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World’s Looming Water Crisis
October 10th, 2021
Via the World Meterological Organization, an article on the world’s looming water crisis: Water-related hazards like floods and droughts are increasing because of climate change. The number of people suffering water stress is expected to soar, exacerbated by population increase and dwindling availability. But management, monitoring, forecasting and early warnings are fragmented and inadequate, whilst global […]
Read more »Migration: Soon To Be The Biggest Climate Challenge Of All
October 4th, 2021
Via National Geographic, a look at how – as heat, drought and rising sea levels make regions uninhabitable – millions of people will need to find new homes: As diplomats and negotiators from around the world prepare to gather in Glasgow, Scotland, in November for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, governments and industries are getting […]
Read more »How Water Shortages Are Brewing Wars
October 1st, 2021
Courtesy of BBC, an article on how unprecedented levels of dam building and water extraction by nations on great rivers are leaving countries further downstream increasingly thirsty, increasing the risk of conflicts: Speaking to me via Zoom from his flat in Amsterdam, Ali al-Sadr pauses to take a sip from a clear glass of water. […]
Read more »Four West African Countries Pledge Cooperation On Giant Aquifer
October 1st, 2021
Via Terra Daily, an article on four West African countries making a pledge on giant shared aquifer: Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania and Senegal on Wednesday pledged to exploit their joint water resources sustainably. Ministers in charge of water, meeting in Geneva, made the vow over the Senegal-Mauritanian Aquifer Basin (SMAB), a vast groundwater resource on which […]
Read more »Climate Change’s Threat To Africa’s Water Supplies
October 1st, 2021
Via AllAfrica, an article on the impact of climate change on Africa’s water supplies: Following challenges in access to water supply, WaterAid Nigeria, Tuesday, raised alarm over threat posed by dreaded climate change to water supplies in Africa. This was made known by WaterAid in a statement, where it announced Africa Climate Week, to be […]
Read more »Droughts Push More People to Migrate Than Floods
August 28th, 2021
Via Circle of Blue, an article about a recent World Bank report that people are five times as likely to move following drought conditions as they are after floods or periods of excess water: After a year of extreme weather, people in the drylands of northern California and the hurricane-drenched bayous of southern Louisiana are […]
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