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UN Warns of Increasingly Erratic Global Water Cycle

This is Beirut, 18/09 16:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

World Meteorological Organization Water Climate change Science

Climate change is spurring increasingly erratic and extreme swings between deluge and drought across the world, the United Nations warned on Thursday. The UN's World Meteorological Organization said in a report that the world's water cycle was becoming ever more unpredictable, with shrinking glaciers, droughts, unbalanced river basins, and severe ...

In Kenya, Waste Is Traded for Basic Survival

This is Beirut, 25/08 14:15 - Reading : less than a minute

Kenya Waste Services Nairobi Water Food

In Kibera, Nairobi’s largest slum, collected plastic is exchanged for “green points” that provide families with food, clean water, sanitation and laundry services.

Water Shortages Plague Beirut as Low Rainfall Compounds Woes

This is Beirut, 14/08 18:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Lebanon Water Climate Shortage

People are buying water by the truckload in Beirut as the state supply faces its worst shortages in years, with the leaky public sector struggling after record-low rainfall and local wells running dry. "State water used to come every other day, now it's every three days," said Rima al-Sabaa, 50, rinsing dishes carefully in Burj al-Baranjeh, in ...

Heatwave Hits Water, Electricity Supplies Across Much of Iran

This is Beirut, 22/07 11:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Tehran Iran Heatwave Water Shortage

A severe heatwave sweeping Iran has disrupted water and electricity supplies in much of the country, with reservoir levels dropping to their lowest point in a century, state media said Tuesday. At least 18 of the country's 31 provinces -- including Tehran -- have been affected by the extreme temperatures, which began on Friday and expected to ...

Lebanon Launches National Campaign to Combat Water Shortage

This is Beirut, 18/07 12:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Lebanon Water Drought Campaign Rainfall Crisis

In response to an alarming drop in rainfall and a looming summer water crisis, Lebanon’s Ministry of Energy and Water has launched a national campaign on Friday to encourage water conservation and raise public awareness. The initiative seeks to rally citizens around smarter water usage as the country faces one of its driest years in recent ...

In Sudan, the War Cuts off Water and Kills Agriculture

This is Beirut, 04/07 15:50 - Reading : less than a minute

Sudan War Agriculure Water

In northern Sudan, farmland is dying in silence. Since the beginning of the conflict in April 2023, electricity has been cut off. Without power, the pumps have stopped, and water from the Nile no longer reaches the crops. With AFP

Drought-Hit Morocco Turns to Desalination to Sustain Vegetable Production

Lyne Sammouri, 03/07 14:20 - Reading : less than a minute

morocco desalination water drought agriculture

Amid a prolonged drought driven by climate change, Morocco relies on energy-intensive desalination to sustain agriculture, despite high costs and environmental challenges.

Water Crisis Hits Beirut as Summer Begins

Hala Abdallah, 11/06 15:20 - Reading : less than a minute

Lebanon Beirut water residents summer

Lebanese residents are reporting increasing water shortages as summer begins. How serious is the issue, and what’s the solution?

Iraq's Faces Lowest Water Reserves in 80 Years

This is Beirut, 25/05 15:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Iraq Tigris River Euphrates River Water Climate Change

Iraq's water reserves are at their lowest in 80 years after a dry rainy season, a government official said Sunday, as its share from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers shrinks. Water is a major issue in the country of 46 million people undergoing a serious environmental crisis because of climate change, drought, rising temperatures and declining ...

Lebanon Seeks World Bank Loans to Boost Energy, Water Sectors

This is Beirut, 16/05 18:50 - Reading : less than a minute

Lebanon Energy Water Infrastructure Loan World Bank

Lebanon is advancing efforts to tackle its energy and water crises by activating two major loans from the World Bank. Finance Minister Yassine Jaber announced that the Council of Ministers has approved Decree No. 217, tied to a $250 million loan to develop renewable energy and strengthen the national power grid. The project, prepared on an urgent ...

Himalayan Snow at 23-Year Low, Threatening 2 Billion People

This is Beirut, 21/04 13:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Climate Environment Water Himalaya

Snowfall in Asia's Hindu Kush-Himalayan mountain range has reached a 23-year low, threatening nearly two billion people dependent on snowmelt for water, scientists warned in a report on Monday. The Hindu Kush-Himalayan range, which stretches from Afghanistan to Myanmar, holds the largest reserves of ice and snow outside the Arctic and ...

Reusable Water Bottles: Breeding Grounds for Bacteria?

Bélinda Ibrahim, 09/04 17:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Water Bottles Disposable Health Bacteria

Proper hydration, eco-awareness and sleek design – in many parts of the world, reusable water bottles are everywhere. Whether made of stainless steel, glass or durable plastic, they’ve become a fixture in backpacks, on desks and in gyms. Since the rise of zero-waste movements and growing environmental consciousness – still, unfortunately, ...

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