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In pictures: How climate change is causing loss and damage around the world by UNDP Climate on Exposure
2023-08-06 (or before) in undp-climate.exposure.coHere are the many faces of loss and damage caused by climate change around the world –and what it can look like for those on the frontlines.
Tagged under: Drought | Climate Change | Chile | Wildfires | Madagascar
It would take 23 million years for evolution to replace Madagascar’s endangered mammals
2023-01-11 (or before) in EurekAlert! Science News Releases90% of the plants and animals on Madagascar are found nowhere else on Earth, but this treasure trove of evolution is under serious threat due to habitat loss, over-hunting, and climate change. In this study, researchers examined how long it took Madagascar’s unique modern mammal species to emerge and estimated how long it would take for a similarly complex set of new mammal species to evolve in their place if the endangered ones went extinct: 23 million years, far longer than scientists have found for any other island.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Madagascar
Factors other than climate change are the main drivers of recent food insecurity in Southern Madagascar – World Weather Attribution
2022-01-01 (or before) in World Weather AttributionTagged under: Climate Change | Madagascar
Madagascar on the brink of climate change-induced famine - BBC News
2021-09-06 (or before) in BBCThe country is on the brink of experiencing the world's first "climate change famine", the UN says.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Africa | Famine | Madagascar
Madagascar on the brink of climate change-induced famine
2021-08-24 in The BBCThe country is on the brink of experiencing the world's first "climate change famine", the UN says.
Tagged under: Africa | Madagascar
Madagascar famine becomes first in history to be caused solely by climate crisis
2021-07-23 (or before) in The IndependentMore than 1.14 million people are food-insecure as severe droughts push communities to the brink of starvation
Tagged under: Drought | Climate Change | Famine | Madagascar
Can planting billions of trees save the planet?
2019-06-19 in The GuardianOrganisations from around the world are reforesting at an unprecedented rate
Tagged under: Africa | Madagascar | Kenya | Trees
Climate change 'cause of most under-reported humanitarian crises'
2019-02-21 in The GuardianReport says few headlines sparked by food crises that ravaged Madagascar, Ethiopia and Haiti
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Climate Change | Africa | Famine | Caribbean | Madagascar
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