Water Scarcity

ValueWalk’s interview with Hugh W. Brown Jr., Senior Manager, Investor Engagement on Water at Ceres. In this interview, Hugh discusses his company’s background, how the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals are impacting their mission, how other influential firm…

There is a strange contradiction at the heart of our federal government and its response to climate change. While most of Washington has been woefully neglectful of the crisis or outright denying its existence, what is arguably our most conservative instituti…

Many aspects of modern energy systems necessitate access to reliable water resources. The findings of a new study involving IIASA researchers shows that Developing Asia's long-term electricity generation plans - which relies heavily on coal power generation -…

The already hot and arid Middle East is getting dryer, with satellite imagery showing that the region is losing water earlier and faster than previously forecast. The decline is a result of an alarming combination of drought and increased groundwater demand. …

Over the last year, I read every book, essay, and roman à clef about my field I could find. I came out convinced that the problems with international development are real, they are fundamental, and I might, in fact, be one of them. But I also found that its t…

—LONDON, 20 March, 2018 The number of climate refugees people migrating to escape the effects of the warming climate could reach many millions in barely 30 years from now, the World Bank says. The total is a conservative one: it is based on just three region…

Its not unlike a storyline from a dystopian film about the taps running dry in cities around the world. Except that it may soon be a reality for around a dozen towns in Australia and scientists say its a warning for the rest of the world. Day Zero, as its…

Its not unlike a storyline from a dystopian film about the taps running dry in cities around the world. Except that it may soon be a reality for around a dozen towns in Australia and scientists say its a warning for the rest of the world. Day Zero, as its…

Structured Abstract Abstract Increased concentrations of atmospheric greenhouse gases have led to a global mean surface temperature 1.0°C higher than during the pre-industrial period. We expand on the recent IPCC Special Report on global warming of 1.5°C an…

Eingebetteter Medieninhalt Eingebetteter Medieninhalt Dieses Jemenkrieg-Mosaik besteht aus zwei Teilen / This Yemen War Mosaic is divided in two parts Part 1: https://www.freitag.de/autoren/dklose/jemenkrieg-mosaik-576-yemen-war-mosaic-576 ... USA beschul…