{"id":51039,"date":"2025-06-20T12:01:05","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T06:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=51039"},"modified":"2025-06-20T15:07:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T09:37:08","slug":"global-drought-outlook-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/global-drought-outlook-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Drought Outlook Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Global Drought Outlook Report Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development released the Global Drought Outlook Report.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Global Drought Outlook Report<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It assesses how countries can strengthen <\/span><b>drought management<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to <\/span><b>adapt to a changing climate.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It provides new insights into the rising human, environmental, and economic impacts of droughts and offers practical policy solutions to minimise losses, build long-term resilience, and support adaptation to a drier future.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Key Findings<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Droughts across the world:<\/b> <b>40%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the world\u2019s land area faces increasingly frequent and <\/span><b>severe droughts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Economic impact:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 3% &#8211; 7.5% annual increase in the economic cost of an average drought episode.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">35% minimum projected increase in drought-related economic losses by 2035<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since 1980, <\/span><b>37% of global land<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has experienced <\/span><b>significant soil moisture loss,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> while water levels in many rivers and aquifers globally are in decline.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The majority of monitored <\/span><b>groundwater table levels<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have also shown widespread <\/span><b>declines<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in recent decades.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite accounting for only 6% of natural disasters, droughts cause 34% of all disaster-related deaths and exacerbate displacement and migration, especially in SubSaharan Africa.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oecd.org\/en\/publications\/global-drought-outlook_d492583a-en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>OECD<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global Drought Outlook Report evaluates how nations can enhance drought preparedness and management to better adapt to the impacts of climate change. 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