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Migrant and tech experts in South Africa have set up a crowdsourcing platform for people to report xenophobic threats and violence, hoping to save lives and hold leaders to account.
If you want to know if taxpayer dollars are well spent on river restoration projects, it can be hard to tell. Sara Aminzadeh of California Coastkeeper Alliance and Konrad Fisher of Klamath Riverkeeper explain why.
High-profile former British headteacher Rory Fox swapped British academies for muddy refugee camps in France to teach the children. He discusses how shocked he was at how little was being done to help them.
Conservation and sustainable development in the Arctic are priorities for the Canadian government. Inuit leader Mary Simon talks about her new role as special representative to the Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs.
Britain has agreed to private sponsorship of refugees. Tim Finch, one of the architects of the breakthrough, tells Refugees Deeply why it can help countries successfully expand resettlement programs.
Oxfam’s Camilla Jelbart Mosse spoke to Syria Deeply on the difficulties faced by aid organizations trying to reach 70,000 Syrians trapped in the desert after a suicide attack in June led Jordan to close its border and suspend aid deliveries.
While recent elections in Australia backed the status quo, leading rights advocate Kon Karapanagiotidis says there are early signs that voters are viewing harsh refugee policies as political opportunism.
Christopher Kozak, a Syria analyst at the Institute for the Study of War, discusses the effects the attempted coup in Turkey will have on Syria’s battlefields, the fight against ISIS and the Syrian opposition.
The state is currently investigating whether it is feasible to develop standards for direct potable reuse, which would allow treated wastewater to be sent direct to customers for drinking without first being stored in a reservoir or aquifer.
Journalist-turned-politician Gyorgy Kakuk has become an important voice on migration in Hungarian politics. Having followed refugee routes through the Balkans and worked with U.N. Missions in Kosovo and East Timor, he calls for imagination and pragmatism from Europe.
Britain’s vote to leave the E.U. is being widely linked to immigration. As part of our “Brexit Aftermath” series, Alexander Betts, head of Oxford’s Refugee Studies Center, discusses the nuances of the “leave” vote and what lies ahead.
Using new snowpack data collected by satellites, we now have a better view of California’s water deficit, and it is not a pretty picture. Steven Margulis of UCLA explains just how deep the problem is.
Researchers from Stanford surveyed groundwater professionals to better understand the biggest data challenges to implementing California’s groundwater law. We talk with the report’s lead author, Tara Moran, about the findings.
Inuit activist Aaju Peter says development of Nunavut’s tourism industry can support preservation of traditional knowledge and skills, in addition to being profitable.
There are an estimated 66 million dead trees in the southern Sierra Nevada. Jeffrey Moore of the Forest Service explains what it means for the region in the latest story in our series, Summer of Fire, on the state of California’s forests.
Overhead irrigation technology, typically used in center-pivot irrigation, has been common for decades all across North America. It’s slowly being embraced in California as a relatively affordable water-saving tool.
Older than the Arctic Council, the Indigenous Peoples’ Secretariat (IPS) has been orchestrating the input of Indigenous peoples on Arctic issues for more than 20 years, says Elle Merete Omma, the IPS executive secretary.
Permafrost in the Arctic, where air temperatures are rising twice as fast as the rest of the planet, is starting to thaw. Predicting where and when those changes will happen is a challenge, says Antoni Lewkowicz, president of the International Permafrost Association.
California officials this month adopted streamlined permitting for nonpotable water recycling projects. By the end of this year, they’re expected to do the same for potable water recycling. Jennifer West of WaterReuse California explains what’s ahead.
Hydroclimatologist Bruce Daniels has analyzed 85 years of rainfall data collected all over California. He talks to Water Deeply about what he’s found and what it means for the state’s groundwater.
Six years ago the Delta Stewardship Council kicked off, headed by Phil Isenberg, an attorney and former state assembly member. Isenberg talks to Water Deeply about the council’s Delta Plan, its legal challenges and the near future.
The Norwegian Refugee Council’s Jan Egeland explains that without consistent education, Syrian refugee children risk becoming part of the lost generations – a phrase they have come to loathe.
The Norwegian Refugee Council’s Jan Egeland explains that without consistent education, Syrian refugee children risk becoming part of the lost generations – a phrase they have come to loathe.
If the war against the so-called Islamic State group is ever to be successful, our tactics must go beyond military ones, says French journalist and former ISIS captive Nicolas Henin.
California Tribal Policy Advisor Anecita Agustinez explains how Native American communities are impacted by some of the state’s most pressing water issues.
With hundreds of news sources and social media feeds about Syria – some of which publish rumor, hearsay or even fake stories – we speak with Dirar Khattab, the managing editor of the Syrian fact-checking website Takkad, on what they are doing to combat this problem.
Stanford University recently hosted a diverse roundtable discussion to explore whether seawater desalination can resolve California’s water problems. Leon Szeptycki, one of the organizers, helps us understand why the potential is limited.
California made a big step in 2014 by passing a law to manage groundwater. We talk with Michael Kiparsky, the director of the Wheeler Water Institute at the University of California, Berkeley, about the challenges of implementing that law.
In the second of a two-part interview, urban water expert David Sedlak, a civil and environmental engineering professor at the University of California, Berkeley, talks about technologies that are helping to fuel a new revolution in urban water systems.
After Médecins Sans Frontières’ withdrawal from the World Humanitarian Summit, its U.S. executive director, Jason Cone, warns against conferences that blur the line between state and NGO responsibilities and calls for better humanitarian responses on the ground.
After Médecins Sans Frontières’ withdrawal from the World Humanitarian Summit, its U.S. executive director, Jason Cone, warns against conferences that blur the line between state and NGO responsibilities and calls for better humanitarian responses on the ground.
A projection of land-use change in California through 2062 finds that urbanization will be the primary cause of greater water demand in the state. Tamara Wilson of the U.S. Geological Survey, lead author of the study, explains her findings.
The integration of Dene traditional knowledge into a genetic study of the different types of caribou in the Sahtu region of the Northwest Territories winds up providing some surprising results.
Many young Inuit don’t grow up learning their language or culture in school. That gap in education is at the heart of their struggles, says Canada’s Inuk leader. Here’s how he plans to change that.
As the president of Canada’s Inuit Youth Council, Maatalii Okalik is finding innovative ways for Inuit young people to connect with their culture, reconcile with the past and plan their futures with confidence.
NASA scientist Benjamin Cook recently led a study that found California and the Southwest are likely to see droughts of 30 years or longer, thanks to climate change. He tells us how he figured that out.
A special kind of satellite system is able to help reveal important information about the amount of water in our aquifers, explains Jay Famiglietti, senior water scientist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
With early forecasts that La Niña will take hold next winter, headlines are already warning this means another year of drought. But Jan Null, a consulting meteorologist, tells us a wide range of results are possible.
In the two years since Arctic Economic Council was founded as an offshoot of the Arctic Council, its members have been building the organization from the ground up, establishing a secretariat in Tromso, Norway, and a governance structure.
California assembly member Rich Gordon talks about a new report examining how the state can make the most of stormwater and water recycling and reuse to increase water supplies in the future.
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