Water Security News
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With water scarce, Pakistan helps farmers grow more with lessGovernment-subsidised drip irrigation systems are helping farmers in dry areas get a crop despite erratic rainfall linked to climate change. -
To India’s chagrin, Bangladesh turns to China to transform Teesta riverAfter failing to sign a water sharing agreement with India, Bangladesh receives support from China to develop a US$1 billion engineering scheme on the Teesta.
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Virus-idled Indian workers dig into a new job: Boosting water securityThousands of jobseekers have been recruited into a trench-building scheme aiming to boost scarce water supplies by catching rainfall. -
Water-related conflicts set to rise amid demand growth and climate impactsAbout a quarter of the world's population faces severe water shortages exacerbated by climate change—and with that is coming conflict, social unrest and migration.
Water Security Opinion
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The neglected water and sanitation crisis– Hand washing is one of the best frontline defenses against the virus that causes Covid-19. Yet three billion people – almost half of the world’s population – lack access to basic hand-washing facilities. -
China’s great wall of water– China has assumed a war footing in preparation for a potentially catastrophic flooding crisis in the Yangtze River Basin. Though its flood-control systems most likely won't fail completely, the possibility that they could is a wake-up call. -
Tackling information disorder is critical for transboundary water cooperation in South Asia– Misinformation and fake news on transboundary water issues in South Asia can negatively impact long-standing cooperation efforts. There is an urgent need to ramp up efforts to tackle such information disorder on shared waters in the region.
Videos
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What would the world be like if there was water for all?– Worldwide, 100 million families are stuck in a cycle of poverty and disease because of the lack of access to clean water. What would it take to slake humanity's thirst for water in a sustainable way?
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How the world’s water changed between 2002 and 2016– Using data from twin satellites over a 14-year period, from 2002 to 2016, NASA comes up with stunning images of how wet areas are getting wetter, and groundwater is disappearing in some areas, and why.
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How clean water transforms lives– Particularly for women, access to clean water creates education and economic opportunities.
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Nepal’s fertile but forgotten wetlands– Undervalued and ignored, wetlands are disappearing and drying up in Nepal—leaving the communities and wildlife that depend on them exposed in a changing climate.
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