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Caribbean island tackles water, food shortages after volcano eruption

Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesReuters The tiny eastern Caribbean island of Saint Vincent was rocked by a fifth day of eruptions from the La Soufriere volcano on Tuesday as leaders warned of shortages of water and the potential need for hundreds of millions of dollars to rebuild. The explosion happened around 6am, causing another […]

Foreign ministers flag climate change as major spark for conflicts

London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Climate change impacts – including growing food and water scarcity – are becoming increasingly important drivers of conflict and unrest around the world, and security planners need to make them a priority now, foreign ministers warned this week. Addressing them could mean the UN Security Council asking for regular reports on […]

Dominican poor struggle for water as coronavirus lockdown hits supplies

Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicThomson Reuters Foundation The Dominican Republic has plenty of water – unless, that is, you are poor. Nearly one in every two households in the Caribbean nation has no running water, relying instead on expensive private deliveries that have been badly disrupted by the coronavirus, just as they are most needed. Women […]

No water or work: Climate stress pushes Indian delta-dwellers to the edge

SUBRATA NAGCHOUDHURY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the plight of people living in India’s Sundarbans delta region…

Drought-hit Argentina faces water worries amid coronavirus pandemic

Buenos AiresThomson Reuters Foundation At Iguazu Falls, a World Heritage site and one of South America’s tourist highlights, crowds normally gather in the drifting spray of 275 spectacular waterfalls, spread in an arc around them on the border between Argentina and Brazil. Last month, however, it’s not just the coronavirus pandemic that has closed the […]

Concerns over water shortages jump in Jordan amid coronavirus lockdown

Amman, JordanThomson Reuters Foundation Complaints and concerns over water shortages rose by 58 per cent in Jordan in the first day after a country-wide curfew was instated, water authorities said Sunday. Jordan, the world’s fifth most water-stressed nation due to climate change and overuse, is trying to cope with increased demand from the public during […]

Climate change could spark “global systemic crisis”, scientists warn

London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation A failure to get to grips with climate change and associated problems, from ecosystem collapse to worsening water and food shortages, is the most severe and probable threat facing humanity, more than 200 scientists have warned. The risks will also likely feed on each other – as intensifying heat and drought spur more wildfires and forest loss, […]

Zimbabwe’s parched Bulawayo rations to save dwindling water

Bulawayo, ZimbabweThomson Reuters Foundation Families in the southern Zimbabwean city of Bulawayo are going up to four days without running water as drought dries the dams the city depends on, city council officials said. The city has since late November imposed 96-hour dry periods for residential water customers, though industrial and business users have continued […]