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African nations push UN to improve drought research

Early-warning systems to identify areas at risk top countries’ wishlist.
  1. T. V. Padma
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Scientists from African countries are asking the United Nations to help them with research and data collection so that they can better identify — and prepare for — drought. Delegates from the continent made the call as the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) concluded its two-week annual meeting, in New Delhi.

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Nature 573, 319 (2019)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-02760-9

This article is part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 media outlets to highlight the issue of climate change.

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