Years of drought, falling rainfall and unsustainable water use have been worsened further by the US-Israel war.
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India has begun counting its around 1.4 billion population in the world’s largest census, its first since 2011.
Palestinian engineers struggle to repair Gaza’s water system, which has been contaminated, posing a health risk.
As a quarter of Kenya’s population faces severe food shortages, up to 40% of food produced is lost or wasted each year.
Gulf states produce 40 percent of the world’s total desalinated water through more than 400 plants.
Residents in the northern part of Pakistan are creating artificial glaciers to tackle climate change.
Heads of state are arriving in Addis Ababa for the 2026 African Union Summit, with a water-focused theme centred on clim
Experts weigh in on challenges from climate change and water access to upstream-downstream conflict and industry abuse.
World-first pact aims to protect 10 million species from threats like climate change, overfishing and deep-sea mining.
Emergency crews in Kosovo carried out a second day of evacuations after the region was devastated by floods.
A Palestinian water expert says settlers are using an ‘apartheid’ tactic to force Palestinians out of their land.
