droughts in Europe

A study warns that multi-year droughts are becoming more frequent and severe due to climate change, affecting vast areas, ecosystems, and water supply. Scientists stress the urgent need for global action to mitigate and adapt to these worsening conditions

The gradual impacts of worsening droughts caused by climate change could force around 145 million people in the Global South to relocate within their own countries by 2050.

Flash droughts, which intensify in a matter of weeks, have become more frequent since the late 1950s in 74% of the 33 regions of the planet and are expected to accelerate in an increasingly warm world, warns a study published by Science.