Category: Environment

Global action needed to prevent water-fueled conflicts

By Marisa Endicott on June 6, 2016June 6, 2016 agriculture, Canada, conflict, drought, environment, India, international aid, Mexico, Middle East, resources, scarcity, treaties, United Nations, United States, water, water stress, world bank

Water stress is an increasing reality in many parts of the world, and the instability that goes along with it has the potential to leave no nation untouched.

Environment

The politics of safe drinking water

By Kristen Vake on June 6, 2016June 19, 2016 Flint, Michigan, water crisis

Everyday, 1,000 children die from disease caused by unsafe water or inadequate sanitation, and around the world 663 million people lack access to clean, safe water, according to UNICEF. But this once “foreign” struggle is now one of the top national security issues facing the U.S.

Environment Global Health and Migration

Zika virus effect on Rio Olympics

By Benjamin Cohen on June 6, 2016 Brazil, conflict, Human Rights, international relations, mosquito, national security, Olympics, USOC, Zika, Zika virus

The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, are less than four months away and many are still wondering what effect the Zika virus will have on the games and what Brazil can do to protect athletes and spectators.