BLOG
Dramatic Rise In Water-Related Violence Since 2022
January 23rd, 2026
Via The Guardian, an article on how the climate crisis, corruption and lack or misuse of infrastructure are among factors driving water conflicts: Water-related violence has almost doubled since 2022 and little is being done to understand and address the trend and prevent new and escalating risks, experts have said. There were 419 incidents of […]
Read more »Trump Wades Into Nile Dispute; Egypt and Sudan Back Move, Ethiopia Silent
January 23rd, 2026
Via The Africa Report, a look at how Donald Trump has once again thrust Washington into the long-running dispute over the Nile River and Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, openly siding with Egypt and Sudan on water security: Tensions over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) took centre stage as US President Donald Trump met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah […]
Read more »Iran’s Regime Has Survived War, Sanctions and Uprising. Environmental Crises May Bring It Down.
January 21st, 2026
Via Inside Climate News, a look at how decades of water depletion, dam building and repression of scientists and environmentalists have driven Iran toward ecological crises that are fueling protests rocking the country: The anti?government protests sweeping across Iran, from major cities to rural towns, are fueled by anger over economic collapse and political repression. […]
Read more »World Entered New Era of ‘Water Bankruptcy’
January 20th, 2026
Via The Washington Post, an article on a new UN report in which researchers say the world’s parched condition is not merely a temporary crisis, but a permanent failure that requires rethinking the world’s approach to water scarcity: Climate change, pollution and decades of overuse have pushed the world into a state of “water bankruptcy,” […]
Read more »The Cross-Border Fight for Water in the Rio Grande Valley
January 17th, 2026
Via Texas Monthly, commentary on water diplomacy and a looming disaster for communities and industry along the Rio Grande: Water scarcity is a fact of life for people in South Texas and the Chihuahuan Desert of northern Mexico. While Texans in the Rio Grande Valley have so far avoided scientists’ predictions of a “Zero Day” […]
Read more »Mexico Is Sending Texas Billions of Gallons of Water. It Won’t Be Enough.
January 17th, 2026
Via Texas Monthly, a report on the treaty between the U.S. and Mexico that aims to manage resources that flow between nations. What happens when the water dries up? There’s a scenic overlook off the highway above the deep ravine of the Cañón del Pegüis in Chihuahua, Mexico, not far from the Texas border and […]
Read more »