Report 2022. This natural...