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Morocco Doubles Down on Desalination Amid Worsening Drought

Water Challenges in Turkey

Groundwater resources are subject to intense use for agricultural purposes. Due to overextraction, most of the groundwater resources are threatened …

Summer of Drought: Lessons from Iran and Turkey?

What is causing the increase in drought and water scarcity in both countries? We could point at climate change as a main cause, due to higher …

Water Challenges in Sudan

Desertification has thus become a chronic and increasing frontline problem. Rapidly growing human and livestock populations on the one hand and …

Water Challenges in Iran

Water supply and food security will pose a major challenge in the coming years, which many government officials refer to as a human security issue. …

Water scarcity and conflict in the Middle East: The story of Khuzestan

What makes this particularly painful for that residents of Khuzestan is that the dams on the Karun are not only used for generating energy and …