Climate Change: Climate Change, Conflict Exacerbate NENA Water Scarcity, Hunger

Apr 7, 2019 | OOSKAnews
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The Director General of the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (UNFAO) has emphasized the necessity to “scale-up” innovation, policies and investments in the water sector in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region. Citing climatic events and conflict as key contributors to rising rates of water scarcity and hunger in the region, Jose Graziano da Silva noted that poverty affects one in three in the countryside in the region and called for a new level of investment and policy coordination to deal with water, food and trade.