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Urbanization and Climate Change in the Asia-Pacific
November 17th, 2021
Via The Diplomat, an interesting look at how climate change and urbanization interact in the Asia-Pacific, leading to new traditional and non-traditional security risks: Urbanization and Water Rapid urbanization leads to increased competition over the same water resources over a small, densely populated area, leading to unequal access to safe water resources, and environmental degradation and […]
Read more »Iran In ‘Post-Crisis Mode’ Over Drought
November 17th, 2021
Via The National News, an article on Iran’s drought: Iran is in “post-crisis mode” as it struggles to deal with a water scarcity problem that has already boiled over into protests, the former deputy head of the country’s environment department has warned. As world leaders gathered in Glasgow for the Cop26 conference to discuss urgent […]
Read more »Drought, Overpumping Cut Morocco River Link To Sea
November 17th, 2021
Via Terra Daily, an article on how drought and overpumping have cut Morocco’s river link to the sea: Moroccan environmentalist Mohamed Benata stood taking photos of what should be the mouth of the Moulouya river — but after years of drought and over-pumping, it comes to a halt just short of the sea. One of […]
Read more »In Afghanistan, Political Upheaval Aggravates Drought-Fueled Famine
November 17th, 2021
Via Circle of Blue, a sad report of how political turmoil has thrust Afghanistan – which has facing a drought-induced hunger crisis since last year – into famine: Well before Afghanistan’s political upheaval this summer, drought was pushing the country to the brink of a food crisis. Now, a whirlwind of risk factors have accelerated the […]
Read more »Syria Reservoir Dries Up For First Time
November 15th, 2021
Via Terra Daily, an article on continuing indications of Syria’s drought: Low rainfall, structural damage and extraction by struggling farmers have emptied a key reservoir in northwestern Syria, leaving it completely dry for the first time, farmers and officials told AFP. With man-made climate change increasing the frequency of drought and wildfires worldwide, Syria is […]
Read more »Iranian Farmers Protest Drought
November 15th, 2021
Via Terra Daily, a report on recent water protests in Iran: Hundreds of farmers rallied in Iran’s central city of Isfahan to decry the drying up of its river and the impact of drought, state media reported on Friday. Images broadcast on state television showed several hundred people gathered in the dry bed of the […]
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