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Brazil’s Olympic Games, Climate Change and Water Security
August 10th, 2016
Via Future Directions International, a look at Brazil’s Olympic Games, climate change and water security: Background Brazil’s turbulent state of political, economic and environmental affairs has cast an eerie shadow over the success of Brazil’s ability to host the Olympic Games. The Olympic Opening Ceremony in Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, highlighted the significance of climate […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Why Moving to Clean Energy in China Can Prevent a Water Crisis
August 10th, 2016
Via the Energy Collective, a report on the water impact of China’s move to clean energy: In April, the Chinese government made an announcement that it is stopping the construction of new coal-fired power plants that amount to a whopping 105 GW of electricity generation. While this planned shut-down is likely a response to the […]
Read more »Food and Water Security in a Hotter Middle East
August 10th, 2016
Via Future Directions International, a look at food and water security in the Middle East: Background Rising temperatures in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are likely to force regional states to address the exacerbated threat to the supply and security of food and water. This issue is brought to the fore by the […]
Read more »When It Comes to Water Scarcity, Population Growth Tops Climate Change
August 1st, 2016
Via the Wilson Center’s New Security Beat, an interesting article on population growth’s impact on water scarcity: One of the findings of the Worldwatch Institute’s Family Planning and Environmental Sustainability Assessment (FPESA) suggests it’s not accurate to claim that climate change is at the root of growing water scarcity around the world. Based on the best recent […]
Read more »The World’s Most Water-Stressed Cities
July 30th, 2016
Courtesy of The Guardian, a look at the world’s most water stressed cities: where more than 2.5 billion people don’t have access to basic levels of fresh water for at least one month each year – a situation growing ever more critical as urban populations expand rapidly: In the southern reaches of Egypt, the city […]
Read more »Israel’s Mediterranean Desalination Plants Could Shift Middle East’s Water Balance
July 26th, 2016
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a look at how Israel’s desalination could remake the region’s politics and ecology but hasn’t yet: The water that flows into Sorek desalination plant is drawn from near the Mediterranean Sea floor. Pumped inland, the water is cleansed, step by step, of salts and impurities. The transmutation does not take […]
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