Circle of Blue
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
Drought, a financial crisis, and political collapse are accelerating the country’s decline into all-out famine. This summer’s political upheaval has kneecapped response efforts, pushing the country into famine. By Laura Gersony, Circle of Blue — November 15, 2021. The political upheaval that followed—sparked by the U.S.
Legal Planet
MAY 9, 2022
As of 2021, 30 emissions trading systems were in force globally, covering 16 – 17 % of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Emissions trading systems are often launched with relatively lenient design features, typically justified as giving the system a chance to “learn-by-doing” and to gain political buy-in for approval of a program.
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Circle of Blue
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
When diplomats and government ministers converge on Glasgow this fall, they hope to rekindle pivotal negotiations on global climate that were dampened during the pandemic. As Henk Ovink, the Netherlands’ special envoy for international water, put it, “The moment you want to bring water to a political table, there is no political table.”.
Circle of Blue
DECEMBER 13, 2021
One of Iraq’s leading environmentalists says the legal threat is a distraction from Iraq’s own political mismanagement of water. In the United States, government agencies in Hawaii are dealing with a water contamination crisis. Communities rich and poor bore witness to horrific devastation in 2021.
Circle of Blue
NOVEMBER 1, 2021
In the Nile River basin last week, a political power shift in Sudan could turn up the heat on a long-simmering dispute over a major dam in the region. In that decade, the federal government created the U.S. And state governments began to secure those same rights for individuals in their constitutions.
Circle of Blue
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
The hunger crisis worsened along with the country’s political deterioration, which culminated in the Taliban takeover in August. Four months later, in March 2021, federal lawmakers doubled down on the approach. What’s more, the work required them to form new relationships between government and local agencies.
Circle of Blue
AUGUST 23, 2021
The Taliban must also tread delicately in international politics, managing river systems that cross into Iran and the countries of Central Asia. The federal government marked the changing conditions recently, declaring a Tier 1 shortage for the lower Colorado River basin. More water news and analysis await you at circleofblue.org.
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