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The Parched Tiger: India’s Unpredictible Water Resources
January 30th, 2015
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), interesting analysis of India’s water challenge: Because of its massive river systems and variety of climates, India is not always the first country that comes to mind when considering water stress issues, but the emerging regional powerhouse is still an agrarian society at its core. This already inefficient sector […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Water Use Reform Will Be Difficult for Fractured India
January 28th, 2015
Via STRATFOR (subscription required), analysis of the difficulty facing India in water reform: Because of its massive river systems and variety of climates, India is not always the first country that comes to mind when considering water stress issues, but the emerging regional powerhouse is still an agrarian society at its core. This already inefficient […]
Read more »Meltdown In Tibet
January 26th, 2015
Via the Daily Pioneer, a review of an interesting book entitled Meltdown in Tibet: André Malraux, the famous French Philosopher and General de Gaulle’s Culture Minister once said, ‘The 21st century will be spiritual or will not be’. Without denying the role that spirituality can play in the present planetary crisis, it is obvious that […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: A New Look At Sino-India Water Wars
January 20th, 2015
Via Eurasia Review, one observer’s commentary that the Sino-India ‘water wars’ narrative has been overblown and there is a need for a better understanding of China’s intent: For years, Indian security analysts, most notably Dr. Brahma Chellaney, have been warning of the coming water wars between India and China. While water issues could emerge as […]
Read more »World Economic Forum Ranks Water Crises as Top Global Risk
January 15th, 2015
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a report on a recent WEF ranking of water as the top global risk: Though much of India is water-rich, the country hasn’t invested nearly enough in public water supply, transport, or treatment. Millions of India’s urban residents, including this man in New Delhi, draw their water from hand pumps […]
Read more »The Age Of Hydro-Diplomacy
January 14th, 2015
Via Nature.com, commentary on the potential for shared management of water as a means to achieve regional cooperation and conflict prevention: The world is experiencing a surge of water-related crises. The eastern basin of the Aral Sea dried up completely in August, for the first time in 600 years. California has experienced an unprecedented three-year […]
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