Iran: Warming, Water Crisis, Then Unrest: How Iran Fits an Alarming Pattern

Jan 18, 2018 | Somini Sengupta, New York Times
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Nigeria. Syria. Somalia. And now Iran. In each country, in different ways, a water crisis has triggered some combination of civil unrest, mass migration, insurgency or even full-scale war. In the era of climate change, their experiences hold lessons for a great many other countries. The World Resources Institute warned this month of the rise of water stress globally, “with 33 countries projected to face extremely high stress in 2040."