Overall Green alert Drought for Northern Great Plains (Canada, USA)-2023
in Canada, United States

Event summary

The drought has lasted for 1 months. Drought indicators suggest anomalies typical of mild to severe events.

GDACS ID DR 1016298
Name: Northern Great Plains (Canada, USA)-2023
Countries: Canada, United States
Start Date: End of Jan 2023
Duration: 312 days
Impact: Minor impact for agricultural drought in 93855 km2
More info: Global Drought Observatory

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Detailed event map. European Union, 2023. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Water for Resilience gets underway in Grenada2023-11-29T20:06+0100.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in collaboration with the Government of Canada, hosted an inception workshop on 28 November for key stakeholders, government officials, experts, and community leaders to collaboratively shape
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COP28 in roaring flames2023-11-29T18:03+0100.

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has again issued an Emissions Gap Report that underscores the fact that the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), the linchpin of the Paris Agreement is not leading away from the climate
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Dalla transizione energetica al fondo ‘perdite e danni’: i 5 nodi dell ... 2023-11-29T13:28+0100.

Temperature record, inondazioni catastrofiche nel Corno d’Africa o addirittura incendi devastanti nelle foreste del Canada: di fronte alle conseguenze del cambiamento climatico, i leader mondiali sono chiamati, più che mai, a forti risposte
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I 5 temi della Cop28: finanziamenti sul clima e dibattiti sul metano2023-11-29T09:55+0100.

Temperature record, inondazioni catastrofiche nel Corno d’Africa o addirittura incendi devastanti nelle foreste del Canada. Di fronte alle conseguenze del cambiamento climatico, i leader mondiali sono chiamati, più che mai, a forti risposte
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: (2), EC-JRC (36), WMO (1), INFORM (2),