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About half the world’s population experiences severe water scarcity for at least part of the year, the UN says. EPA

World Water Day 2024 puts effects of climate change in focus

EnvironmentMarch 22, 2024

Khalifa University Prof Samuel Mao says that solar-powered atmospheric water generators could have a tremendous impact in the Middle East. Getty Images

Drawing water from desert air no longer a mirage

TechnologyMarch 22, 2024

The no-wash or low-wash movement calls upon people to not launder clothes until absolutely essential. Getty Images

World Water Day: Not every day has to be laundry day

WellbeingMarch 22, 2024

Manhat founder Dr Saeed Al Hassan is on a mission to improve water and food security. Cody Combs / The National

UAE 'dreamers' joining fight to boost food and water security

EnvironmentMarch 19, 2024

President Sheikh Mohamed and Dr Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, at the launch of the Mohamed bin Zayed Water Initiative in Abu Dhabi. Photo: UAE Presidential Court ---

President Sheikh Mohamed launches $150 million XPrize

UAEMarch 01, 2024

A farmer dips his hand into a falaj irrigation channel at Al Ain oasis. These Iron Age networks and now complemented by recycling, desalination and conservation strategies that can ease the strain being placed on groundwater supplies by growing populations. Chris Whiteoak / The National

The Middle East can show the world how to save water

EditorialJanuary 26, 2024

A purple flag was raised at Kite Beach on Wednesday. Chris Whiteoak / The National

Two Dubai beaches open after oil slick reported

UAEDecember 27, 2023

The pumped-storage hydroelectric power plant being built by Dewa in Hatta is the first station of its kind in the GCC region. Photo: Dewa

Dewa awards $3m contract for Hatta hydroelectric plant pipeline

BusinessDecember 25, 2023

The dried-up bed of a section of Iraq's southern marshes of Chibayish. Iraq is looking for a share of water from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, which account for more than 90 per cent of the country's fresh water. AFP

Iraq seeks 'fair and equitable' share of water from Turkey

IraqDecember 24, 2023

A broad spectral image shows the Blue Nile filling the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam reservoir near the Ethiopia-Sudan border in 2020. Unesco predicts that in less than two years more than 1.8 billion people will be living in countries or regions with absolute water scarcity. Reuters

Why we all should care about the Nile dam dispute

EditorialDecember 21, 2023

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CartoonDecember 20, 2023

The importance of local research to water policy in the Gulf is elevated. Pawan Singh / The National

In Gulf countries, water audits could be key to conservation

CommentDecember 12, 2023

Representatives of the Embera people of Panama are at Cop28 to convey the message that indigenous people hold the key to fighting climate change. Photo: TINTA

'We can keep rainforests alive': Lawyer and PhD student offer climate solutions for Cop28

Cop28December 08, 2023

Men use their hands to drink rainwater dripping from the roof of a tent amid water shortages while at a school run by the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP

Gaza peace group warns that war jeopardises water treatment tech

MENANovember 20, 2023

A well of Vance WIlliams went dry after a farm opened near his home in Arizona and began drilling for groundwater. Adla Massoud / The National

Arizona dries up as long-term drought and megafarms deplete scarce water resources

Cop28November 16, 2023

Uma Mondol wants a better life for her daughter Ayonti who she hopes will study further and contribute to create change in villages in Bangladesh reeling from water scarcity. Photo: LEDARS-Local Environment Development and Agricultural Research Society

Bangladeshi NGO wants world leaders to hear plight of water-deprived people

Cop28October 23, 2023

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