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Water Innovations Crucial As Arab Nations Address Climate Change
July 4th, 2017
Via the FAO, a brief look at the importance of fostering water use innovations in Arab countries: Arab states must continue to seek innovations to overcome water scarcity in the face of climate change, said UN Food and Agriculture Organization Director-General José Graziano da Silva at an event co-hosted by the Arab League on the […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Delhi Waits For Water
July 3rd, 2017
Via Circle of Blue, two interesting short videos (transcripts below) on Delhi’s water crisis: It’s a typical morning as Delhi awakens to its usual chaos. Legendary traffic jams. Vendors on the street. Beggars faces longingly pressed against car windows… selling flowers. But like many of the word’s urban centers, Delhi is thirsty… even parched. As […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Drought in Northern China Is Worst on Record
June 30th, 2017
Courtesy of the New York Times, a look at the current drought in northern China: Officials governing a large area of northern China say their region is suffering from the worst drought on record, leading to crops wilting and farmers and herders growing desperate to get water to farmlands, grasslands, animals and their households. The drought is affecting […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Is China’s Hydropower Frenzy Drowning Sacred Mountains?
June 26th, 2017
Via Terra Daily, a report on the impact of China’s dam building on Tibet’s sacred mountains: Towering walls of concrete entomb lush forests on mountainsides in southwest China as workers toil on the dry riverbed below to build the country’s latest mega-dam. The colossal construction site in Sichuan province swallows three rivers, providing another display […]
Read more »Hydropower: A Hot Topic In Central Asia, And Not Just From The Usual Suspects
June 24th, 2017
Courtesy of Radio Free Europe, a look at hydro power in Central Asia: There has been a lot of talk about hydropower in Central Asia since the start of May, and not just from the usual quarters. Perhaps it’s just officials watching the melting snows of spring and envisioning lights coming on in homes and […]
Read more »Why Hydro Politics Will Shape The 21st Century
June 24th, 2017
Courtesy of BBC, a look at how – in the coming decades – the supply of water has the potential to influence geopolitics, diplomacy and even conflict: The 2008 James Bond film Quantum of Solace pits 007 against an evil criminal syndicate bent on global domination. Sounds par for the course… but this particular network […]
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