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Water Wars In Africa: More Likely To Arise Out Of Political Failure, Not Drought
October 5th, 2009
Via The East African, a look at the prospect of future water wars in Africa. As the article notes, these observers feel that if any such conflicts arise, they will be caused by political failure versus the lack of water: “…The second day of the Institute for Security Studies meeting on Climate Change and Transnational […]
Read more »Himalayan Glacial Melt And The Threat of Water Conflict In Asia
October 5th, 2009
Courtesy of CNN, a sober report on the recession of Himalayan glaciers and the threat of conflict arising over diminised water resources. As the article notes: “…The glaciers in the Himalayas are receding quicker than those in other parts of the world and could disappear altogether by 2035 according to the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on […]
Read more »Hydropolitical Vulnerability in Asia
September 30th, 2009
Via WaterWired, a summary of the Asian section of the UNEP report on hydrovulnerability, in particular the conclusions reached on the West Asia basins (Jordan, Asi-Orontes, Tigris-Euphrates/Shatt Al Arab, Kura-Araks, An Nahr Al Kabir River basin, Aral Sea). As the report notes: “…The transboundary basins in West Asia show signs of both resiliency and vulnerability, […]
Read more »East Africa: Aquacalypse Now
September 30th, 2009
Courtesy of The Economist, a report on a looming water crisis in East Africa that is likely to give rise to increased violence in this already fragile part of the world. As the article notes: “…This year’s drought is the worst in east Africa since 2000, and possibly since 1991. Famine stalks the land. The […]
Read more »Water Wars – Between Industries
September 30th, 2009
While this blog normally examines water allocation and scarcity issues between various transnational or other jurisdictions, this New York Times article reports on the increasing likelihood of water “wars” breaking out between industries or corporations as scarcity becomes more and more prevalent. We have long held that biofuels are an exceedingly inefficient use of water […]
Read more »Hydropolitical Vulnerability and Environmental Security
September 29th, 2009
Via Aquadoc, news that the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is publishing a series on the hydropolitical vulnerability and resilence of international water resources on all the inhabited continents. As the article notes: “… a nation is hydropolitically vulnerable if there is the potential for conflict to arise with another nation(s) over a particular international […]
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