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25 May 2022 SANTIAGO, Chile
Chile: Amid Drought, Mines Struggle To Find Water Resources
Chile's copper and lithium producers resort to desalination, water re-use, shorter showers. Government struggles to find balance global climate policies and economic benefit of mining.
5 Apr 2022 PHNOM PENH, Cambodia
Cambodia: Three Year Drought, Upstream Dam Construction Affects Phnom Penh Water Supply
Ongoing drought, coupled with rising global temperatures and extensive dam construction upstream in China and Laos have left thousands of residents in Cambodia's capital without sufficient access to clean and safe drinking water.
14 Feb 2022 LONDON
Copper Mining Giant To Cut Production
The drought not only is impacting miners, but also farmers and wine makers, which has led the authorities to reform the nation’s water code.
14 Feb 2022 BUENOS AIRES, Argentina
Parana River Hits 80-year Record Low Level
Historic drought has affected commodity transportation on the river, regional ecosystems, fishing industry and tourism and power production. Continuation of below-normal levels of precipitation anticipated.
9 Jan 2022 KONYA
Konya Technical University Research May Alleviate Impact On Central Belt Drought
New research in application of wastewater reveals different responses from different crops.
26 May 2021 Taipei, Taiwan
Taiwan Drought: Microchip Lead Times Soar As Curbs On Water Use Tighten
Global industries face escalating microchip supply chain bottlenecks as Taiwan continues to ration water in the face of the worst drought in 56 years. The island nation has had no significant rainfall in more than a year.
16 Mar 2021 TAIPEI, China
Drought Hits Lagging Chip Production In Taiwan
Taiwan government orders reduction of water consumption in face of worst drought in 56 years. Microchip manufacturing sector hard hit.
16 Feb 2021 BEIJING
New Expansion Of China's South-North Water Transfer Project
China will expand a massive project that diverts water from the Yangtze River Basin to the drought-prone north this year, making the Xiong'an New Area in Hebei province one of the new beneficiaries.Almost 9.5 billion cubic meters of water was diverted through the South-North Water Diversion Project last year, taking the total amount diverted to more than 40 billion cubic meters, Jiang Xuguang, chairman of South-North Water Diversion Group, told the company's annual work conference on Friday...
7 Feb 2021 EDMONTON
Alberta Residents Fear Canadian Province's Water Giveaway To Big Coal
Amid concerns about droughts, selenium pollution, at-risk species and Indigenous consultation, the Alberta government is poised to allow coal companies to undercut a functioning water market. The Alberta government’s rescindment of a longstanding coal policy, leaving previously protected lands available to open-pit coal mining, has locals concerned about family livelihoods...
7 Feb 2021 LUSAKA
Zambian Climate Resilience Project Wins ChangeMaker Award
A climate resilient project in Zambia supported by the African Development Bank and Climate Investment Funds (CIF) has won the Water ChangeMaker People’s Choice Award-Africa. The Strengthening Climate Resilience in the Kafue Sub-basin Pilot Program for Climate Resilience beat two other finalists identified by an expert jury to win first prize with roughly 7,000 votes...
3 Feb 2021 ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates
Promoting Rain Enhancement Approaches, Technologies
Leading national and international researchers, scientists and stakeholders gathered virtually in attendance of the fifth International Rain Enhancement Forum (IREF) to address global water and sustainability issues, hosted by the UAE 25-36 January.In his keynote speech at the panel discussion titled "Outlook for Global Water Security in the Light of Climate Change", Abdullah Belhaif Al Nuaimi, UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment warned that climate change will begin to generate water stress in parts of the world which currently have sufficient access to water resources...
17 Dec 2020 CHICAGO IL, United States
Water Futures Market Launches: Opportunity Or Threat? Workable Or Unworkable?
Financial futures contracts tied to the spot price of water related to the $1.1 Billion USD California spot water market traded on Wall Street for the first time, opening a market for farmers and investors to hedge against water scarcity.The contracts, tied to the Nasdaq Veles California Water Index that was launched two years ago, are financial instruments as there is no associated physical delivery mechanism...