Both drought and unsustainable water management have played a key role in the current problem, and managing drought-risk is essential in finding a long-term solution to the crisis, the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) said.
Reports of UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have shown that the world is warming due to human activity with potentially disastrous effects like worsening drought in some regions and heavier rainfall in others.
"Drought creeps, so we can outrun it," said Salvano Briceqo, Director of the ISDR Secretariat. "But this will take a genuine mindset and policy shift towards the ethos
