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Central Asia: Countries With Water Need Their Neighbors With Energy
February 9th, 2018
Via Geopolitical Futures, an interesting article on Central Asian countries efforts to find solutions to internal regional problems such as water without Moscow’s help: Say what you will about the Soviets, but they really knew how to put the “union” in the Soviet Union. For all its faults, the union bound its constituent countries together, […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Climate Change and Economic Growth Drive Water Scarcity On Tibetan Plateau
February 9th, 2018
Via the Woodrow Wilson Centre’s New Security Beat, an interesting look at the impact of climate change and cconomic growth on water scarcity on the Tibetan Plateau: I pulled my horse to a stop along the banks of a little stream, which was wedged between two grassy hills speckled with wildflowers and pika holes, to admire the […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Kazakhstan Focuses On Water Dfficiency To Ease Water Sharing With China
February 8th, 2018
Via Third Pole, a look at how policymakers in Kazakhstan are shifting their focus to domestic water saving measures to reduce reliance on river water flowing from China: The use of water of transboundary rivers is a sensitive economic, environmental, and political issue in Central Asia. In Kazakhstan, the government is now shifting focus to […]
Read more »After Cape Town, More African Cities Face Water Crisis
February 7th, 2018
Via Voice of America, a report on potential future African water crises: African cities need to better plan and invest in water infrastructure, global accounting firm Deloitte said on Tuesday, as Cape Town counts down to dry taps due to severe drought. Officials predict taps in the South African city will run out of water […]
Read more »Why Cape Town Is Running Out of Water, and Who’s Next
February 3rd, 2018
Via National Geographic, a look at the hydrocopalypse unfolding in Cape Town and other cities around the world that may face similar crises: By late spring, four million people in the city of Cape Town—one of Africa’s most affluent metropolises—may have to stand in line surrounded by armed guards to collect rations of the region’s most […]
Read more »Boko Haram: Exacerbating and Benefiting From Food and Water Insecurity in the Lake Chad Basin
February 1st, 2018
Via Future Directions International, commentary on the impact that water insecurity is having upon the rise/influence of Boko Haram in the Lake Chad region: Key Points The Lake Chad basin suffers from multiple security stressors, including widespread unemployment, poverty and conflict. Rising food and water insecurity exacerbates the tensions that arise from these stressors. Food […]
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