FutureWater has presented work in Vietnam on the development of a drought information system, during a high-level event at UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) headquarters, gathering specialists from all over the world. The international seminar on drought organized by Iran, the Netherlands, and FAO in Rome aimed to catalyse a renewed international push to tackle the many impacts of drought, which drive not only hunger and instability but cause economic losses up to $8 billion each annually. FutureWater stressed to close the so-called drought management cycle in Vietnam, by carrying out a post-event drought evaluation of the severe 2016 drought the country suffered, carrying out cross-sectoral drought risk assessments focusing on vulnerable communities and including mitigation actions, and improving on the implementation of drought information systems. FutureWater is presenting from 108:00.

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