Reports and Indices
Global Drought Outlook Report
▪ Recently, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development released the Global
Drought Outlook Report.
▪ It assesses how countries can strengthen drought management to adapt to a changing climate.
▪ It provides new insights into the rising human, environmental, and economic impacts of droughts and offers practical policy solutions to minimise losses, build long-term resilience, and support adaptation to a drier future.
▪ Droughts across the world: 40% of the world’s land area faces increasingly frequent and severe droughts.
▪ Economic impact: 3% – 7.5% annual increase in the economic cost of an average drought
episode.
▪ 35% minimum projected increase in drought-related economic losses by 2035.
World Investment Report 2025
▪ India raised a position to rank 15 among top global destinations for foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2024, despite a marginal dip in inflows at $27.6 billion, according to the UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)’s World Investment Report 2025.
▪ It is an annual report published by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
▪ It focuses on trends in foreign direct investment (FDI) worldwide, at the regional and country
levels, and emerging measures to improve its contribution to development.
▪ India climbed in the global ranking of FDI outflows, moving to the 18th slot with $24 billion in outward investments — up from 23rd in 2023, when outflows totalled $14 billion.
