In rural northwest Iraq, employment opportunities outside of farming are rare. Without sufficient water supply to maintain these livelihoods, the so-called...

Climate change severely impacts water supply, food security, migration, and natural resource management in the Levant. The Cascades workshop held in Istanbul...

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has been under construction since 2011 and has had serious political implications for Ethiopia’s relations with Sudan and...

Nepal is sacrificing its ecology and neglecting domestic priorities to build economic ties with India, says The Third Pole's Ramesh Bhushal.

Amid worries of the Qosh Tepa canal causing large-scale damage to farmland in the region, experts say crisis can be avoided by including Afghanistan in...

There cannot be climate action without water action. The acknowledgement of this at this year’s UN Water Conference could represent a "once in a generation...

Amid a severe drought, Afghan scientists are asking the international community to engage with the brutal regime.

To build resilience to water insecurity among vulnerable communities in Eastern Africa and beyond, research from the adelphi-WFP Climate Adaptation Learning...

One man’s mission to remove trash from the polluted river in Baghdad has inspired a nationwide movement that shows how environmental efforts inspire peace.

On 12 July 2022, students and young professionals from various academic disciplines and sectors  took part in a training on Climate Change and Security in...

There are signs that improving relations between Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan could lead to better management of water.

Global water security is increasingly threatened. Accounting for water use and risk ought to have the same urgency with which we address carbon.

The destruction of a dam across the North Crimean Canal is the most recent entry in the Water Conflict Chronology, a compendium of violent acts related to water...

Ahead of the next edition of the Climate Sensitive Programming for Sustaining Peace course, UNSSC authors offer insights on lessons learned.

Talks over the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) have stalled following Ethiopia’s second filling of the dam in July last year. What is the...

The climate data for 2021 is now mostly in, and it has proved to be another noteworthy year across the oceans, atmosphere, cryosphere and surface temperature of...

The Kandadji Dam project in Niger is projected to displace about 38,000 people living near the Niger River due to the ongoing activities. Focusing only on the...

With the Taliban back in power in Afghanistan, and with the Afghan people’s climate-induced humanitarian needs as acute as ever, the need to promote resilience...

Improved water security is critical as climate change worsens. Local climate data is needed to mitigate risks for vulnerable communities.

Connected and healthy rivers deliver many important benefits, but if all currently proposed hydropower dams are built, over 260,000 km of rivers will lose free...