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The Thirsty Dragon: New Investment Flows into China’s Water Industry
August 8th, 2017
Via Future Directions International, a report on China’s water industry: For some time now, the issue of water security in China has been of extreme concern to its government, international NGOs and the international community. China itself contains the second-largest number of people living without regular access to safe drinking water, second only to India, and despite […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Tibet Pleads For China To “Fix the ‘Roof Of The World’ Before It’s Too Late”
August 7th, 2017
Via The Guardian, an opinion piece on how – as rising temperatures on the roof of the world make Tibet both a driver and amplifier of global warming – some observers feel that China’s mining and dam building needs to be reigned in: As Australia continues to battle a water crisis and the challenges facing the […]
Read more »Impact Of Climate Change On The Nile
August 4th, 2017
Courtesy of The Economist, a look at the impact of climate change upon the Nile and the need for Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to learn to share water, or their people will suffer: TO THE untrained eye, the satellite photos of north-west Ethiopia on July 10th may have seemed benign. They showed a relatively small […]
Read more »Building Resilience for Peace: Water, Security, and Strategic Interests in Philippines
July 31st, 2017
Via New Security Beat, interesting commentary on a security approach that combines defense, diplomacy, and development efforts to promote improved governance, social stability, and climate resilience in Philippines: The Philippines faces a breadth of social and environmental challenges that threaten its economic and political stability. A long history of violent conflict stemming from ethnic, religious, and political tensions is further complicated by changing […]
Read more »Australia’s Water Tragedy: Hydropolitics and the Failure of the Murray Darling Basin Plan
July 31st, 2017
Via Global Research, commentary on Australia’s much lauded Murray Darling Basin plan: Water is gold to survival, the indispensable, the vast feeder for human civilization. Its absence entails certain death; its decline brings out the prospect that a civilisation might well collapse. When a water crisis is announced, panic sets in. Officials ready for war; […]
Read more »91% of Karachi’s Water ‘Unfit to Drink’
July 28th, 2017
Via Third Pole, a look at how – faced with leaky pipes, faulty treatment plants and illegal tapping – the government of Pakistan is struggling to provide clean and safe water to Karachi’s galloping population: A man sourcing water in South Karachi In January, Mohammad Riaz, a chauffeur and father of five who lives in […]
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