/isid/taxonomy/term/424/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/isid-professor-practice-jamal-saghir-post-covid-19-world-and-climate-change-321561 <p>ISID's Jamal Saghir has produced, in coordiation with the Payne Institute for Public Policy, a commentary paper entitled "Post COVID-19 New World Configuration and Climate Change Actions:  Two Urgent Priorities".  The full paper is available online at the <a href="https://payneinstitute.mines.edu/commentaryseries/">Payne Institute for Public Policy</a>.  </p> Tue, 14 Apr 2020 14:47:23 +0000 iain.blair@mcgill.ca 1431 at /isid