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How the UAE and Its Gulf Neighbors Can Help Keep a Thirsty World Hydrated
April 19th, 2026
Via the UAE’s National News, commentary on how the UAE and its Gulf neighbours can help keep a thirsty world hydrated: The next global race is not for AI or energy, it is for water; and the UAE should lead it. For decades, water has been the quiet crisis, always present, rarely urgent enough to […]
Read more »Iran’s Water Weapon Against the Gulf
March 28th, 2026
Via Project Syndicate, commentary on how – while the rest of the world is mainly concerned about the energy disruptions caused by the Iran war – the Gulf countries are more anxious about the Islamic Republic’s threats to their desalination facilities: The oil-rich monarchies of the Persian Gulf are often described as petrostates. But the […]
Read more »Petrostates and Saltwater Kingdoms: Could Iran Disrupt the Gulf Countries’ Desalinated Water Supplies?
March 21st, 2026
Via CSIS, a look at the risk of Iran’s water to the Gulf’s desalination projects: The economies of the Persian Gulf countries depend on oil and natural gas. Their populations depend on desalinated water. Nature endows the Arabian Peninsula with scant freshwater resources. Consequently, all of the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations lining the […]
Read more »Abu Dhabi Advances Global Water Diplomacy Ahead of 2026 UN Water Conference
January 31st, 2026
Via ESG News, a look at the UAE’s efforts to advance global water diplomacy: UAE intensifies convening power on water diplomacy, finance and governance as it prepares to co-host the 2026 UN Water Conference with Senegal. High level sessions during ADSW focused on unlocking capital, scaling technology and strengthening agrifood and climate resilience through water […]
Read more »How the UAE Is Redefining Global Water Trade By Turning Scarcity Into Strategy
August 7th, 2025
Via Khaleej Times, an article on how – with more than 40% of its potable water derived from desalination – the UAE is one of the world’s most advanced users of non-traditional water sources: Faced with extreme scarcity, the UAE is turning constraint into opportunity, using its logistics muscle, regulatory agility and investment firepower to […]
Read more »The Gulf’s Trillion-Dollar AI Dream Has A Water Problem
August 6th, 2025
Via Rest of World, a look at how tech giants are pouring oil riches into Middle East data centers as water scarcity threatens digital ambitions: The UAE and Saudi Arabia are rapidly expanding their AI infrastructure, attracting tech giants like OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft. Data centers powering AI in the Gulf are projected to consume […]
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