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The Global Rundown An analysis of 1,800 riots in sub-Saharan Africa verifies the hypothesis that drought is linked to outbreaks of unrest. The total number of cholera cases in Yemen could reach 1 million by the end of the year, according to Red Cross projections. UN Agencies and a variety of global partners join together […]
The Global Rundown Devices that turn water evaporation into electricity could soon provide massive amounts of renewable energy. The Trump administration repealed a ban on disposable water bottles in U.S. National Parks despite a report that showed the ban was cutting back on plastic pollution. Educating people in India on the importance of good hygiene […]
The Global Rundown Conflict in the tumultuous Lake Chad Basin worsens as nations fight over the lake’s diminishing water supply. In the face of “unprecedented security challenges,” NATO establishes seven baseline goals for countries to stay resilient, including maintaining adequate water resources. The Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace publishes a report on water […]
The Global Rundown Global warming could produce millions of acres of new farmland in Canada as frigid land thaws. Drought conditions are expected to ease throughout Australia as a cold front brings rain. Hurricane Maria weakens a dam in Puerto Rico, prompting thousands of downstream communities to evacuate. Drought-stricken nations across the world are turning […]
The Global Rundown Thousands are without clean water as Myanmar’s “ethnic cleansing” of Rohingya Muslims continues. China sparks tension with India by withholding hydrological data for the Brahmaputra River. India and Pakistan fail to reach a resolution during the latest round of talks on the Indus Waters Treaty. The World Health Organization plans to wage […]
The Global Rundown Overcrowded refugee camps on Greece’s eastern Aegean islands struggle to provide adequate water and sanitation to the displaced. Cholera spreads through the Congo’s Grand Kasai region, where 1.4 million are displaced due to violence. Water shortages spark an increase in human-animal conflicts in Tamil Nadu, India. War and drought in East Africa […]
Pioneering water law gained relevance in dry weather for solving hazards of water inequality. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue Though the nation’s first state law to assure the human right to safe water and sanitation was enacted in California in 2012, not much happened immediately afterward. The law existed in a dormant state, like […]
The state was the first in the U.S. to declare a human right to water. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue Hundreds of thousands of California residents, perhaps as many as one million of the 39 million people in the state, do not have safe drinking water or toilet facilities. The wide gap in access […]
The Global Rundown Climate change could eradicate a third of the world’s parasites by 2070, according to new research. Deadly Hurricane Irma makes landfall on several Caribbean islands and continues toward Florida. Rebuilding infrastructure in flood-stricken Peru will cost nearly $8 billion. Inadequate sanitation fuels a hookworm epidemic in the southern United States. A “flash drought,” […]
The Global Rundown Over 180 million people around the world lack clean water due to conflict, according to UN estimates. Thousands of Rohingya Muslims are in need of water and other aid as violent fighting drives them from their homes in Myanmar. A hospital in Gorakhpur, India is under fire after the death of 42 […]
The Global Rundown China pledges to cut air pollution in several northern cities by 15 percent each year. A Russian tanker sailed an Arctic sea route without an icebreaker for the first time. The main provider of water and sanitation services in Puerto Rico lost the ability to borrow money, putting the island’s water infrastructure […]
The Global Rundown The UN Security Council called on the UN Secretary-General to provide early warning when a conflict could lead to famine. India and Pakistan move closer to resolving a dispute over the Indus Waters Treaty. Residents slowly return to Mosul, Iraq, despite the city’s destruction. Aid agencies prepare for post-election violence in Kenya, […]
