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Deep Dive with the Experts: Super El Niño
Deep Dive with the Experts: Super El Niño


Water Cooler Conversations with Natasha Hall: Intersection of Humanitarian Work and Water Security
Water Cooler Conversations with Natasha Hall: Intersection of Humanitarian Work and Water Security


Water Cooler Conversations with Steven Kenney: Thinking About The Future With Strategic Foresight
Water Cooler Conversations with Steven Kenney: Thinking About The Future With Strategic Foresight


Water Cooler Conversations with Abby Sullivan: Serving Communities Through Climate Resilience
Water Cooler Conversations with Abby Sullivan: Serving Communities Through Climate Resilience


Expert on Expert - Raha Hakimdavar/Mohammed Mahmoud: The Hydrologists
Expert on Expert - Raha Hakimdavar/Mohammed Mahmoud: The Hydrologists


Climate and Water Initiative: 2025 Year in Review
Climate and Water Initiative: 2025 Year in Review


Water Cooler Conversations with Jamila El Mir: Navigating Career Transitions
Water Cooler Conversations with Jamila El Mir: Navigating Career Transitions


CWI Special Event Coverage - COP30 in Brazil: Can Global Climate Cooperation Be Rebuilt?
CWI Special Event Coverage - COP30 in Brazil: Can Global Climate Cooperation Be Rebuilt?


Deep Dive with the Experts: New York Climate Week 2025
Deep Dive with the Experts: New York Climate Week 2025


Water Cooler Conversations with Eva Deemer: Innovative Sustainability in Environmental Science
Water Cooler Conversations with Eva Deemer: Innovative Sustainability in Environmental Science


Water Cooler Conversations with Paul Fleming: The Role of Water in Climate, Tech, and Strategy
Water Cooler Conversations with Paul Fleming: The Role of Water in Climate, Tech, and Strategy


Deep Dive with the Experts: July 2025 Texas Floods
Deep Dive with the Experts: July 2025 Texas Floods

Water Cooler Conversations with Lama Elhatow: Arab Climate Engagement and Stories from the Nile
Water Cooler Conversations with Lama Elhatow: Arab Climate Engagement and Stories from the Nile
Happy Earth Day!
Happy Earth Day!
World Water Day 2025: The Urgency for Better Water Management
World Water Day 2025: The Urgency for Better Water Management
World Water Day 2025: The United States and Climate Leadership
World Water Day 2025: The United States and Climate Leadership
World Water Day 2025: The Water-Food-Energy Nexus
World Water Day 2025: The Water-Food-Energy Nexus

Media Featuring CWI

Media Featuring CWI
Connected by Nature - People, Planet and Business
Connected by Nature - People, Planet and Business

Learn with Shift Eco

GU-Q Faculty on Air: Professors in Global Media
GU-Q Faculty on Air: Professors in Global Media

GUQ Speaks

Tipping point? Unrest goes global over soaring fuel prices
Tipping point? Unrest goes global over soaring fuel prices

France 24

How Conflicts Threaten Gulf’s Water Security
How Conflicts Threaten Gulf’s Water Security

Observer Research Foundation Middle East

Daily Energy Markets Podcast
Daily Energy Markets Podcast

Gulf Intelligence

How secure are the UAE’s water reserves?
How secure are the UAE’s water reserves?

 Dubai Eye 103.8 Live

When Water Systems Fail, Entire Economies Feel the Impact
When Water Systems Fail, Entire Economies Feel the Impact

Observer Research Foundation Middle East

How do we navigate the new world of energy?
How do we navigate the new world of energy?

Ziarul Financiar

War causes acid rain, toxic air, contaminated water - How dangerous is it?
War causes acid rain, toxic air, contaminated water - How dangerous is it?

DW News

Water used as weapon in Iran war?
Water used as weapon in Iran war?

