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Three International Water Conflicts to Watch
November 15th, 2024
Via Geopolitical Monitor, a report on three international water conflicts that bear watching: International water conflicts are a prisoner’s dilemma fundamentally rooted in geopolitics. Neither up nor downriver states can live without it, and water is the lifeblood of development and economic growth. Yet one (upriver) state has a fundamental advantage over the other (downriver) state. […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Biggest Clean Power Machine Is Misfiring Due To Drought
October 28th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, a look at how climate change is coming for China’s water that fuels hydroelectric plants, putting decarbonizing plans at risk: It may not get the same attention as solar panels and wind farms, but few pieces of infrastructure are more crucial for the fate of the planet than China’s cascade of hydroelectric plants. […]
Read more »Water Crises Threaten the World’s Ability to Eat, Studies Show
October 20th, 2024
Via the New York Times, an article on how food production is concentrated in too few countries, many of which face water shortages: High food prices, meet the global water crisis. The world’s food supply is under threat because so much of what we eat is concentrated in so few countries, and many of those […]
Read more »Three International Water Conflicts to Watch
October 11th, 2024
Via Geopolitical Monitor, a report on three international water conflicts to watch: International water conflicts are a prisoner’s dilemma fundamentally rooted in geopolitics. Neither up nor downriver states can live without it, and water is the lifeblood of development and economic growth. Yet one (upriver) state has a fundamental advantage over the other (downriver) state. All […]
Read more »Strengthening Water Security Through International Cooperation: The Morocco-China Partnership
September 19th, 2024
Via Eurasia Review, an article on cooperation between China and Morocco around water: As the world grapples with the growing challenges of climate change, water security has become a central concern for many nations. In this context, the recent signing of a memorandum of understanding between Morocco and China marks a significant step toward addressing […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Record Rainfall Spoils Crops in China, Rattling Its Leaders
September 4th, 2024
Via the New York Times, an article on how record rainfall has impacted food production in China and emphasized the nation’s water crises (some areas have too much, and others too little): After weeks of drought, farmers in the typically arid agricultural belt in northern China were ill prepared for the torrential rain that inundated […]
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