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World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, 17th June, 2022

World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, 17th June, 2022 Source:https://trello.com/b/0gIgBV68/desertification-and-drought-day-2022 Worldwide, the arid regions have been experiencing cyclical droughts and devastation due to land desertification. Desertification is land degradation in arid, semi-arid, and dry sub-humid areas, collectively known as drylands, resulting from many factors, including human activities and climatic variations (United Nations Convention to …

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World Environment Day, 5th June 2022

World Environment Day, 5th June 2022 The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (also known as the Stockholm Conference) was an international conference held in Sweden from June 5-16, 1972. It was the UN’s first major conference on international environmental issues and marked a turning point in the development of international environmental politics. Its …

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Climate Crisis: Hassanabad Bridge Collapse Hunza Pakistan 2022

Climate Crisis: Hassanabad Bridge Collapse Hunza (Damaged Hassanabad Bridge Hunza on KKH due to glacial outburst on Saturday, May 07, 2022) Author: Haider Nazir Chatta Extreme weather conditions and abrupt temperature rise in northern areas of Pakistan, A Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) has destroyed and swept away the strategically important Hassanabad Bridge on the …

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