Water Scarcity

Smoke rises out of factories in Thailands Chonburi province in this February 2007 photo. (Reuters / Sukree Sukplang) EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up to receive the l…

Worlds end. Every day. We all die sooner or later. When you get to my age, its a subject that cant help but be on your mind. Whats unusual is this: its not just increasingly ancient folks like me who should be thinking such thoughts anymore. After all, world…

—Q & A with Lalisa Duguma Forests News caught up with climate change mitigation and adaptation scientist from World Agroforestry (ICRAF), Lalisa Duguma, at 2019s World Agroforestry Congress in Montpellier. Heres what he had to say: Its 2019, the world i…

(Tomdispatch.com) – Worlds end. Every day. We all die sooner or later. When you get to my age, its a subject that cant help but be on your mind. Whats unusual is this: its not just increasingly ancient folks like me who should be thinking such thoughts anym…

Editor’s Note: This week we hope you will join with Tikkun and  the Network of Spiritual Progressives in supporting what is being described by its organizers as the biggest youth-led global demonstration in history. On Friday, millions of people in 120+ count…

Worlds end. Every day. We all die sooner or later. When you get to my age, it's a subject that can't help but be on your mind.   What's unusual is this: it's not just increasingly ancient folks like me who should be thinking such thoughts anymore. After all,…

This dystopian vision of a new era of climate-driven geopolitical conflict and ideological regression has been lurching into the foreground of global politics for at least the past generation. No one in power today can credibly say they werent warned. They ca…

Over nine million people in Southern Africa could face severe hunger following a harsh drought that hit the entire sub-continent in the 2018-19 cropping season, according to the United Nations. The UN World Food Programme in its latest update said about 9,2 …

In addition to polluting the air and warming the planet, India’s thermal power plants are consuming excessive amounts of water, in many cases beyond the permissible limits set by the environment ministry, according to information obtained through the Right to…

Left to right: UN desertification convention lead scientist Barron Orr; Ibrahim Thiaw, head of the convention secretariat; and science-committee chair Carl Fiati. Credit: IISD/ENB/Angeles Estrada Scientists from African countries are asking the United Natio…