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The Global Rundown A new study questions China’s future water security, despite major infrastructure projects. Meanwhile, foreign water companies are looking eagerly at China’s burgeoning water market. In Africa, soil degradation is threatening food production, and communities near Lake Turkana worry about conflict if water levels decline due to a new dam. Mexico is building […]
Water scarcity and extreme weather are two reasons that food prices will stay high, however.
Despite early-warning systems, the world lacks urgency in heading off slow-moving disasters.
Stockholm hosts largest-ever international conference on global contest for water and energy. Photo © Keith Schneider / Circle of Blue The 24th annual World Water Week in Stockholm attracted 3,000 participants from 130 countries to discuss the ties between energy and water. Click image to enlarge. STOCKHOLM — Of all the world’s developed nations, none […]
The start of the rainy season adds logistical hurdles to the humanitarian response and increases fears of disease outbreaks. Photo © UNICEF/Kate Holt On March 23, a girl fills a jerrycan at a water point run by UNICEF at a displacement site on the Tomping base of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan, […]
Climate Change The next report released by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is expected to contain stronger warnings about the security of the world’s food supply, The New York Times reported, citing a leaked version of the report. Previous releases from the IPCC reflected hope that the increased plant growth prompted by […]
The dust of Egypt’s leadership transition has barely begun to settle, and already the new government is working to forestall any loss in supply or access to the Nile’s waters. Meanwhile, Ethiopia continues upstream with one of the largest hydropower projects in the world.
“Smarter and Stronger” Better data and coordination, financial protections for homeowners, and resilient infrastructure are major pieces to the federal government’s rebuilding plan for the Mid-Atlantic states struck by Hurricane Sandy. President Obama created a task force in December 2012 to give cabinet-level gravitas to the rebuilding plan. The resulting 200-page document and its 69 […]
The U.S. Agency for International Development last week unveiled a new strategy for water that sets criteria for project selection and numeric targets for people served. Photo © J. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue Two children bathe in an alley in Manila, capital of the Philippines. The U.S. Agency for International Development’s aid to […]
U.S. consumers have just started to feel the effects of last summer’s drought at the supermarket. Prices are expected to continue increasing throughout 2013.
Water security should have a common language, and it should be a priority for global sustainable development goals, according to a new report by UN-Water.
Asia and the Pacific Lack of access to safe water in Pacific countries and stressed rivers in Asia are threats to the regions’ water security, according to a new study from the Asian Development Bank and the Asia-Pacific Water Forum. The study found that 75 percent of countries in Asia and the Pacific currently lack […]
