Arkiv for kategorien ‘Middel East’


Syria: Climate Change, Drought and Social Unrest

mandag, 5. marts 2012

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Climate Progress:

NOAA concluded in 2011 that “human-caused climate change [is now] a major factor in more frequent Mediterranean droughts.” Reds…

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East Africa, Arab world face food crisis

lørdag, 10. september 2011

UPI: The main humanitarian focus is in East Africa, where the catastrophe sweeping the region has been a long time…

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Water scarcity in Africa and the Middle East: get the data

søndag, 3. juli 2011

Guardian

This year’s political unrest in the water-starved Middle East has raised the profile of the issue, with various commentators predicting…

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Water wars: 21st century conflicts?

fredag, 1. juli 2011

Al Jazeera.: Almost half of humanity will face water scarcity by 2030 and strategists from Israel to Central Asia prepare…

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Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia are world’s most water stressed countries

torsdag, 19. maj 2011

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The Gulf nations of Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia are rated as the world’s most water stressed countries, with…

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This will be the Arab world’s next battle

mandag, 25. april 2011

Long after the political uprisings in the Middle East have subsided, many underlying challenges that are not now in the…

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Oil producing Middle East and North African countries dominate Maplecroft water security risk list

tirsdag, 22. marts 2011

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Extreme water security risks across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) may lead to further increases in global oil…

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The Blue Peace: Rethinking Middle East Water

søndag, 13. februar 2011

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An Indian thinktank, Strategic Foresight Group, released a report Saturday that claims that Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian territories are…

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Drought Hits Middle East Farmers, Again

tirsdag, 14. december 2010

Swathes of Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel and the Palestinian territories have all been hit by a devastating drought…

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Pakistan and Egypt among nations facing “extreme” water security risks

mandag, 12. juli 2010

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New research evaluating the water security of 165 countries rates the supply of clean, fresh water to the societies and…

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SYRIA: Over a million people affected by drought

onsdag, 17. februar 2010

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DEIR EZ ZOUR, 17 February 2010 (IRIN) – Drought in eastern and northeastern Syria has driven some 300,000 families to…

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