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Some of Africa’s dry areas face serious water shortages due to minimal rainfall. An ancient system of drawing water from aquifers, the “qanat system”, could help. Gaathier Mahed, an environmental scientist and expert on the management of groundwater, has studied the feasibility of these systems. He tells us more. How does the qanat system work? There are bodies of water…

Climate change is one of the biggest risks to global development, as high temperatures, droughts, floods, and other extreme events destroy infrastructure, jobs, and livelihoods. Already, climate change costs the world $16 million per hour. We can respond with increased and focused climate action, with recent studies projecting that climate mitigation and adaptation policies will…

Drive down the dusty roads of Jamaica’s rural Mount Airy district and one will see dozens of black water tanks, many connected with drainpipes to the rooftops of neighbouring houses. The tanks measure two metres tall. They collect rainwater and through a drip irrigation system, channel it to nearby fields brimming with tomatoes, peppers and sweet potatoes. In an area…

The National Center for Vegetation Cover Development and Combating Desertification has finished planting 150,000 trees in Saiysad National Park, Taif, as part of a national program to plant 10 billion trees, one of the Saudi Green Initiative’s targets. The trees were jujube, acacia, seyal, acacia asak, and Vachellia flava. Also planted were plants such as dodonaea and henna. …

China completed 125 million mu (8.33 million hectares) of afforestation and the improvement on grassland, and reclaimed desertified land and rocky desertification of land that amounted to 28.57 million mu (190 hectares) in 2023, exceeding the country’s afforestation goals, a teleconference on the national forestry and grassland work held by the National Forestry and Grassland Administration…

Hungary is generally seen as a country with sufficient water resources. However, the impact of severe droughts and the effects of global warming are becoming evident. In various parts of the country, agricultural lands are experiencing increasing aridity, requiring irrigation for nearly every green area. Experts say these areas will soon become deserts. Lake beds parched and cracked…