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18.06.2021 | 19:49
The United Nations announced that drought is at risk of becoming “the next pandemic” if urgent action isn’t taken to tackle climate change through water and land management.
According to a report published on Thursday, about 1.5 billion people have suffered from the effects of droughts this century, with the land devastation, food insecurity and other subsequent factors leading to economic costs of an estimated $124 billion.
The U.N. secretary general’s special representative for disaster risk reduction, Mami Mizutori said, “Drought is on the verge of becoming the next pandemic and there is no vaccine to cure it. Most of the world will be living with water stress in the next few years.”
