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The Thirsty Dragon: Water Over Energy Security In China
October 29th, 2014
Via China Water Risk, an interesting interview with Li Junfeng, one of China’s most prominent advocates of renewable energy, actively addressing the importance of water security in the public. He is currently the Director General of National Center of Climate Change Strategy Research and the former Deputy Director of the Energy Research Institute at China’s […]
Read more »Political Dimensions Of Iran’s Water Crisis
October 29th, 2014
Via CRIA Views, a report on Iran’s water crisis: The Islamic Republic of Iran is facing a new threat to its national security: shortage of water resources. For the first time in Iran’s history, high-ranking government officials, including President Rouhani, Vice President Eshagh Jahangiri, and Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian, have declared Iran’s water crisis as […]
Read more »Preventing Water Wars: Building Bridges Over Water Disputes
October 2nd, 2014
Via The Guardian, a look at how legal and diplomatic policies may help countries to navigate dramatic reductions in water levels that could lead to conflict: The River Nile flows past eleven countries including Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya Fifty years ago, Lake Chad in Africa had a surface area of 25,000 square kilometres. Today, […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s Plan To Link Rivers To Ensure Water Supply
October 1st, 2014
Courtesy of Future Directions International, a look at India’s plan to link rivers as part of a revived national inter-basin water transfer project: India’s current water challenge is well documented. The country extracts 230 cubic kilometres of groundwater every year and faces critical water shortages and environmental degradation, caused by groundwater over-extraction and pollution. India […]
Read more »Thirsty Dragon: A Canal Too Far?
September 28th, 2014
Via The Economist, commentary that the world’s biggest water-diversion project will do little to alleviate water scarcity: THREE years ago the residents of Hualiba village in central China’s Henan province were moved 10km (six miles) from their homes into squat, yellow houses far from any source of work or their newly allocated fields. These days […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Vast New Waterways Will Not Solve Shortages
September 28th, 2014
Courtesy of The Economist, a look at China’s South-North Water Diversion Project: SOON the centrepiece of one of China’s most spectacular engineering projects will be completed, with the opening of sluicegates into a canal stretching over 1,200km (750 miles) from the Yangzi river north to the capital, Beijing. The new channel is only part of […]
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