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Water Scarcity: The Most Severe Threat Facing MENA
March 15th, 2020
Via The Cairo Review of Global Affairs, commentary on the water scarcity crisis in the Middle East/North Africa region: Water scarcity is one of the most pressing issues facing the international community today and has gained widespread attention recently due to the rise in global temperatures and the increase in water consumption in a number […]
Read more »Economic and Political Challenges Limit Progress on Water Security in Pakistan
March 13th, 2020
Via Future Directions International, a report on Pakistan’s economic challenges to improving the nation’s water security: Key Points Pakistan is a food surplus country but experiences high levels of food insecurity, mainly due to poor access. Most Pakistani households are unable to afford nutritious diets. Rates of malnutrition are alarmingly high. Close to half of […]
Read more »Himalayan Towns Facing Imminent Water Crisis
March 10th, 2020
Via Scroll.in, a report on the Himalaya water crisis where the demand-supply gap is as steep as 70% in some parts of the Hindu Kush Himalayan region. Famed mountain retreats such as Mussoorie, Darjeeling and Kathmandu may soon face acute water distress, with a demand-supply gap already as vast as 70% in some towns, new […]
Read more »Bangladesh Declares Water Emergency
March 10th, 2020
Via Third Pole.net, a report on Bangladesh’s water scarcity challenge and its efforts to shift farmers away from growing water guzzling rice in a race to save depleting water tables: The Bangladesh government is about to declare a “state of water emergency” in the drought prone Barind tract in the northwest of the country, where […]
Read more »Thirst Stalking Towns In The Himalayas
March 7th, 2020
Via India Climate Dialogue, a look at how urban settlements in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region are facing acute water scarcity due to dying mountain springs and changes brought on by climate change: The Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region is the water tower for most of Asia, but many of its residents face increasing water […]
Read more »250 million People Rely On The Nile For Water That May Not exist By 2080
March 7th, 2020
Via Quartz, an article on the Nile’s parched future: The Nile river snakes through 11 countries, providing hundreds of millions of people with the majority of their water supply. For many, it is their only water source. Egypt, for one, gets about 85% of its water from the river—and experts expect the country to face a nationwide freshwater shortage by […]
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