DW News

In focus: attacks on desalination plants
In focus: attacks on desalination plants

DW News

Libya’s Unnatural Disaster: How Derna was left to drown
Libya’s Unnatural Disaster: How Derna was left to drown

The New Arab

Daily Energy Markets 60 Second Soundbite
Daily Energy Markets 60 Second Soundbite

Gulf Intelligence

Uncovering how water sustainability is being engineered into everyday life in Qatar
Uncovering how water sustainability is being engineered into everyday life in Qatar

Euronews

The Growing Water Crisis Around the World
The Growing Water Crisis Around the World

CGTN America

Future Generations Council session 2: a prospective dialogue with Veolia’s CEO
Future Generations Council session 2: a prospective dialogue with Veolia’s CEO

Veolia

Dr. Raha Hakimdavar: Advancing Space-Based Hydrology for Water Sustainability
Dr. Raha Hakimdavar: Advancing Space-Based Hydrology for Water Sustainability

Waterloop

World Green Economy Summit 2025 - Neeshad Shafi’s Interview
World Green Economy Summit 2025 - Neeshad Shafi’s Interview

World Green Economy Summit

SST Think Tank Council Introduction
SST Think Tank Council Introduction

Singapore Space

Oil prices defy OPEC+ limited increases and markets await new sanctions on Russia (Arabic)
Oil prices defy OPEC+ limited increases and markets await new sanctions on Russia (Arabic)

Al Sharq

OPEC and global demand: Which determines the trajectory of oil prices? (Arabic)
OPEC and global demand: Which determines the trajectory of oil prices? (Arabic)

Al Sharq

Taiwan’s Historic Nuclear Referendum: a Second Chance for Nuclear Energy?
Taiwan’s Historic Nuclear Referendum: a Second Chance for Nuclear Energy?

CONNECTED on TaiwanPlus

Nuclear Revival: Big Tech Has Embraced Nuclear Energy, Will Taiwan?
Nuclear Revival: Big Tech Has Embraced Nuclear Energy, Will Taiwan?

CONNECTED on TaiwanPlus

Launch of Singapore Space & Technology (SST) Think Tank
Launch of Singapore Space & Technology (SST) Think Tank

Singapore Space

What’s at stake as the U.S. abandons clean energy?
What’s at stake as the U.S. abandons clean energy?

CGTN America

How AI and Semiconductors Are Stress-Testing Taiwan’s Energy Security
How AI and Semiconductors Are Stress-Testing Taiwan’s Energy Security

CONNECTED on TaiwanPlus

Why energy efficiency must be the cornerstone of climate strategy
Why energy efficiency must be the cornerstone of climate strategy

Energy Connects

World Environment Day 2025: Climate Crisis
World Environment Day 2025: Climate Crisis

World Environment Day 2025: Climate Crisis

Next 5 Years Could Smash Global Heat Records
Next 5 Years Could Smash Global Heat Records

United Nations University Institute of Water, Environment, and Health

How could Trump’s trade and energy policies divide Europe’s climate agenda
How could Trump’s trade and energy policies divide Europe’s climate agenda

GLOBSEC

CWI at International Events

CWI at External Events
Toxic Spillover: Conflict and Environmental Risk in the Gulf
Toxic Spillover: Conflict and Environmental Risk in the Gulf

Arab Gulf States Institute

From Scientific Evidence to Operational Readiness: Key Lessons from the WMA Annual Meeting for the Future of Rain Enhancement
From Scientific Evidence to Operational Readiness: Key Lessons from the WMA Annual Meeting for the Future of Rain Enhancement

Rain Enhancement Hub Webinar Series

Sustainable Solutions presents "Global Water Bankruptcy"
Sustainable Solutions presents "Global Water Bankruptcy"

 John Hopkins University

Conflict’s Impact on Food and Water Security Explained
Conflict’s Impact on Food and Water Security Explained

Observer Research Foundation Middle East

Sustainable Solutions: Climate in Faith, or Faith in Climate?
Sustainable Solutions: Climate in Faith, or Faith in Climate?

