Climate change may leave more than 140 million people displaced, warns World Bank report

AGRICULTURE
• New York City growing more local food with new indoor vertical farm click here
• Agriculture must make water use go further: Experts click here
• Millions of Chinese farmers reap benefits of huge crop experiment click here

CLIMATE CHANGE
• Climate change to force more than 140 mln people to migrate internally, warns World Bank report click here
• GCCHE set guidelines to bridge education gap between climate change and health click here
• Climatologists render skillful predictions of drought and food insecurity that help avert famine click here

DROUGHTS
• 37% of Maharashtra villages likely to get drought-like status: India click here
• Cape farmers lose 25% of orchards, vineyards as result of drought - expert click here

FLOODS
• Widespread street flooding in California click here

FOOD SECURITY
• Poor rains forecast put food security, livelihoods at risk in Somalia, warns UN agency click here
• South Sudan inches closer to famine click here

IRRIGATION
• Narmada water only for drinking; no supply for irrigation: India click here
• Five irrigation projects re-designed in Telangana: India click here

WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
• UN on World Water Day: 'Use Nature to Restore Water Access' click here

LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
• Water Saving in Irrigated Agriculture in Egypt: Case Studies and Lessons Learned, November 2017 click here

UN-World Bank panel calls for ‘fundamental shift’ in water management

Imal Hashemi/Taimani Films/World Bank Child drinks water from a water-pipe. (file)

AGRICULTURE
• Norway upgrading international seed vault click here
• Agri-science fair held to create awareness about latest farm technologies: India click here
• One of the largest indoor farms in the world is in Faribault: U.S click here

CLIMATE CHANGE
• World’s great forests could lose half of all wildlife as planet warms: Report click here
• Global Energy transition must accelerate to thwart climate change click here
• Belarus builds forest resilience to climate change with World Bank support click here

DROUGHTS
• Droughts leave kids too short, too thin in various districts of Karnataka: UNICEF click here
• Scientists use ancient trees and climate models to understand past and future drought in Mongolia click here

FLOODS
• 15 killed in Kenya floods, scores of families displaced click here

FOOD SECURITY
• US extends P100-m aid to boost food security click here
• China’s top food company goes global to feed 1.4 bln at home click here

IRRIGATION
• Pipes to replace canal system for irrigation: India click here

WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
• UN-World Bank panel calls for ‘fundamental shift’ in water management click here
• 19 cities in world rely on precipitation for water supply: Study click here

LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
• Water Saving in Irrigated Agriculture in Egypt: Case Studies and Lessons Learned, November 2017 click here