In March, the Trump Administration released a new budget proposal that would cut funding to the Department of State and U.S. Agency for International...
WATCH: In this video, Kitty van der Heijden reports first-hand on conflicts resulting from water scarcity in the Nile region and the urgency to utilize...
EcoPeace Middle East is an organization that seeks to create lasting peace though environmental cooperation and protection of shared natural resources. The...
WATCH: In the Middle East, the consequences of climate change are already a reality of life. The region is one of the most water-stressed areas in the world...
In the Middle East, the consequences of climate change are already a reality of life. The region is one of the most water-stressed areas in the world, the...
While all Americans know water is a precious resource, most of us take it for granted – until it’s not there when we need it. Three authors from the Wilson...
The ECC Factbook is an online tool presenting over 120 conflicts with an environmental dimension. This month, our Factbook team reviewed the links between food...
In Tunisia, food price inflation and declining living standards - exacerbated by strong volatility in international food prices - contributed to strong...
This case study explores the ways in which soaring global food prices have interacted with other risk factors in the MENA region to create conditions ripe for...
A deal aimed to double agricultural production and end hunger in Africa has underestimated the impact climate change will have on the continent’s food...
A contribution from guest writer Mohammad Bundokji, EcoPeace Middle East, on the compound climate-fragility risks arising from water scarcity, energy...
As a consequence of severe mismanagement, Yemen’s water availability is declining dramatically. The impacts on the people are unequally distributed, and...
Egypt is currently using more water than its internal renewable resources, mainly based on Nile fresh water inflows. Water stress in Egypt is expected to...
WATCH: The direct causes of the civil war in Syria relate to popular discontent with the government. Yet the mishandling of a major drought in the preceding...
Since the start of deep well drilling in the 1970s, Yemen’s groundwater resources have diminished at a rapid pace - fostered by state subsidies and the absence...
WATCH: Water is being used as a weapon of war on one of Syria’s deadliest battlegrounds, says the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and its local...
WATCH: Water is being used as a weapon of war on one of Syria’s deadliest battlegrounds, says the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and its local...
As world commodity prices rose in 2007 and 2010, Egypt experienced significant food price increases, followed by strikes and protests. Beyond the food crisis...