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Kabul Risks Becoming First Modern City To Run Out of Water
June 12th, 2025
Via The Guardian, an article on a recent report forecasting that the Afghan capital’s 7 million people face existential crisis that world needs urgently to address: Kabul could become the first modern city to completely run out of water, experts have warned. Water levels within Kabul’s aquifers have dropped by up to 30 metres over […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s $80B Coal Push Threatens Water Access In Dry Zones
June 12th, 2025
Via Investing.com, a report on how India’s $80 billion coal push threatens water access in dry zones: According to a Reuters report, India’s aggressive push to expand coal-fired power generation — nearly $80 billion by 2031 — is compounding an already dire water crisis in the country’s driest districts. A majority of new coal projects […]
Read more »Saudi Arabia’s Bold Transformation To Tackle Water Security
June 12th, 2025
Via Arab News, a report on Saudi Arabia’s bold transformation to tackle water scarcity: Saudi Arabia is confronting one of the world’s most urgent environmental challenges: water scarcity. Faced with limited natural freshwater resources and a rapidly expanding population, the Kingdom is taking decisive steps to secure water availability for future generations. Central to this […]
Read more »Kabul May Run Out of Water
June 10th, 2025
A report from NGO Mercy Corps warns that Kabul could completely run out of water by 2030 owing to a combination of stressors, driven by over-extraction due to rapid urbanization, climate change, and widespread contamination of existing supply. Should the forecast come to pass, Kabul would become the first city to face an existential crisis […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Catastrophe on the Roof of the World
June 8th, 2025
Via Stagecraft and Statecraft, commentary on the full extent of China’s destruction of the Tibetan Plateau, not least because the area is off limits to international observers. But there is no doubt that the region’s ecosystem is becoming increasingly fragile, with far-reaching social, environmental, and geopolitical consequences: The Tibetan Plateau is home to vast glacial […]
Read more »The Colorado River Is Running Low, But The Groundwater Status Is Even Worse
May 29th, 2025
Via the Washington Post, an article on a new study showing that the Colorado River Basin has lost twice as much groundwater since 2003 as water taken out of its reservoirs: The dwindling flow of the Colorado River has alarmed the American West for years, but the water losses happening underground are even worse, according to […]
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