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Gulf Co-operation Council Plans Regional Food And Water Security Center
June 17th, 2015
Via Future Directions International, a report on a new Gulf Cooperation Council initiative to foster dialogue and partnership around food and water security: Background Joint action within the agriculture and water sectors is a key objective in achieving food security for the GCC member states. This year’s GCC Agricultural Co-operation Committee meeting, hosted by Qatar […]
Read more »North Korea Faces Worst Drought In A Century
June 17th, 2015
Courtesy of the BBC, a report on North Korea’s drought crisis: The drought has reportedly also hit rice paddies in parts of South Korea North Korea says it is facing its worst drought in a century, sparking fears of worsening food shortages. State news agency KCNA said main rice-growing provinces had been badly affected and more […]
Read more »Global Water Supplies ‘In Distress’
June 16th, 2015
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a sobering report on the condition of the world’s biggest aquifers: More than a third of the world’s biggest aquifers, a vital source of fresh water for millions, are “in distress” because human activities are draining them, according to satellite observations. Scientists from Nasa, the US space agency, and the University of […]
Read more »Middle East Conflicts Jeopardize Water For Millions
June 13th, 2015
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a sobering look at how water is both a weapon and a casualty of violence in Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen: Millions of people across the Middle East face drought, scarce drinking water supplies, and poor sanitation due to civil wars and conflict. Meanwhile, resource constraints and foreign military interventions […]
Read more »Adaptation, Resistance, Or Subversion: How Will Water Politics Be Affected By Climate Change?
June 13th, 2015
Via the Wilson Center’s New Security Beat, commentary on how climate change may impact water politics in the years ahead: One of the primary ways climate change is expected to affect international relations is through water. There are more than 270 bodies of water that cross over international boundaries, and various methodologies have identified several dozen that are particularly […]
Read more »Rapid Groundwater Depletion Threatens Pakistan Food Security
June 13th, 2015
Via Reuters, a look at Pakistan’s growing water/food crisis: Until recently, Ghulam Mustafa made a living growing sugarcane, rice, barley and wheat on his 10-acre farm in Punjab province. But these days he is struggling. The water available in wells in the area is dwindling, and the cost of pumping it to his crops is […]
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