{"id":33464,"date":"2025-01-19T08:23:33","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T07:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/?p=33464"},"modified":"2025-01-19T08:24:28","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T07:24:28","slug":"world-drought-atlas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/2025\/01\/19\/world-drought-atlas\/","title":{"rendered":"World Drought Atlas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/euagenda.eu\/publications\/download\/612807\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>World Drought Atlas<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>is a comprehensive publication that examines the issue of drought on a global scale. The Atlas highlights the systemic nature of drought risks and impacts and offers insight into how these risks are interconnected across sectors. It provides guidance for proactive and forward-looking drought management and adaptation.<\/p>\n<p>The atlas addresses various aspects of drought, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Consequences of drought for ecosystems:<\/strong> It highlights the negative impacts of drought on biodiversity while also pointing out how biodiversity can mitigate the impacts of drought on ecosystems.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Human mobility and drought:<\/strong> The atlas examines the issue of population displacement due to drought and highlights the challenges in understanding the global picture of these displacements.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Land degradation and dust storms:<\/strong> The document identifies areas at high risk of land degradation and describes the main routes of desert dust transport worldwide.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Drought impacts on indigenous communities:<\/strong> The atlas highlights the unique vulnerability of indigenous communities to drought while highlighting their knowledge and tools for addressing the issue.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Success stories from around the world:<\/strong> The atlas presents successful examples of drought management, from local to global levels, including the example of the Dominican Republic and its National Drought Management Plan.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Emphasis on collaboration and integration:<\/strong> The Atlas emphasizes the importance of intersectoral collaboration and integration of drought management strategies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The atlas serves as a tool for policymakers and experts to better understand the complexity of drought and take action to mitigate its impacts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The main objectives of the atlas are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Raise awareness about the risks and impacts of drought.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Provide information and data to support decision-making.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Promote cooperation and international coordination in the field of drought management.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Promote proactive and forward-looking approaches to drought management.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The World Drought Atlas represents a significant step in the effort to build drought resilience and contributes to a better understanding and management of this global challenge. <strong><em>Spring<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Glossary of key terms<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Drought<\/strong>: A prolonged period of unusually low water availability, leading to an imbalance between its availability, quality and demand.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Meteorological drought<\/strong>: Lack of precipitation compared to the long-term average.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hydrological drought<\/strong>: Low water levels in rivers, lakes and groundwater.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Agricultural drought<\/strong>: Insufficient soil moisture for crop growth.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Evapotranspiration<\/strong>: Combined loss of water from the soil surface by evaporation and from plants by transpiration.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Virtual water<\/strong>: The volume of water consumed to produce a good or service.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Drought management<\/strong>: A set of measures to mitigate the negative impacts of drought.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Adaptation to drought<\/strong>: Adapting to changing drought conditions to minimize their impacts.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Climate change<\/strong>: Long-term change in global climate, caused by human activity.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Soil degradation<\/strong>: Deterioration of soil quality, reducing its fertility and water retention capacity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Drought Atlas is a comprehensive publication that examines the issue of drought on a global scale. The Atlas highlights the systemic nature of drought risks and impacts and offers insights into how these risks are interconnected across sectors. It provides guidance for proactive and forward-looking drought management and adaptation. The Atlas addresses various aspects of drought, including: The impacts of drought on ecosystems: It highlights [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-klimaticka-zmena"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33464\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}