Commentary

Evidence-based op-eds and blogs

A woman and boy collect river water in Myanmar
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Two men walk through floodwaters in Pakistan.

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Pakistan’s Climate Catastrophe: Lessons for the World

15 Sep 2022

A fog harvesting facility, with screens to capture moisture from the air and a tank to keep the collected water.

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Where to Find More Water? Eight Unconventional Resources to Tap

08 Jun 2022

Well in Mauritania

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Worrying Insights from the UN’s First-ever Assessment of Water Security in Africa

07 Apr 2022

Barry Aliman, 24 years old, bicycles with her baby to fetch water for her family, Sorobouly village near Boromo, Burkina Faso.

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Gender Blind Spots in the Water Sector

08 Mar 2022

Drinking Water in Ethiopia

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Protecting Environmental Water from Antimicrobial Resistance

26 Jan 2022

An aerial image of an area near the town of Kut, Iraq, showing the extent of flooding after heavy rain in November 2018.

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New Tools to Map Flood Risk Will Help Bring Disaster Planning Up to Date

07 Dec 2021

The hands of a citizen scientists recording Nitrate and turbidity data on a sheet of paper with a pencil.

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Data Drought in the Global South

08 Nov 2021

A man watering plants in a small urban farm in Kathmandu, Nepal.

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Where on Earth is a Water-secure World?

27 Oct 2021

A wastewater treatment facility in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

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Needed in the Global South: Wastewater Collection for COVID-19 Detection

05 Oct 2021

A small family farm in Tunisia

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Water Scarcity: Coming Soon

05 Aug 2021

A cholera treatment centre in Niger.

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Water: A Matter of Survival in the World of Pandemics

08 Jul 2021

People in cycle rickshaws trying to drive through a flooded street in Dhaka.

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Climate Crisis: Elephants in the Room are Getting Nastier

01 Jun 2021