The Top 5 of March 2021
Jordan is facing a deepening, multi-faceted freshwater crisis and it’ll take aggressive action by the country and its international partners to gain a foothold on its water future. In this month’s top post, Steven M. Gorelick, Jim Yoon, Christian Klassert feature their recently published framework that assesses the key factors playing a role in exacerbating Jordan’s limited natural water availability and Jordan’s water security outlook.
The Wilson Center’s China Environment Forum continues the conversation around a different threat facing water security in this month’s second and third top posts—plastic waste pollution. Dieuwertje Nelissen and Tauhid Pandji showcase Indonesia’s leadership in building a circular economy for reducing, reusing, and recycling plastic waste. Ruyi Li and Clare Auld-Brokish sat down with Break Free From Plastic’s former Asia-Pacific Coordinator Beau Baconguis to learn about her efforts to end plastic waste pollution in the Philippines.