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Canada Dry: The Worsening Problem of Drought In Canada
August 19th, 2025
Via The Narwahl, a look at how a rush of water-hungry AI data centres is just one reason to rethink industrial water use, as drought becomes a real, year-round problem across Canada: We got rain — so our drought concerns are over, right? It’s something we hear from readers, family and friends all the time. […]
Read more »From Warming To Warfare: How Climate Change and Drought Fuels Global Conflict
August 15th, 2025
Via Illuminem, a look at the road to World War III – how climate change fuels global conflict: The road to World War III may not begin with missiles or ideology. It may begin with water shortages, bread riots, and mass displacement. What if climate change is not just an environmental emergency, but the primary […]
Read more »As Colorado River Slowly Dries Up, States Angle for Influence over Future Water Rights
August 14th, 2025
Via Renewable Energy World, a look at how – as the Colorado River slowly dries up – states angle for influence over future water rights: The Colorado River is in trouble: Not as much water flows into the river as people are entitled to take out of it. A new idea might change that, but […]
Read more »Yarlung Zangbo Dam: The Dawn of Zero-Sum Water Politics in South Asia
August 11th, 2025
Via Geopolitical Monitor, a look at the Yarlung Zangbo Dam and the dawn of zero-sum water politics in South Asia: The Yarlung Zangbo dam project represents a watershed moment in China’s emergence as a hydro-hegemon capable of manipulating water flows across multiple international boundaries for its own strategic advantage. While Beijing frames the initiative as part […]
Read more »How the UAE Is Redefining Global Water Trade By Turning Scarcity Into Strategy
August 7th, 2025
Via Khaleej Times, an article on how – with more than 40% of its potable water derived from desalination – the UAE is one of the world’s most advanced users of non-traditional water sources: Faced with extreme scarcity, the UAE is turning constraint into opportunity, using its logistics muscle, regulatory agility and investment firepower to […]
Read more »The Strategic Ripples of China’s Mega-Dam for Bangladesh
August 7th, 2025
Via The Diplomat, a look at how for Bangladesh, far downstream yet acutely affected, the Medog Hydropower Station highlights its struggles to ensure equitable water-sharing: When Chinese Premier Li Qiang broke ground on the world’s most ambitious dam – the Medog Hydropower Station on the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet – global headlines fixated on […]
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