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UN Warns Global Drought Costs $300B Annually
December 6th, 2024
Via Terra Daily, a report on a recent UN warning that the global drought carries a $300 bn annual cost: Drought costs the world more than $300 billion each year, the United Nations warned Tuesday in a report published on the second day of international talks on desertification in Saudi Arabia.Fuelled by “human destruction of […]
Read more »Agriculture’s Water Consumption Rises to Nearly 7 Trillion Cubic Meters Globally
November 11th, 2024
Via Smart Water Magazine, a report on water consumption of crops which has risen to nearly 7 trillion cubic meters of water worldwide: A new study by researchers at the UT sheds light on historical changes in the amount of water humanity consumes to grow the world’s main crops. The analysis demonstrates that despite increasing […]
Read more »What Causes Water Conflict?
November 8th, 2024
Via the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a look at what causes water conflict: Mexican farmers set fire to government buildings, ambushed soldiers, took politicians hostage, and seized control of La Boquilla dam to prevent water from being diverted from their drought-parched fields and funneled away to the United States. “This is a war to […]
Read more »Global Water Crisis Threatens 8% GDP and 50% Food Production Loss by 2050
November 3rd, 2024
Via Smart Water Magazine, an article on a new report that forecasts a global water crisis will threaten 8% GDP loss and over 50% of food production by 2050: An international group of leaders and experts warns that unless humanity acts with greater boldness and urgency, an increasingly out-of-balance water cycle will wreak havoc on economies […]
Read more »Water Challenges – Made Worse by Rising Temperatures – Threaten World’s Crops
October 24th, 2024
Via Grist, commentary on how water challenges – made worse by rising temperatures – are threatening the world’s crops: A new report finds that one-quarter of the world’s crops are grown in places facing high levels of water stress, water unreliability, or both. The analysis comes from the research nonprofit World Resources Institute, or WRI, and highlights […]
Read more »Global Water Crisis Leaves Half Of World Food Production At Risk In Next 25 Years
October 16th, 2024
Via The Guardian, an article on a new study that says urgent action needed to conserve resources and save ecosystems that supply fresh water: More than half the world’s food production will be at risk of failure within the next 25 years as a rapidly accelerating water crisis grips the planet, unless urgent action is […]
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