The best time to plan for drought is when it’s raining
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27.02.24
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Disaster response needs to move from reactive to proactive if we are going to adapt to climate change.
The State of Global Water Resources Report 2022 says the hydrological cycle is spinning out of balance. The world’s weather has gone wild. Cold snaps, heat waves, dry spells, floods, and drought, all at one time exceptional occurrences, are now the norm. The planet is fluctuating between extremes as anomalies in weather conditions push the climate out of its groove. Natural disasters are affecting people on all continents. Climate change is here and now.
The post The best time to plan for drought is when it’s raining first appeared on International Water Management Institute (IWMI).
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