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  • Violence and Water Scarcity Threaten Historic Quadruple Famine

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    April 19, 2017  //  By Erica Martin & Sara Merken
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    An international food crisis is currently unfolding on a scale not seen since World War II. More than 20 million people in Somalia, Nigeria, South Sudan, and Yemen are in danger of famine. UN Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien said in March, “We are facing the largest humanitarian crisis since the creation of the United Nations.”

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  • Advancing U.S. Prosperity and Security in a Thirsty World

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    Guest Contributor  //  March 22, 2017  //  By Jane Harman & Carter Roberts
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    The waters of Lake Chad sustain 70 million people in four countries. Beginning in the 1970s, the 25,000-square-kilometer lake began shrinking due to excessive drawdown for agriculture and mining. Now only 10 percent remains. The dwindling water supply devastated food production and fostered massive economic and political tensions. Many experts credit the worsening conditions for contributing to the rise of Boko Haram, an extremist group that has killed 20,000 people and forced 2.3 million more to flee.

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  • White House Announces Steps to Address Climate and National Security Alongside New Intelligence Assessment

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    September 22, 2016  //  By Schuyler Null, Cara Thuringer & Lauren Herzer Risi
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    Yesterday afternoon President Obama announced a new Presidential Memorandum on climate change and national security. The policy directs 20 federal agencies to consider the national security implications of climate change and establish a working group that will develop a Climate Change and National Security Action Plan for the federal government.

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  • Hunger in Shangri-La: Causes and Consequences of Food Insecurity in the World’s Mountains

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    Guest Contributor  //  June 6, 2016  //  By Andrew Taber
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    Over the past decade, the number of undernourished people around the world has declined by around 167 million, to just under 800 million people. However, this positive trend glosses over a stark reality: Food insecurity is increasing in the world’s mountains. This pattern has been under-recognized by development experts and governments, a dangerous oversight with far-reaching social and environmental repercussions.

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  • Water Is the Climate Challenge, Says World Bank

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    May 6, 2016  //  By Schuyler Null

    How will climate change affect you? Probably through water.

    That’s the major message of a new World Bank report that finds the ways governments treat water can have a profound effect on the economy.

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  • Behind the Headlines, Emerging Security Threats in the Middle East

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    Guest Contributor  //  May 4, 2016  //  By Anders Jägerskog & Ashok Swain
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    The Middle East, as much as ever, is the focus of international attention, but the obvious crises may be a distraction from deeper underlying issues.

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  • Engaging Decision-makers on Family Planning: Some Right IDEAs

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    From the Wilson Center  //  August 10, 2015  //  By Carley Chavara
    IDEA Event at Wilson

    Just a few years ago, progress on global family planning and reproductive health policy seemed to be stuck in a rut. “For 20 years, development money for health had been directed to fight HIV and poverty, and as a result, momentum, interest, and funding for family planning had dwindled,” said Susan Rich, vice president of global partnerships for the Population Reference Bureau (PRB), at the Wilson Center on July 15. “Unmet need for family planning was high all over the world, but especially in Africa.” [Video Below]

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  • Codi Yeager-Kozacek, Circle of Blue

    Middle East Conflicts Jeopardize Water for Millions

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    June 15, 2015  //  By Wilson Center Staff
    Ramadi

    The original version of this article, by Codi Yeager-Kozacek, appeared on Circle of Blue. 

    Millions of people across the Middle East face drought, scarce drinking water supplies, and poor sanitation due to civil wars and conflict. Meanwhile, resource constraints and foreign military interventions risk more severe humanitarian disasters.

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