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21 Jul 2021 Washington DC, United States

US Drought Brings Wildfires, Water Shortages, Crop Failure

As the west of the US swelters and burns under sustained drought conditions, there are wider implications for national security and global food prices. Water levels in the Colorado River system are dangerously low and states are bickering over access to irrigation waters.

17 Dec 2020 WASHINGTON DC, United States

US-funded "Mekong Dam Monitor" Launches

A new, United States-funded real-time data platform using remote sensing is designed to bring transparency to dam operations in China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and Cambodia. While the platform will aid understanding of the effects of upstream dams, it may also exacerbate US-China rivalry in the basin...

29 Jul 2020 New York, United States

The Climate Emergency As A Danger To Peace

“The climate emergency is a danger to peace”, Miroslav Jenca, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas told the Security Council 18 July, as he called on peace and security actors to play their role and help speed up implementation of the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change...

5 Mar 2020 KATHMANDU, Nepal

Holistic Approach Required To Secure Safe Water Supply In Himalayan Towns

A new study covering 13 towns across four countries in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region shows that Himalayan towns are facing increased water insecurity as a consequence of inadequate urban planning coupled with rapidly changing climate.A research project produced by International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and its partners explores the connection between water availability, water supply systems, rapid urbanisation and consequent increase in water demand, and the overall effect on towns in HKH region...

3 Mar 2020 WASHINGTON DC, United States

"How Likely Warming Scenarios Indicate A Catastrophic Security Future"

A new report from the National Security, Military and Intelligence Panel (NSMIP) of US Institute the Center for Climate and Security, warns of high-to-catastrophic security threats arising as a consequence of plausible climate change trajectories that have impact on water resources.The panel, made up of national security, military and intelligence experts, analyzed the globe through the lens of US Geographic Combatant Commands, warns that in order to avoid the threats it will be necessary to quickly reduce and phase out global greenhouse gas emissions...

19 Feb 2020 MUNICH, Germany

Water Insecurity As A Driver Of Global Instability

A new report, compiled and written by international military and security experts, provides a global overview of security risks specifically as they relate to changing climate. It recommends “climate-proofing” international security (including infrastructure, institutions and policies) as well as significant reduction in emissions in order to contain, if not avert, significant-to-catastrophic security threats...

25 Oct 2019 Washington DC, United States

Remarkable US Army Climate Change Report Studies Conflict Risk, What Caused Syria War, Bangladesh Risk, Geo-engineering!

A combination of global starvation, war, drought and disease could have devastating effects on world security according to a report from several United States agencies including the US Army, Defense Intelligence Agency, and NASA, under the rubric of the United States Army War College.The study, “Implications of Climate Change for the U...

22 Oct 2019 VIENNA, Austria

Water Footprint Of European Power Production Measured

A new European Union (EU) report calls for increased investment in solar, wind and other renewable power sources to improve water use efficiency in electricity generation.Energy security for the EU is a priority of the European Commission. Researchers from the EU's Joint Research Center, published 18 October, indicates that although both blue and green water resources are increasingly scarce, the EU currently does not explicitly account for water resource use in its energy related policies...

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21 Jul 2019 ROME, Italy

World Is Off-track Re SDG Targets: UNFAO

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UNFA)) has issued a grim first report on progress towards achieving four critical Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with respect to eradicating hunger, providing access to sanitation, and conserving marine and land resources (Goals 4, 6, 14 and 15, respectively)...

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11 May 2019 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados

Green Climate Fund: $45.6 Million USD For Barbados Potable Water Access, Climate Change Resilience

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has committed $45.6 Million USD to its first single-country investment in the Caribbean to support the Water Sector Resilience Nexus for Sustainability in Barbados (WSRN S-Barbados) project. GCF is a fund established within the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to assist developing countries in adaptation and mitigation practices to counter climate change...

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7 Apr 2019 CAIRO, Egypt

Climate Change, Conflict Exacerbate NENA Water Scarcity, Hunger

The Director General of the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (UNFAO) has emphasized the necessity to “scale-up” innovation, policies and investments in the water sector in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region. Citing climatic events and conflict as key contributors to rising rates of water scarcity and hunger in the region, Jose Graziano da Silva noted that poverty affects one in three in the countryside in the region and called for a new level of investment and policy coordination to deal with water, food and trade...

4 Mar 2019 GENEVA, Switzerland

The Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Mauritania, Senegal Discuss Joint Management Of Shared Aquifer System

In a first-of-its-kind meeting, representatives of the four countries sharing the Senegal-Mauitania aquifer met in in February in a transboundary collaboration to exchange the current state of knowledge on the complex system that supplies water to The Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Mauritania, and Senegal...