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U.S. Water Security Initiative: Central Asia is a Contender for Partnership
July 6th, 2022
Via Caspian Policy Center, an article on Central Asia’s potential as a partner in the U.S.’s new water security initiative: On June 1, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris emphasized water security as an essential foreign policy priority. Harris mentioned that improving water security would enhance public health results and bolster local economic output, which in turn […]
Read more »Hydro Colonialism: Squeezing Africa Dry
July 6th, 2022
Via GRAIN, a report on how water is often behind the scramble for land in Africa: Food cannot be grown without water. In Africa, one in three people endure water scarcity and climate change will make things worse. Building on Africa’s highly sophisticated indigenous water management systems could help resolve this growing crisis, but these very systems […]
Read more »Water Security: Now A Key US Foreign Policy Priority
June 30th, 2022
Via GreenBiz, an article on water security now becoming a key part of US foreign policy: For the first time, the United States government will approach water scarcity as a national security issue, Vice President Kamala Harris said this week. The policy shift is part of the newly announced White House Action Plan on Global Water […]
Read more »Industrial Agriculture Is Threatened By Access To Key Resources From Water To Healthy Soils
June 30th, 2022
Via Forbes, an article on how industrial agriculture is threatened by access to key resources from water to healthy soils: As a devastating and historic drought from Illinois to Texas to California grinds on, sophisticated mapping and data projection bring more bad news: Agricultural areas are among the places in the U.S. experiencing the highest temperature […]
Read more »How Much Progress Has Been Made On Kyrgyz-Uzbek Water Cooperation?
June 30th, 2022
Via the Third Pole, a look at signs that improving relations between Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan could lead to better management of water: Since the collapse of the USSR in 1991, tensions over water have repeatedly sparked conflict in Central Asia. But experts have told The Third Pole they are hopeful that improved relations between Uzbekistan and […]
Read more »A Water Strategy for the Parched West
June 30th, 2022
Via The Conversation, a report on the idea of having cities pay farmers to install more efficient irrigation systems as a way of helping water availability in the parched West: “Are you going to run out of water?” is the first question people ask when they find out I’m from Arizona. The answer is that some […]
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