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"The next pandemic": drought is a hidden global crisis, UN says
“下一场全球大流行”：联合国指出干旱是潜在的全球性危机
Drought is a hidden global crisis that risks 1_____(become) "the next pandemic" if countries do not take urgent 2_____(act) on water and land management and tackling the climate emergency, the UN has said.
Mami Mizutori, the UN secretary general's special representative for disaster risk reduction, said: "Drought is on the verge of becoming the next pandemic and there is no vaccine to cure 3_____. Most of the world will be living with water stress in the next few years. Demand will outstrip supply during certain periods. Drought is a major factor in land degradation(退化) and the decline of yields for major crops."
She said many people had an image of drought as affecting desert regions in Africa, 4_____ that this was not the case. Developed countries have not been immune. The US, Australia and southern Europe 5_____(experience) drought in recent years.
Drought also 6_____(go) beyond agriculture, said Roger Pulwarty, a co-author of Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction: Special Report on Drought 2021. He pointed to the Danube in Europe, 7_____ recurring drought in recent years has affected transport, tourism, industry and energy generation.
Changing rainfall patterns as a result of climate breakdown 8_____(be) a key driver of drought, but the report also identifies the 9_____(efficient) use of water resources and the degradation of land under intensive agriculture and poor farming practices as playing a role.
Mizutori called for governments to take action 10_____(help) prevent drought by reforming and regulating how water is extracted, stored and used, and how land is managed.
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1 becoming  2 action  3 it  4 but  5 have experienced
6 goes  7 where  8 are  9 inefficient  10 to help