While soft-drink producers are making their sodas cheaper than ever, San Cristóbal in Mexico is running out of water. Photo: Pixabay.
Of: The Chancellery
Around 12 percent of the world's population uses 85 percent of the planet's water and around 1.1 billion people today live without access to clean water. FUF-Lund's new issue "Water and Development" highlights this important topic, with texts from China, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Sri Lanka, Jordan, the USA and Iran.
June 17, 2019, News
While soft-drink producers are making their sodas cheaper than ever, San Cristóbal in Mexico is running out of water. Photo: Pixabay.
Of: 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 neighborhoods 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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June 17, 2019, Publishing, English, Magazine
Should the access to water be privatized or should it be free for everyone? Photo: United Nations Photo / Flickr.
Of: 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.
June 17, 2019, English, Magazine, Opinion
The Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet, which is also known as Brahmaputra Photo: He Mou, Flickr.
Of: 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 neighboring countries?
June 17, 2019, Paper, English, Magazine
The historic Kashkan bridge was damaged in the recent flood. Photo: Ali Mostafanezhad.
Of: Seyyed Hasan Hosseini
Heavy rainfall and flooding in late March and early April 2019 affected millions of people in Iran, causing 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.
June 17, 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.
Of: 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 just some of the overlapping challenges that the international community faces.
June 17, 2019, Paper, English, Magazine
Vakhsh River, Tajikistan. Photo: Wikimedia
Of: Jonathan Wirth's and 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 the Vakhsh River in Tajikistan illustrates how the demand for water can become the source of various conflicts.
June 17, 2019, English, Long read, Magazine
Algae blooms occur when the water is polluted with excessive nutrients. Photo: F. Lamiot / Flickr.
Of: 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.
June 17, 2019, Paper, English, Magazine
Mujib Dam, holds 35 million cubic meters of water. It primarily supplies Amman, helping to ease a very stressed national water supply. Photo: Leonardo / Flickr.
Of: 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 millimeters of rainfall per year. Added to this, climate change is reducing […]
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June 17, 2019, English, Magazine, News article
Extracting sand for building material affects ecosystems and causes islands to erode and disappear. Photo: USACE NY, Flickr.
Of: Aida Esmailzadeh Davani and Erika Alm
Selling sand in the desert is an old proverb to describe a skilled salesman. However, the definition may need to be reevaluated. Sand used in construction is becoming a rare and precious resource and the high demand is causing problems for ecosystems and humans alike.
June 17, 2019, Paper, English, Magazine
