Climate change and droughts: Why Indian farmers are taking their own lives? By Ground report 05 Dec 2023 A research report from IIED has uncovered a disturbing trend: climate change is causing a rise in farmer suicides in rural India. Read More
Drought like situation in Bihar’s flood prone areas By Ground report 01 Aug 2023 In Kamrauli village of Pipradhi block located in Shivhar district, Bihar, only 30-40 per cent of paddy has been sown so far. Read More
How droughts can leave people with nowhere to go? By groundreportdesk 14 Jun 2023 The gradual impacts of worsening droughts caused by climate change could force around 145 million people in the Global South Read More
Drought crisis hits over 500 districts in India: IMD's latest report By Ground Report 18 May 2023 The India Meteorological Department (IMD), the Aridity Anomaly Outlook Index revealed that about 78 per cent of India's districts Read More
Water quality under threat: land use shifts drive 69% increase in water extraction By Ground report 16 May 2023 A recent study by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, published in the journal PLOS Water, explores the relationship Read More
Horn of Africa faces worst drought, worsened by climate change By Ground report 27 Apr 2023 A new study published Thursday reveals that the ongoing drought in the Horn of Africa, which includes Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya Read More
Droughts and rains could be more extreme, due to global warming By Ground report 14 Mar 2023 Droughts rains global warming; The distortion of the water cycle, particularly its extremes (droughts and rains), will be among Read More
Droughts can make water unaffordable for low-income households By Ground report 22 Jan 2023 In water-scarce regions, droughts pose a critical challenge to urban water security for low-income households. Droughts reduce water Read More