Some 42 per cent of the Philippines is experiencing drought or dry spells brought on by El Ni'o. The La Ni'a phenomenon is expected to follow later this year, bringing excessive rainfall.

Unseasonably warm weather across Australia, which is set to continue through the coming month, might be putting a spring in people’s step but is a clear sign of dangerous climate change, according

Vietnam’s breadbasket southwestern region has been hit by the worst drought in 90 years, badly damaging the nation’s economy.

Shops have been operating without electricity for several hours a day because of power cuts introduced this year

Following strong westerly wind bursts in boreal winter and spring of 2014, both the scientific community and the popular press were abuzz with the possibility of a major El Niño developing. However, during the boreal summer of 2014, the Bjerknes feedback failed to kick in, aided and abetted by a strong easterly wind burst. The widely anticipated major 2014-5 El Niño event failed to materialize and even failed to qualify as an El Niño by conventional definitions.

This report provides a global overview of the food insecurity situation due to different crises and natural disasters, to support the programming of the Pro-resilience Action (PRO-ACT) funding mechanism, a component of the Global Public Goods and Challenges (GPGC) thematic programme of the European Union.

This year is off to a record-breaking start for global temperatures.

The National Disaster Risk Management Commission released a new report on humanitarian hot-spot classification showing that the number of priority ones- or most needy- weredas has reached to 219.

It has been the hottest year to date, with January, February and March each passing marks set in 2015, according to new data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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