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Climate Change and Water Scarcity: Making Armed Conflict Worse
March 20th, 2022
Courtesy of the New York Times, commentary on how global warming is “unambiguously worsening” conditions that contribute to clashes and deepen the pain for civilians: If you’ve read the work of brave journalists in Mariupol this week, you know that the people of that city are trying to survive not just shelling by Russian forces. They are […]
Read more »Could Groundwater Kickstart A Green Recovery In Africa?
March 20th, 2022
Via The Conversation, commentary on the potential for groundwater to help kickstart a green recovery in some African countries: African leaders have joined a worldwide thrust for a “green recovery” from the COVID-19 setback and the climate crisis. As the African Union’s Green Recovery Action Plan puts it, this essentially means investing in the sustainable use of […]
Read more »Climate Change May Devastate The Middle East
March 20th, 2022
Via Brookings Institute, a paper on the devastating impact that climate change and water scarcity may have upon the Middle East: The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is among the most vulnerable places in the world to climate change. The U.N. has highlighted the devastating toll that climate change will have on the region’s water supplies and food […]
Read more »War in Ukraine Lengthens List of Violent Acts over Water
March 19th, 2022
Via Circle of Blue, an article on the Pacific Institute’s Water Conflict Chronology: One of the first casualties of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was not a human life. In late February, as Vladimir Putin’s war machine was beginning to uncoil, Russian forces destroyed a dam in Ukraine that was blocking water from a Soviet-era canal […]
Read more »Large-Scale Agriculture Threatens Access To Water In Africa
March 16th, 2022
Via The Oakland Institute, an article on the impact that large-scale agriculture is having upon water in Africa: As the escalating climate crisis threatens access to water for millions across Africa, Drying Out African Lands: Expansion of Large-Scale Agriculture Threatens Access to Water in Africa unveils the devastating impact of large-scale agricultural plantations on the right to […]
Read more »The West’s Megadrought Has Left One Arizona Neighborhood with No Water At All
March 16th, 2022
Via Grist, a look at how the West’s megadrought is leaving one Arizona neighborhood with no water at all: Late last year, Leigh Harris logged onto a local Facebook group and learned that she and her neighbors were about to lose their water — for good. Harris lives in an area called Rio Verde Foothills, […]
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