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Is Water the Next Geopolitical Battle?
May 8th, 2026
Via GZero Media, a look at whether water is the next geopolitical battle: This spring, the World Bank launched a new initiative to tackle a growing problem plaguing the world’s most fundamental resource: water. The program, dubbed Water Forward, is aiming to improve water access for 1 billion people over the next four years, as the […]
Read more »One of the Planet’s Biggest Cities is Sinking so Rapidly it’s Visible from Space
May 6th, 2026
Via CNN, a look at how Mexico City’s metropolis of nearly 22 million people is sinking at an alarming rate due to over-extraction of the aquifer which lies beneath it: Mexico City is sinking at such an alarming rate that it’s visible from the space. Imagery from a powerful NASA radar system is revealing subsidence […]
Read more »Will Chinese Megaprojects Solve Northern Peru’s Water Crisis?
April 30th, 2026
Via Dialogue.Earth, a look at China’s recent win of an international tender to execute the Poechos and Alto Piura megaprojects, both key to the Piura region’s future water security: The sun beats down on Cieneguillo, a valley famed for its lemon and mango plantations near Peru’s northern coast. Farmer Yhon Silupú Córdova – thin, slow-moving […]
Read more »Why Trump Wants To Spend $1B on Great Salt Lake
April 27th, 2026
Via NPR, a report on why Trump wants to spend $1 billion on Great Salt Lake: At its peak, Great Salt Lake, located right outside the state’s capital of Salt Lake City, was bigger than the state of Delaware, covering roughly 2,300 square miles, with a thriving ecosystem and the main reason Utah claimed to […]
Read more »Indus Waters Treaty at Crossroads: Pakistan’s Legal Response and India’s Position
April 20th, 2026
Via Modern Dipomacy, a look at how – one year after tensions escalated over the Indus Waters Treaty – the evolving dynamic between Pakistan and India presents a significant case study in the interaction between law, diplomacy, and regional stability: One year after tensions escalated over the Indus Waters Treaty, the evolving dynamic between Pakistan […]
Read more »How the UAE and Its Gulf Neighbors Can Help Keep a Thirsty World Hydrated
April 19th, 2026
Via the UAE’s National News, commentary on how the UAE and its Gulf neighbours can help keep a thirsty world hydrated: The next global race is not for AI or energy, it is for water; and the UAE should lead it. For decades, water has been the quiet crisis, always present, rarely urgent enough to […]
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