Many globally established schools of thought, like the Degrowth movement, have their origins in activism. Photo: Jeanne Menjoulet/Flickr
Av: Alexandru Mocanu
“Décroissance!, Décroissance!” This was a slogan that could be heard and seen on the streets of protesting Europe about two decades ago in reaction to the G8 Summit – an intergovernmental forum of the leaders from the most powerful countries. Known in English as Degrowth, it is now one of the major development alternative projects. […]
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30 januari, 2020, Chronicle, English, Magazine
Women are not being represented enough in politics in Georgia, but there are organizations working to change this. Photo: Maka Gogaladze/UN Women
Av: Åsa Setterquist
Gender stereotypes are hindering women from entering politics in Georgia. Today, only 16 percent of Georgia's members of parliament are women. IDP Women's Movement For Peace (IMEDI) wants to change this by supporting women’s political engagements.
25 november, 2019, English, FUF-korrespondenterna, Magazine
While soft-drink producers are making their sodas cheaper than ever, San Cristóbal in Mexico is running out of water. Photo: Pixabay.
Av: Fredrik Björksten
In the mountains of southern Mexico lies the city of San Cristóbal with around 170,000 inhabitants. Located in one of the rainiest regions in the country, you might be surprised to learn that many neighbourhoods in San Cristóbal only has running water two days a week. Luckily for the people, however, there’s a local bottling […]
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17 juni, 2019, Editorial, English, Magazine
Should the access to water be privatised or should it be free for everyone? Photo: United Nations Photo/Flickr.
Av: Kathrin Hegger
The supply of water, our most essential natural resource, will face shortages in the coming decades. Water was declared a human right by the UN in 2010. Therefore its accessibility should be ensured. In which way this will be done remains disputed.
17 juni, 2019, English, Magazine, Opinion
The Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet, which is also known as Brahmaputra Photo: He Mou, Flickr.
Av: Hanna Geschewski
China, source to some of the world’s largest rivers, has pushed for the construction of dams along its river systems at an unprecedented pace. But what does this concentration of power over water resources mean for neighbouring countries?
17 juni, 2019, Article, English, Magazine
The historic Kashkan bridge was damaged in the recent flood. Photo: Ali Mostafanezhad.
Av: Seyyed Hasan Hosseini
Heavy rainfall and flooding in late March and early April 2019 affected millions of people in Iran, caused deaths, displacement and catastrophic damage to the infrastructure. This is happening while the country has long suffered from frequent droughts and adaptive management practices are not in place to deal with such fluctuations.
17 juni, 2019, English, Guest piece, Magazine
The overlapping causes of Lake Chad’s humanitarian crisis pose a big challenge to the international community. Photo: EC/ECHO/Anouk Delafortrie, Flickr.
Av: Johanna Caminati Engström
As Boko Haram keeps making the news headlines and with 10.7 million people in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, the crisis in the Lake Chad basin is alarming. Drought, climate change, corrupt governance and religious extremism are only some of the overlapping challenges that the international community faces.
17 juni, 2019, Article, English, Magazine
Vakhsh River, Tajikistan. Photo: Wikimedia
Av: Jonathan Wirths och Tessa Stockburger
Water has often been a central topic in the relations between the five former Soviet Republics - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The current construction of Rogun Dam on Vakhsh River in Tajikistan illustrates how the demand for water can become the source of various conflicts.
17 juni, 2019, English, Long read, Magazine
Algae blooms occur when the water is polluted with excessive nutrients. Photo: F. Lamiot/Flickr.
Av: Carolina Yang
Agriculture today feeds off the world’s dwindling freshwater resources, yet is a major polluter to the oceans. Dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico is the toxic cultivation from industrial agriculture, choking much of the marine life. The integrated effort in food production and diet could allow the ocean to breathe again.
17 juni, 2019, Article, English, Magazine
Mujib Dam, holds 35 million cubic metres of water. It primarily supplies Amman, helping to ease a very stressed national water supply. Photo: Leonardo/Flickr.
Av: Siobhán Coskeran
While Jordan’s population is increasing, its water resources are more scarce than ever. Jordan is one of the most water-poor countries in the world. Geographical disadvantages are partly to blame; its climate is one of the driest in the world, receiving just 200 millimetres of rainfall per year. Added to this, climate change is reducing […]
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17 juni, 2019, English, Magazine, News article
