UN urges countries to adopt national drought policies

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Call comes as separate reports find US heatwave will force up inflation and could cost insurers more than $5bn

Nations across the world have been told to adopt drought management policies as a matter of urgency, as estimates of the cost to insurers of this year's dry summer in the US skyrockets. The ripple effects...

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