My podcast explores the effects of climate change on the water availability in Jordan. I note the
implications for Jordan’s agricultural sector and ways in which the Jordanian government frames the
discussion of climate change—seeking to establish better water management rather than combating the
underlying causes of climate change. A major takeaway from the research from this podcast is that largely
underdeveloped countries like Jordan in particularly vulnerable arid locations are enduring many of the
consequences of climate change that have yet to catch up with industrialized nations (like the problem of
water scarcity due to rising temperatures). At the end of the podcast, I comment on how this burden of
climate change may be disproportionately affecting those nations with no resources to manage it and no
means to help solve the crisis
Works cited:
Oroud, I. M. (n.d.). The Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources in Jordan. Environmental
Science and Engineering Climatic Changes and Water Resources in the Middle East and North
Africa, 109-123. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-85047-2_10
Rajsekhar, D., & Gorelick, S. M. (2017). Increasing drought in Jordan: Climate change and cascading
Syrian land-use impacts on reducing transboundary flow. Science Advances, 3(8).
doi:10.1126/sciadv.1700581
Whitman, E. (2019, September 04). A land without water: The scramble to stop Jordan from running dry.
Retrieved November 09, 2020, from https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02600-w
Works Cited: AUDIO
Al-Roud, R., & Abu-Lohom, N. (2019, April 30). Q&A: Tackling water scarcity in Jordan [Interview].
Retrieved November 08, 2020, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rZ7cY3cBwI.
Bromberg, G. (2019). Climate Change, Water & National Security for Jordan, Palestine and Israel.
Speech presented at Climate Change, Water & National Security for Jordan, Palestine and Israel in
Columbia Law School, New York City.
How Jordan combats water shortage. (2018, July 02). Retrieved November 08, 2020, from
https://www.eib.org/en/videos/wadi-al-arab-water-jordan
Supporting farmers in water-scarce Jordan through ILO's labour-intensive approach. (2019, June 04).
Retrieved November 09, 2020, from
https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/mission-and-objectives/features/WCMS_708965/lang--en/index.htm
Sound effects retrieved from https://freesound.org/ and https://archive.org/

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