/isid/taxonomy/term/395/all en /isid/channels/news/isid-policy-paper-preparing-looming-water-crisis-lessons-learned-covid-19-middle-east-and-north-322050 <p>The challenge of water security is growing globally. Achieving and sustaining water security, in both developed and developing countries, is likely to increase in complexity and priority as climate change intensifies, but also as the demands of economic growth increase. For most MENA countries that were already facing water security and major social, health and economic challenges before COVID-19, this additional pressure is particularly excruciating. Like COVID-19 and climate change, water scarcity in MENA is a global problem that requires collective action.</p> Wed, 06 May 2020 14:17:50 +0000 iain.blair@mcgill.ca 1435 at /isid /isid/channels/news/new-isid-policy-brief-water-key-driver-sustainable-growth-303801 <p>Why is access to water a crucial issue in the Middle East and North Africa?  Because water matters for people, water matters for the economy, water matters for the environment, and water matters for equality.   In ISID's most recent policy brief, Professor of Practice Jamal Saghir discusses this issue from a water-security perspective.  Read it online now!</p> Fri, 03 Jan 2020 19:24:00 +0000 iain.blair@mcgill.ca 1409 at /isid