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France’s Water War Has No End in Sight
September 25th, 2023
Via Foreign Policy, a report on how – as France’s water reserves run low – tensions are running high: As France grapples with soaring temperatures and ever more ruinous droughts, a full-blown water war is unfolding in the country, with heavy clashes, injuries, and arrests. Tensions are running high over the use of giant artificial […]
Read more »French Government Unveils List of First 12 Industrial Sites in Water Reduction Plan
August 23rd, 2023
Courtesy of Rane’s Stratfor WorldView, a report on France’s first steps in its national water reduction strategy: What Happened: The French government unveiled the first 12 industrial sites involved in its plan to reduce water consumption in the country in an Aug. 21 press release. On the same day, the government declared a state of […]
Read more »Volvic On Front Line of France’s New Water Fears
June 26th, 2023
Via Terra Daily, an article on rising water tension in France: The public fountains in Volvic, the home of one of the world’s most famous mineral waters, have been turned off.Just down the road from the bottling factory at the foot of the old volcanic hills of central France, streams once powerful enough to drive […]
Read more »Water Politics In Europe: A New Fault Line
June 3rd, 2023
Courtesy of The Guardian, commentary on the need – as drought becomes the norm – for creative European politics solutions to deal with a new, parched reality: In April, Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, suggested that severe drought would become “one of the central political and territorial debates of our country in the coming years”. That […]
Read more »‘War Over Water’: Drought Battle Reaches Luxury Pools of Southern France
May 29th, 2023
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on the growing tourism-based ‘war over water’ in France: The flower-filled medieval hilltop town of Callian, former home of the late fashion designer Christian Dior, has proved so attractive to wealthy incomers that alongside its 4,000-strong population, it boasts 1,000 private swimming pools. Yet the mayor of the […]
Read more »Simmering Global Water Tension As Hot, Dry Summer Looms
May 25th, 2023
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, some hotspots for water tension as a hot, dry summer looms: Sun-baked fields and dusty reservoirs dot the landscape of southern Spain. Travel east in the Mediterranean and Tunisia is cutting urban water service at night to conserve supplies amid a harsh, multi-year drought. In the Horn of Africa, meanwhile, […]
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