‘Living On The Edge’: Middle East At Risk of Climate-Induced Food, Water Scarcity
November 4th, 2022
Via Terra Daily, a report on a new Greenpeace study focused on the Middle East’s climate risks: The Middle East is at high risk of water and food scarcity as well as severe heat waves as a result of climate change, said a Greenpeace study released Wednesday. Published only days ahead of the UN climate […]
Read more »Middle East and North Africa: Dry and Disorderly
August 8th, 2021
Courtesy of The Economist, an article on the parched countries of the Middle East and North Africa: In the neighbourhood of Algiers where the presidential palace and foreign embassies are located, some think the water pressure has increased of late. But don?t tell those living in the suburbs of Algeria?s capital, where the taps have […]
Read more »Water Conflicts in International Rivers
October 12th, 2020
Via ESRI, a report on water conflicts on international rivers: October 24, 2020?is the deadline of the?U.S water debt?in which Mexico still has to release about 300 million cubic meters of water to the Rio Grande. The U.S. water debt is part of the?1944 treaty?about the water utilization of the Rio Grande, Colorado and Tijuana […]
Read more »Water Protests in Algeria Are Giving Cause for Concern about its Long-Term Stability
May 1st, 2019
Via Future Directions International, a report on Algeria’s water stress: As Algerians continue to protest about the country?s government, following?Abdelaziz Bouteflika?s?resignation, demonstrations have also broken out in eastern Algeria, where protesters have demanded?better access to drinking water. The protests occurred in Hammamet, near the town of Tebessa, where tensions have continued to rise since the […]
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