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Sam Fraser-Baxter

Climate change exacerbated heavy rainfall leading to large scale flooding in highly vulnerable communities in West Africa

From May until October 2022, large parts of West Africa experienced large-scale flooding caused by above average seasonal rainfall and water management.

16 November, 2022 | Extreme rainfall | Africa

Food crisis in Central Sahel in 2022 driven by chronic vulnerability with uncertain role of climate change

The central Sahel is facing a food security crisis due to the high vulnerability of the population to erratic rainfall.

16 November, 2022 | Drought | Africa

Twelve months – WWA without Geert Jan

Snowflakes, Photo by Kalle Kortelainen on Unsplash

On  12 of October 2021 – a year ago today – our co-founder, friend and colleague Geert Jan van Oldenborgh passed away.

12 October, 2022 | News |

High temperatures exacerbated by climate change made 2022 Northern Hemisphere droughts more likely

Western Central Europe, North America, China, and other parts of the Northern Hemisphere faced water shortages, extreme heat, and soil moisture drought conditions throughout the summer of 2022

05 October, 2022 | Drought | Europe, North America, Northern Asia

Climate change likely increased extreme monsoon rainfall, flooding highly vulnerable communities in Pakistan

From mid-June until the end of August 2022, large parts of Pakistan experienced record-breaking monsoonal rainfall, leading to large parts of the country being flooded.

14 September, 2022 | Extreme rainfall | Asia

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