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Saudi Arabia’s Bold Transformation To Tackle Water Security
June 12th, 2025
Via Arab News, a report on Saudi Arabia’s bold transformation to tackle water scarcity: Saudi Arabia is confronting one of the world’s most urgent environmental challenges: water scarcity. Faced with limited natural freshwater resources and a rapidly expanding population, the Kingdom is taking decisive steps to secure water availability for future generations. Central to this […]
Read more »Kabul May Run Out of Water
June 10th, 2025
A report from NGO Mercy Corps warns that Kabul could completely run out of water by 2030 owing to a combination of stressors, driven by over-extraction due to rapid urbanization, climate change, and widespread contamination of existing supply. Should the forecast come to pass, Kabul would become the first city to face an existential crisis […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Catastrophe on the Roof of the World
June 8th, 2025
Via Stagecraft and Statecraft, commentary on the full extent of China’s destruction of the Tibetan Plateau, not least because the area is off limits to international observers. But there is no doubt that the region’s ecosystem is becoming increasingly fragile, with far-reaching social, environmental, and geopolitical consequences: The Tibetan Plateau is home to vast glacial […]
Read more »The Colorado River Is Running Low, But The Groundwater Status Is Even Worse
May 29th, 2025
Via the Washington Post, an article on a new study showing that the Colorado River Basin has lost twice as much groundwater since 2003 as water taken out of its reservoirs: The dwindling flow of the Colorado River has alarmed the American West for years, but the water losses happening underground are even worse, according to […]
Read more »Trump Forces Mexico to Share More Water Along the Rio Grande
May 29th, 2025
Via Circle of Blue, a report on how President’s stern hydro diplomacy is criticized as temporary and damaging: Mexico’s announcement late last month that it would send water to the United States to meet its treaty requirement to meet the needs of residents in the Rio Grande Valley was seen by President Claudia Sheinbaum as a step […]
Read more »Tribal Interests in the Future of the Colorado River
May 22nd, 2025
Via Native American Rights Fund, an article on Tribal interests in the future of the Colorado River: The Colorado River Basin is home to thirty federally recognized Tribal Nations,[i] each with unique histories, cultures, and relationships to the Colorado River and its tributaries. These Tribal Nations rely on the River for various purposes, including cultural and […]
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