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Climate Change and Water Woes Drove ISIS Recruiting in Iraq
November 24th, 2017
Via National Geographic, a look at how desperate farmers – battered by scarce water and climate change – were driven into terror recruiters’ clutches: It was a few weeks after the rains failed in the winter of 2009 that residents of Shirqat first noticed the strange bearded men. Circling like vultures among the stalls of […]
Read more »Damming or Damning the Amazon: Assessing Ecuador / China Cooperation
November 24th, 2017
Via Mongabay, an article on Ecuador’s partnership with China and what it may mean for rivers in the Amazon: In 2008, Ecuador, led by President Rafael Correa, approved a new constitution based upon Buen Vivr (the ”Good Life”), committing the nation to indigenous rights, environmental sustainability and state sovereignty. However, Correa quickly aligned the nation […]
Read more »Central Asian States Lose $4.5B Yearly Due To Water Crisis
November 24th, 2017
Via Azerbaijan’s Trend magazine, a report on the economic impact of water scarcity and lack of cooperation therein in Central Asia: Economic losses from the lack of water cooperation in the Central Asian region reaches $ 4.5 billion annually, said Iskandar Abdullayev, Executive Director of the Regional Environmental Center for Central Asia (CAREC). “Water cooperation […]
Read more »Iran: Absence of Water Diplomacy Leads to Ecological Disasters
November 24th, 2017
Via Iran’s Financial Tribune, an article on how some in Iran feel that the nation will face the consequences of the international water crisis in the next 10 years, if it fails to find solutions with the aid of diplomacy today: Many environmental challenges such as drought and dust storms are the outcomes of ineffective […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: What ‘Xi’s Thought’ Means For Water
November 20th, 2017
Via China Water Risk, a report on what Xi’s speech at China’s 19th National Congress means for water & the environment: Highlights -Xi is determined to steward China’s environment; current resource & pollution intensive growth model has to change -With water use per unit GDP to fall by 23% in 2015-2020, new tech & industries […]
Read more »Egypt Warns Ethiopia Nile Dam Dispute ‘Life or Death’
November 20th, 2017
Via the New York Times, a report on the growing tension over the Nile between Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, for the second time in as many days, delivered on Saturday a stern warning to Ethiopia over a dam it is building after the two countries along with Sudan failed to approve […]
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