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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 […]
Read more »Tehran Residents Warned Again About Water Consumption
January 29th, 2018
Via The Financial Tribune, an article on Tehran’s water supply crisis: Tehran’s water consumption is about 1.5 times over and above the national average, the head of Tehran’s Management and Planning Organization said. “Water consumption has increased at a shocking rate in the city and in the province of Tehran. Imprudent use of the dwindling […]
Read more »No Namibia-Angola Conflict Over Water
January 25th, 2018
Via New Era, commentary on water tensions between Namibia and Angola: The Minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry John Mutorwa has dismissed media reports implying Angolan authorities want Namibia to start paying for the water that it draws from the Calueque Dam. This follows a report by the Namibian Sun that it appears that Namibia has […]
Read more »Water Conflict: Will A Drying Iran Face Syria’s Fate?
January 24th, 2018
Via Geopolitical Monitor, a look at the potential for water related unrest in Iran: Perhaps one of the most quoted predictions regarding the increasing role of water conflicts in global affairs belongs to former vice-president of the World Bank Ismail Serageldin, who in 1995 famously claimed, “Many of the wars of this century were about oil, […]
Read more »Water Scarcity: Threat To India and South Africa
January 24th, 2018
Via the Climate News Network, an article on how more than a third of India’s electricity supply is at risk from water scarcity, which also threatens urban life in parts of South Africa: Water scarcity is now a real threat in two developing countries at the forefront of efforts to reduce climate change, India and […]
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