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Droughts In The Middle East: Here To Stay
November 9th, 2021
Via UAE’s The National, a report on Middle Eastern water scarcity: With an unprecedented number of droughts afflicting every corner of the world this year, it is clear that even the swiftest efforts to curb more variable rainfall and rising temperatures will be too late to prevent future water shortages. A new report from the […]
Read more »Jordan and Israel Sign Countries’ ‘Largest Water Sale’ Deal
October 13th, 2021
Via The Algemeiner, a report on a new water agreement between Jordan and Israel: Israel formally agreed Tuesday to double the amount of freshwater it provides to neighbor Jordan, one of the world’s most water-deficient countries. The agreement is proof that “we want good neighborly relations,” said Karine Elharrar, Israel’s infrastructure, energy and water resource […]
Read more »Drought Diplomacy Helps Boost Israel-Jordan Ties
August 31st, 2021
Via Terra Daily, an article on the water diplomacy between Israel and Jordan: As scientific warnings of dire climate change-induced drought grow, many in Israel and Jordan cast worried eyes at the river running between them and the critical but limited resources they share. This month the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change showed unequivocally that […]
Read more »The Middle East Is Running Out of Water and Becoming Uninhabitable
August 22nd, 2021
Via CNN, a report on how the Middle East is running out of water, and parts of it are becoming uninhabitable: The ferries that once shuttled tourists to and from the little islets in Iran’s Lake Urmia sit rusty, unable to move, on what is rapidly becoming a salt plain. Just two decades ago, Urmia was […]
Read more »Jordan Suffers Summer Of Water Shortages
July 1st, 2021
Via , a report on Jordan’s water scarcity crisis: Jordanians face the country’s worse water shortage in almost a decade due to the combined effect of weak rainfall and water overuse during COVID-19 lockdowns. The arid country had only 60 per cent of the rainfall it usually gets between October 2020 and May 2021, leaving […]
Read more »Drought-Hit Jordan ‘Critical’ As Water Sources Dry Up
May 6th, 2021
Via Terra Daily, a report on Jordan’s water crisis: Ahmad Daoud surveyed his shrivelled tomato plants near the Dead Sea in Jordan, where severe drought in what is already one of the world’s most water-deficient countries is hitting hard. “Look at how the land thirsts,” he said, walking on cracked earth stained with white salt […]
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