About: water scarcity
Scientists look at triggering rainfall, saving water to tackle droughts
Over the past fifty years, droughts have become increasingly common in Europe. Climate change is not only reducing the amount of water available, but also affecting how clean it is, with floods bringing soil and other elements into the water supply chain.An EU agenda for climate security
Responding to the unprecedented challenge posed by climate change will require all actors – including the defence and security community – to step outside their comfort zone, writes Luca Bergamaschi.Morocco urges Brussels to end farm pact deadlock
Morocco’s Minister of Agriculture, Aziz Akhannouch, called on the EU to unblock a stalled farm trade agreement in order to help the country implement its sole national development strategy. EURACTIV.com reports from Morocco. VideoPromoted content
Water reuse: mitigating water scarcity
Europe needs to establish EU-wide common minimum quality standards for water reuse that protect both people’s health and the environment. Water operators are working with the European institutions and Member States to bring in water reuse legislation.Report: Coal plants use as much water as 1 billion people and consumption set to double
Coal power plants use enough water to supply the needs of 1 billion people and that will almost double if all the world’s planned power plants come online.Ethiopia makes progress on the Nile Dam project
By learning how to cooperate, Ethiopia may be one step closer to realising its dream of finishing construction on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, writes Stratfor, the global intelligence company.German economy vulnerable to global water scarcity, WWF warns
Water is scarce but it continues to be wasted excessively in many industrial states, warns a new study by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), predicting that a global conflict over water resources could bring billions in losses for the German market. EURACTIV Germany reports.UN official: Yemen could be ‘first country to run out of water’
Since the political crisis erupted in Yemen in 2011, the country has begun to move towards democracy. Many challenges remain in the country, wracked by civil unrest and widespread water and food insecurity, says Bishow Parajuli, the UN World Food Programme's representative in Yemen.Over half of Yemenis may need humanitarian aid, UN says
About 14.7 million people in Yemen may be in need of some form of humanitarian assistance, as outbreaks of violence continue, according to the United Nations. InfographicPromoted content
How climate change will affect global water scarcity by 2100
Global warming will affect the whole of the world's water supplies over the coming century, but it will not affect them equally. Hundreds of millions of people will experience new or aggravated forms of water scarcity by 2100.INFOGRAPHIC: How climate change will affect global water scarcity by 2100
Global warming will affect the whole of the world's water supplies over the coming century, but it will not affect them equally. Hundreds of millions of people will experience new or aggravated forms of water scarcity by 2100.Firms scramble to boost water-saving culture
From pet food manufacturing to wastewater treatment, companies show no lack of imagination when it comes to improving water efficiency at this year's annual Green Week event in Brussels.The water crisis is now
By 2025 half the world’s population will not have enough water to meet its needs, warns Rashad Kaldany, urging governments and the private sector to work on solutions, which he says, do exist. VideoPromoted content