 John Hopkins University

Daily Energy Markets Podcast
Daily Energy Markets Podcast

Gulf Intelligence

A Footprint for the Future
A Footprint for the Future

Misk Global

Sustainable Solutions: The Changing Face of Sports under Climate Change
Sustainable Solutions: The Changing Face of Sports under Climate Change

Johns Hopkins University

Day 1: Panel Discussion: From Prediction to Policy - AI, Climate Risk & Global Readiness | ADIA Lab
Day 1: Panel Discussion: From Prediction to Policy - AI, Climate Risk & Global Readiness | ADIA Lab

ADIA Lab Symposium 2025

#MED2025 | Day 1 - October 16, 2025 | Adapting Development Assistance in Times of Uncertainty
#MED2025 | Day 1 - October 16, 2025 | Adapting Development Assistance in Times of Uncertainty

MED Dialogues 2025

Morning Keynote: Global Macro Overview
Morning Keynote: Global Macro Overview

Rethinking Water 2025

Empowering Change: Impact Finance and ESG Integration in Investments
Empowering Change: Impact Finance and ESG Integration in Investments

Power Summit

SCIENCE TALK: Water and Food Security Challenges in North Africa
SCIENCE TALK: Water and Food Security Challenges in North Africa

United Nations University Institute of Water, Environment, and Health Webinar

Water Scarcity: Exploring Sustainable Solutions for Resilience
Water Scarcity: Exploring Sustainable Solutions for Resilience

Earthna, Center for a Sustainable Future

The Need for Green
The Need for Green

Critical Infrastructure Summit

Every Drop Counts: Sustainability through Water Stewardship
Every Drop Counts: Sustainability through Water Stewardship

Energy, Water, and Sustainability Summit

Getting started with a digital twin: What you need to know
Getting started with a digital twin: What you need to know

Qatim Webinar

Promoting Sustainable Development
Promoting Sustainable Development

Georgetown University Qatar

Emerging technologies impacting water distribution management
Emerging technologies impacting water distribution management

Qatim Webinar

North Africa's Renewable Energy Landscape: A Comparative Analysis
North Africa's Renewable Energy Landscape: A Comparative Analysis

Middle East Institute

AI for Climate Monitoring, Prediction, Adaptation
AI for Climate Monitoring, Prediction, Adaptation

ADIA Lab Symposium

What are MENA countries’ priorities for climate action and COP?
What are MENA countries’ priorities for climate action and COP?

Chatham House Middle East and North Africa Programme

CWI in the News

CWI in the News
Msheireb Properties plays host to MIKTA Climate Dialogue ’26

Qatar Tribune

EEG Tackles Regional Water Issues Under “Strengthening Water Security in Arid Regions Through Sustainable Resource Management”

Biz Today

The country likely winning from Iran's Hormuz gambit? Russia

Euronews

Egyptian farmed fish, fueled by testosterone, will soon be imported into Europe

Reporterre

Inside Georgetown Qatar Classrooms as War Reshaped Teaching in Real Time

Georgetown University Qatar

How Georgetown Qatar Scholars Became Key Voices Explaining the U.S.–Israel War on Iran

Georgetown University Qatar

War in the Middle East: Renewable energies at the heart of the conflict

Reporterre

How strikes on Gulf energy infrastructure risk triggering environmental disaster

Arab News

Iran war’s environmental toll could leave damage and health risks for decades, experts say

Associated Press

Just Because It’s Raining Doesn’t Mean It’s Cloud Seeding

WIRED Middle East

War in Iran Has Put Middle East Water Supplies at Risk

The New York Times

Why water supplies may be the new front line in the Middle East war

Global News

How the war in Iran is putting vital water resources in jeopardy

Christian Science Monitor

Experts warn water stewardship needs same level of urgency as climate and biodiversity

Water Magazine

2025 Middle East Consultant Awards recognizes excellence across 21 categories

Middle East Construction News

Where Public-Private Partnerships work best and why

Cyprus Business News

Arab state seeding clouds to get water

Azerbaycan 24

UAE turns to cloud seeding in bid to secure its water future

Financial Times

Qatar-based environmentalist named in global climate leaders’ list

The Peninsula

Arab Youth Climate Movement Qatar secures UN recognition with Special Consultative Status

The Peninsula

Kabul braces for a waterless future

The Week

In Iran, heat, drought and a lack of water emerge as yet another crisis

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Kabul could become the first modern capital to run out of water — here's why

Live Science

Singapore Space & Technology Ltd Relaunches as SST Think Tank

Space and Defense

Doha Climate Talks unites stakeholders in dialogue, diplomacy, decisive action

The Peninsula

Who can fight against the heat in the Middle Eastern cities?

