Arab Watch Reports 2025: The Right to Water and Climate Change
Water is more than a natural resource. It is a matter of rights, governance, justice and dignity. This issue challenges conventional narratives of scarcity and examines how political decisions, conflict, climate change and unequal development shape access to water across the Arab region.
Moving beyond technical explanations of water scarcity, this opening contribution places water at the intersection of power, rights, development and environmental justice, and introduces the broader approach of the Arab Watch Reports 2025.
READ THE EDITORIAL →This contribution examines how women experience and respond to water insecurity, highlighting the links between gender, power, conflict, care and survival in communities facing deepening environmental pressures.
READ THE ARTICLE →The article places water and development within the broader political economy of the Arab region, arguing that social justice must remain central to stability, development and responses to regional transformation.
READ THE ARTICLE →A closer look at Jordan’s water sector and the governance reforms needed to strengthen the right to water, improve accountability and address structural pressures affecting equitable access.
READ THE ARTICLE →This article examines how water becomes entangled with conflict, territorial control and political power in Syria, raising fundamental questions of sovereignty, security and the right to water.
READ THE ARTICLE →This contribution situates the right to water within wider transformations in global capitalism, examining how economic models, markets and changing relations between the state and the private sector shape access to essential resources.
READ THE ARTICLE →Moving from participation to influence, this article explores how Arab youth can contribute more meaningfully to advocacy, policymaking and collective action for water justice and sustainable development.
READ THE ARTICLE →Explore the Arab Watch Reports 2025 on the right to water and climate change, including the regional report, national reports, thematic papers, case studies and additional resources examining water justice, governance and climate challenges across the Arab region.
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