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In an era when more risks are becoming profound realities, HotSpots H2O helps make sense of a changing, often stressed global waterscape.

HotSpots H2O: Ongoing Madagascar Famine Is Driven By Poverty, Not Climate Change

December 6, 2021
A new study shows the vulnerability of the world’s poorest nations even without climate breakdown, its authors say.
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HotSpots H2O: In Afghanistan, Political Upheaval Aggravates Drought-Fueled Famine

November 15, 2021
Drought, a financial crisis, and political collapse are accelerating the country’s decline into all-out famine.
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HotSpots H2O: World Spending on Climate Adaptation Must Increase Five- or Tenfold

November 8, 2021
While climate adaptation planning is more widespread than ever, the U.N. says the gap between current spending and needed funding is enormous, and widening.
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HotSpots H2O: The Philippines’ Largest Wetland Faces Prospect of Drilling

November 1, 2021
The newly autonomous Bangsamoro government has invited investors to pursue drilling projects in a marsh critical for both Indigenous peoples and wildlife.
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HotSpots H2O: Flooding Is Latest Strain on South Sudan

October 25, 2021
Torrential rainfall is battering one of the world’s poorest countries, laying bare its weak infrastructure.
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HotSpots H2O: As Famine Looms in East Africa, Humanitarian Groups Call for Urgent Action

October 18, 2021
Drought has left millions in the region facing food insecurity—and conditions are expected to get worse.
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HotSpots H2O: New Report Urges Policymakers to ‘Wake Up to the Looming Water Crisis’

October 11, 2021
Current rates of progress on water, sanitation, and hygiene would need to quadruple to meet UN targets.
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HotSpots H2O: Years-Long Drought Pushes Brazil to the Brink

October 4, 2021
The country’s worst drought in nearly a century is choking commerce, threatening ecosystems, and diminishing hydroelectric power generation.
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HotSpots H2O: ‘Global Indigenous Agenda’ Calls for Water, Land, and Resource Governance at 2021 IUCN World Congress

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September 13, 2021
The newly released “Global Indigenous Agenda for the Governance of Indigenous Lands, Territories, Waters, Coastal Seas and Natural Resources,” authored by the IUCN Indigenous partner organizations, outlines five goals that together seek to strengthen the relationship between Indigenous land rights and sustainable environmental conservation.
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HotSpots H2O: Flash Floods and Landslides Devastate Western Venezuela

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August 30, 2021
Torrential rain fell relentlessly this past week in western Venezuela, producing floods that destroyed over 1,200 buildings and displaced thousands of people.
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HotSpots H2O: In Malaysia, the Mah Meri Resist Eviction from Coastal Homeland

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August 23, 2021
In Malaysia, a proposed beach resort dubbed a “world-class eco-city” is threatening to evict Mah Meri families from one of their oldest coastal towns, what is today known as Bagan Lalang.
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HotSpots H2O: In Madagascar, Droughts Caused by Climate Change Contribute to Famine

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August 16, 2021
The devastating famine in Madagascar--one of the lowest emitters of carbon and greenhouse gasses in the world--stands out as being heavily influenced by climate change.
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HotSpots H2O: Argentina’s Paraná River Drops to 77-Year Low, Resulting in Economic Loss and Wildfires

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August 9, 2021
By Christian Thorsberg, Circle of Blue The Paraná River…
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HotSpots H2O: Ongoing Madagascar Famine Is Driven By Poverty, Not Climate Change

December 6, 2021/0 Comments/in HotSpots H2O, Water News, WEF /by Laura Gersony

A new study shows the vulnerability of the world’s poorest nations even without climate breakdown, its authors say.

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Laura Gersony

Laura Gersony is a reporter with Circle of Blue and a third year at the University of Chicago, where she’s studying Political Science and Environmental Studies. She’s passionate about communicating how climate change and other environmental issues are experienced on the ground. In her free time, you can find Laura nursing seedlings on her windowsill, skateboarding around Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood, or making unreasonably specific playlists on Spotify.

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Previous HotSpots H2O

  • HotSpots H2O: Ongoing Madagascar Famine Is Driven By Poverty, Not Climate ChangeDecember 6, 2021 - 6:07 am
  • HotSpots H2O: Unusually Powerful ‘Atmospheric River’ Pummels British Columbia and Pacific NorthwestNovember 22, 2021 - 6:07 am
  • HotSpots H2O: In Afghanistan, Political Upheaval Aggravates Drought-Fueled FamineNovember 15, 2021 - 6:07 am
  • HotSpots H2O: World Spending on Climate Adaptation Must Increase Five- or TenfoldNovember 8, 2021 - 6:07 am
  • HotSpots H2O: The Philippines’ Largest Wetland Faces Prospect of DrillingNovember 1, 2021 - 6:07 am

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