Fast Company Middle East

Experts discuss indigenous knowledge in water resource management at Earthna Summit

The Peninsula

Call to blend tradition with science for water solutions

Gulf Times

Relief for Moroccan agriculture after heavy rainfall

Arabian Gulf Business Insight

How Water and the Environment Shape Georgetown’s Global Leadership

Georgetown University Qatar

Publications with CWI

Publications with CWI
Adaptive connectivity networks across climatic and ecological regimes from the Neolithic to the Middle Ages in the Carpathian Basin

Quaternary Science Reviews

Outlook for Sustainable Agriculture in North Africa: Report Card Assessment

Middle East Institute

Ten Years After the Paris Agreement: Outcomes, Implications, and Strategic Pathways for the Gulf

Middle East Council on Global Affairs

NUKLEUS – A first kilometer-scale convection-permitting multi-model climate ensemble for Germany: Characteristics of the historical simulations 1961–1990

EGU Sphere

Sudan’s Water Crisis Worsened by War, But There is Hope

Cairo Review of Global Affairs

The Growing Threat of Extreme Weather Events in the Middle East

Hydroclimate Changes: Implications of the Middle East Region, Springer Nature

Oil Shock at the Ballot Box

German Marshall Fund

Water Security Under Pressure: Challenges and Strategies Across the Gulf

Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy

The future of energy geopolitics is written in patents

Atlantic Council

High fossil fuel prices should accelerate EU electrification. Or will they?

LinkedIn Article

How the broadening Middle East conflict could strengthen Russia’s hand

Atlantic Council

Variety is not enough. Why can diversification no longer guarantee energy security?

 Payne Institute for Public Policy

Efficiency in a Water-Scarce Region: Agrotechnology in North Africa

Italian Institute for International Political Studies

Bitcoin Mining on the Nile? Implications of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam for Egypt and Sudan

Arab Center Washington DC

The Role of Youth and Non-State Actors for Climate Change Action in Gulf Countries

Climate Policy and Politics in the Middle East

The Nexus of Climate Change and Water Security in the Middle East

Climate Policy and Politics in the Middle East

How the new US sanctions on Russian oil will impact energy markets

Atlantic Council

EU enlargement could redefine its energy geopolitics

Atlantic Council

On the implementation of external forcings in a regional climate model – a sensitivity study around the Samalas volcanic eruption in the Eastern Mediterranean / Middle East

Climate of the Past

Europe’s energy balancing act: nuclear power recognition, softer climate rhetoric

Atlantic Council

Atmospheric patterns drive marine heatwaves in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea during summer 2023

Environmental Research Letters

​​Trump’s Climate Silence Risks Undermining Gulf Engagement

Middle East Council on Global Affairs

To the Boiling Point? The MENA Region in the Eye of Climate Change 

Italian Institute for International Political Studies

Europe has a heating strategy—now it needs one for cooling

Atlantic Council

A Global Map of Electricity and Gas Distribution Network Companies

Energy Policy Research Group and University of Cambridge

Strong currents, stronger alliances: Reinforcing the EU’s Black Sea energy strategy through transatlantic collaboration  

Atlantic Council

The Ripple Effects of US Foreign Aid Cuts to Food and Water Access Across North Africa

Middle East Institute

Managing Threats to Food Security: Water and Agricultural Resilience in North Africa

Middle East Institute

EU-Japan Energy Relations in the Age of Trump’s LNG Push

GLOBSEC

The impact of climate variability on Morocco’s agriculture

Middle East Institute