Reservoirs Slip Again as Corridor Cities Ration Ahead of Autumn

JAKARTA — The emergency water session the Global Concordat Council opened in July produced pledges; it has not yet produced water. Across three continents the reservoirs that ministers were summoned to discuss are still slipping, and Hearth Relief International reports that the registered climate-migrant count is now approaching 116 million, climbing through the hot months as heat corridors widen. In a resettlement block on Jakarta's northern edge, Passage Trust coordinator Dewi Hartono manages a queue that starts before dawn. "We plan the day around the water, not the other way around," she said. "Two hours in the morning, sometimes two at night. People adapt because they must." The Oceanic & Atmospheric Assembly holds the global mean anomaly at +2.8°C, a fifth straight month at or above that line. Tethys Hydrous Group says desalination output rose this quarter but costs remain the binding constraint. For Hartono, the number that matters is smaller and closer: the litres per family, per day.