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10 Jun 2020 GENEVA, Switzerand

Niger: Malian Refugees Killed And Water Facility Destroyed In Armed Attack On Camp

Over 50 armed men on motorbikes attacked a refugee camp in western Niger 31 May, killing two Malian refugee leaders and a local host community leader. The site hosts some 20,000 refugees and an additional 15,000 displaced Niger nationals. The United Nations High Commission on Human Rights (UNHCR) reports that the gunmen then torched food supplies and aid items, destroyed mobile phone towers and the main water station and pipe network...

27 Dec 2019 BAGHDAD, Iraq

Water Scarcity And Conflict Are Drivers Of Iraq Migration Patterns

While human migration in northern Iraq is often driven by conflict, in the south of the country it is more often linked to livelihood factors such as water scarcity and the loss of arable land according to a new report. This first "Migration Profile" of Iraq, released 19 December, is a joint effort of the Iraq Ministries of Migration and Displacement, Foreign Affairs, Justice, Labor and Social Affairs, Planning, Interior in cooperation with the International Organization for Migration (IOM)...

27 Dec 2019 ANKARA, Turkey

Conflict Then Flash Floods: 230,000 Children Affected In Northern Syria

Flash flooding in northern Syria has particularly affected over 230,000 children who have already been displaced by conflict in 2019, according to NGO Save the Children.In Northwest Syria, several camps were inundated, with the rain destroying about 500 tents and additional tents being abandoned when they became uninhabitable...

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...

8 Mar 2019 WASHINGTON DC, United States

World Bank Group, Other International Organizations Can Be Sued In The US When Their Loans Cause Environmental Damage

The United States Supreme Court has ruled for the first time that The World Bank Group and other international organizations can be sued in the US when international investments go wrong and damage the environment. The World Bank Group is the largest single investor in water projects globally.The Court issued a 7-1 decision in Jam v...

24 Feb 2019 WASHINGTON, DC, United Statess

Trump To Challenge His Own Agencies' Climate Change Risk Assessment

A new United States “Presidential Committee on Climate Security” will undertake an "adversarial" review of climate science to determine if research has overstated the risks posed by global warming according to a White House memorandum leaked this week. The group will be run by William Happer, a prominent opponent of climate science in the climate-change-denying administration of the country’s President Donald Trump...

3 Feb 2019 WASHINGTON DC, United States

US Intelligence Community Warns Of Climate Change Threats

"Climate hazards such as extreme weather, higher temperatures, droughts, floods, wildfires, storms, sea level rise, soil degradation, and acidifying oceans are intensifying, threatening infrastructure, health, and water and food security," according a new report representing the consensus view among the US's top intelligence officials...

8 Oct 2018 CORVALLIS, United States

OOSKAnews Voices: The Long View On Long-Term Climate Impacts: Building Cathedrals Of Resilience

OOSKAnews Voices is a series of guest “opinion columns” written by senior participants in different parts of the international water community. In this article, John H. Matthews, co-founder and secretariat coordinator for the Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA), which is chaired by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) and the World Bank, observes that cities are the landscapes where most climate adaptation decisions are being negotiated and contested...

19 Aug 2018 DURHAM, United States

Future Fracking Practices Will Require Far More Water Than Previously Estimated

A dramatic increase in fracking's water footprint in the United States from 2011 to 2016 indicates that future hydraulic fracturing practices will require far more water than previously estimated. A new report from Duke University has found that the water use per fracking well increased up to 770 Percent over the period and, importantly, that the toxic wastewater produced in the first year of a well's production jumped to 1440 Percent...

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8 May 2018 DONETSK, Ukraine

Ukraine: US OSCE Envoy Hits Out At Russia Over Security At Donetsk Filter Station

The Chargé d’Affaires of the US Mission to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has spoken out in strong terms to OSCE leadership about the deteriorating security situation around the Donetsk water filtration station in Eastern Ukraine, laying blame firmly at the door of Russia...

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23 Apr 2018 Donetsk, Ukraine

Ukraine: Donetsk Filtration Plant Resumes Service After Closure Caused By Gunfire

The Donetsk water filtration station in Eastern Ukraine is reported to have resumed centralized water supplies to the town of Avdiyivka."As of 05:00 on April 23, water supplies to households in Avdiyivka (22,000 people), the village of Lastochkyne and the village of Orlivka in Yasynuvata district (1,500 people) resumed in full," the press service of the Ukrainian State Emergency Service reported (per UNIAN)...

19 Apr 2018 DONETSK, Ukraine

Ukraine: Donetsk Filtration Station Closed After Five Workers Injured By Gunfire

The Donetsk water filtration station in eastern Ukraine has been shut down for security reasons after five employees of the plant were wounded when by small gunfire on April 17 while traveling to work by bus. The Donbass plant ceased operating at 15:05 local time on Wednesday, April 18, enterprise Voda Donbasa's website said...