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Pakistan: Water Stressed To Water Starved
February 13th, 2015
Courtesy of the New York Times, a look at Pakistan’s worsening water crisis: Energy-starved Pakistanis, their economy battered by chronic fuel and electricity shortages, may soon have to contend with a new resource crisis: major water shortages, the Pakistani government warned this week. A combination of global climate change and local waste and mismanagement have led to […]
Read more »Unprecedented 21st-Century Drought Risk In The American Southwest And Central Plains
February 13th, 2015
Via The Guardian, an article on a recent report on drought risk in the US: The US south-west and the Great Plains will face decade-long droughts far worse than any experienced over the last 1,000 years because of climate change, researchers said on Thursday. The coming drought age – caused by higher temperatures under climate […]
Read more »Sharing of Teesta Water Critical for India-Bangladesh Relations
February 11th, 2015
Via Future Directions International, a look at India and Bangladesh’s sharing of the Teesta River: Bangladesh is a lower riparian state to the 53 rivers that it shares with India. As a result, the country is vulnerable to the interests of its upstream neighbour. The Ganga Water Sharing Treaty of 1996 remains the only water-sharing […]
Read more »How Sao Paulo Drought Could Benefit Brazil
February 2nd, 2015
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), interesting analysis of how the current Sao Paulo drought could actually benefit Brazil: The state of Sao Paulo, Brazil’s financial core, remains in a drought of historical proportions, and we expect to continue seeing reports of water shortages in the greater municipal area of the city of Sao Paulo. Further […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s Unpredictible Water Resources
January 30th, 2015
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), interesting analysis of India’s water challenge: Because of its massive river systems and variety of climates, India is not always the first country that comes to mind when considering water stress issues, but the emerging regional powerhouse is still an agrarian society at its core. This already inefficient sector […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Water Use Reform Will Be Difficult for Fractured India
January 28th, 2015
Via STRATFOR (subscription required), analysis of the difficulty facing India in water reform: Because of its massive river systems and variety of climates, India is not always the first country that comes to mind when considering water stress issues, but the emerging regional powerhouse is still an agrarian society at its core. This already inefficient […]
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