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The Thirsty Dragon: The Next Challenge For China’s Leaders? Water.
November 16th, 2012
Via The Washington Post, an article on China’s water challenges: Now that the 18th Communist Party Congress is over, China’s new leadership team turns its attention to tackling the problem of the country’s slowing economy. China faces a number of challenges, including dependence on exports and weak domestic consumption, but one of the most pressing issues is a risk […]
Read more »Ethiopia: On Track To Complete First Mega-Dams By 2015
November 13th, 2012
Via Climate Connections, a look at Ethiopia’s plans to build a series of large dams along the Nile River in the next few years: Ethiopia’s energy minister played down concerns on Monday about how it would finance the first of an array of mega-dams due to revolutionise east African power markets, saying it was on […]
Read more »Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan Agree On Water Co-operation
November 13th, 2012
Via AllAfrica, a report on an agreement related to the Eastern Nile basin: Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan have agreed to resume their tripartite cooperation under the Eastern Nile Basin. The three nations had devised a joint institutional framework and been working together on Nile waters conservation and utilization since 1999. Water resources ministers of the […]
Read more »Afghanistan’s Water Challenges
November 13th, 2012
Via a LinkedIn discussion, some commentary by a World Bank official on the water challenges facing Afghanistan: With war and neglect, Afghans face water shortage. “Water is said to be politics and war — and the source of future wars. We are not the only ones who will see our population grow,” Afghanistan needs billions […]
Read more »Central Asia’s Looming Conflict Over Water: The Downriver Countries
November 13th, 2012
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), further analysis of water competition in Central Asia: Shared but limited water resources are always potential catalysts for regional disputes, especially if those resources are mismanaged. However, the developing conflict involving the Aral Sea basin is unique due to its relatively recent emergence since the fall of the Soviet Union […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China Heading Towards An Unavoidable Water Crisis
November 12th, 2012
Via OilPrice.com, a report on China’s thirst for water: China is a huge producer and consumer of commodities. Not only is it the largest global producer of key crops and meat, it has the largest appetite for goods that cover the gamut from rice to rubber, from cotton to copper. But one of its largest […]
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