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South Asia’s Water Crisis: A Problem Of Scarcity & Politicization
November 22nd, 2021
Via JetSet Times, a report on South Asia’s Water scarcity has emerged particularly as a highly contentious and critical issue within South Asia, one of the world’s most dynamic regions and home to nearly two billion people. One of the recently released United Nations World Water Development Reports warns that by 2030, only 60% of the world’s […]
Read more »Israel, Jordan to Sign Water-for-Energy Deal
November 19th, 2021
Via The Palestine Chronicle, a report on a water-for-energy agreement signed between Israel and Jordan: A deal between Israel and Jordan that will see an exchange of solar power and freshwater between the two countries is expected to be signed next week, according to Haaretz. The terms of the agreement state that solar energy produced […]
Read more »Drought and Crumbling Infrastructure: Threats to Kyrgyzstan’s Agricultural Sector
November 19th, 2021
Via The Diplomat, a report on how the agricultural sector’s struggles with water scarcity presage wider troubles in Kyrgyzstan if infrastructure and policies cannot be fixed: According to a World Food Program forecast, the summer of 2021 was predicted to be much drier, hotter, and with little rainfall for the entire Central Asian region than previous […]
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 […]
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