Drought

Pumping water and prioritizing agriculture threatens ecological collapse

A new study reveals that human management and water allocation leave nature as the last consumer in line, severely threatening ecosystems, biodiversity, and local tourism.

The combination of extreme drought and artificial water diversion has created an emergency situation. Gesher Hadodot over the Jordan River
Camels walk during the sunset in Marib, Yemen, where the once-barren desert has sprung back to life with grasses due to shifting climate patterns.

Years of war and instability lead to institutional collapse depriving Yemen of clean water - report

AFGHAN CHILDREN sit on a concrete bench at a hilltop, amid telecom shutdown across the country, in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 30, 2025.

Millions of Afghan children facing severe risks from changing climate, UNICEF says

 Group of locusts

Moroccan locust swarms sweep eastern Iran, threatening crops and farms


Families sleep in water lines as drought grips Zimbabwe's Bulawayo

As the parched southern African country endures its worst drought in years - a problem scientists link to climate change - Bulawayo suffers ongoing water shortages.

A cow stands on caked mud before a small patch of water at a dam as the region deals with a prolonged drought near Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, January 18, 2020. Picture taken January 18, 2020.

Israeli technology selected to fight severe drought in South Africa

The project is projected to help over fifty early-childhood development centers, around seventy-nine schools in Uitenhage and KwaNobuhle, four health clinics and around 3,400 individual households.

GEN-350 in South Africa

Tackling Israel’s water challenges

The Jewish National Fund continues to lead the way.

Kineret

WATCH: August rains arrive in Israel

The first rain of the season usually begins in October.

People seek shelter during a rain storm in Jerusalem, April 25, 2018

In parched Afghanistan, drought sharpens water dispute with Iran

The row underscores the growing strategic importance of water across the world. Water disputes have become common in South and Central Asia and elsewhere.

Afghanistan landslide

Amid drought, desalinated water to be transferred to Sea of Galilee

The emergency plans are meant to address the growing water shortage that threatens to put the brakes on a booming economy.

The Sea of Galilee is seen near Tiberias