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Can Water Help Quench the Flames of Hostility? How Shared Waters Can Promote Dialogue During Conflict
February 5th, 2024
Via Johns Hopkins, a new journal article examining how shared waters can promote dialogue during conflict: Abstract: Grounded in the water diplomacy and environmental peacebuilding literatures, our article poses the question: Are there settings of existing or potential international conflict where shared water resources may induce dialogue, regardless of whether there is a relationship between […]
Read more »Environmentalists See Nevada Supreme Court Ruling Bringing State’s Water Management ‘Into the 21st Century’
February 4th, 2024
Via Inside Climate News, a look at a recent Nevada Supreme Court ruling that the state can restrict new groundwater pumping if it will impact other users and wildlife, a decision environmentalists are calling a major win in updating the state’s water law: The Nevada Supreme Court unanimously ruled last week that the state can […]
Read more »Mexico City Residents Protest Water Shortage As Ex-Civil Protection Head Urges ‘Prioritizing Survival Actions’
February 4th, 2024
Via The Independent, a look at growing unrest over Mexico’s water shortages: According to the Mexican government, for more than 40 years, the Cutzamala System has been the main source of water supply for the Mexican capital and the metropolitan area; now, the supply of this vital liquid could be endangered SIGN UP I would […]
Read more »Brazil-Bolivia Dam Reignites Debates on Hydropower in the Amazon
February 3rd, 2024
Via Diálogo Chino, a look at how communities have pushed back on a proposed Ribeirão dam, a joint initiative by Brazil and Bolivia on the Madeira River, decrying dams’ impacts and seeking alternatives in solar: On a hot August day in the city of Guajará-Mirim, in Brazil’s Rondônia state, more than 140 people packed into a […]
Read more »Spain’s Catalonia Is Spending $2.6 Billion to Survive Without Rain
February 1st, 2024
Via Bloomberg, a report that Barcelona and surrounding areas are planning to end their dependency on rain water by 2030 as global warming forces the region to adapt to a dramatically different climate: Catalonia, home to Spain’s second-largest regional economy and popular tourist destination Barcelona, has a plan to live without rain by the end of this decade. […]
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