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Drought Already Hampering The Green Energy Revolution
December 3rd, 2023
Courtesy of Diplomatic Courier, a look at the impact that water scarcity has on the great green energy transition in South America, with droughts making hydroelectricity less reliable: Climate change is one—if not the—existential threat of the 21st century. While global efforts to combat climate change are hotly debated and have not always yielded the […]
Read more »Water and the High Price of Bad Economics
December 3rd, 2023
Via Project Syndicate, commentary on how the increasingly well-documented links between climate change, biodiversity loss, and water insecurity point to a fundamental issue: our economic systems are based on flawed thinking. We are forever reacting to market failures when we should be pursuing proactive strategies to shape the economy for the common good. Nearly 30 […]
Read more »Fresh Water: Hidden Challenge, and Opportunity, For Global Supply Chains
November 23rd, 2023
Via The Interest, commentary on how and why fresh water is a hidden challenge, and opportunity, for global supply chains: Reports of lengthy shipping delays for vessels traveling through the Panama Canal this year have highlighted the critical but often overlooked role that fresh water plays across global supply chains. Drier than normal conditions in Panama, brought on […]
Read more »What Does 1.5°C Mean For Water?
November 21st, 2023
Via China Water Risk, commentary on what unprecedented temperatures mean for extreme events, melting ice & sea level rise, via an interview with WMO Director of Hydrology & Cryosphere, Dr. Uhlenbrook: This year we have seen extreme events devastate populations, cause hundreds of millions of dollars of economic losses as well as trigger food insecurity […]
Read more »Arizona Is Running Out of Cheap Water. Investors Saw It Coming.
November 18th, 2023
Via Bloomberg, a look at how Arizona moved to restrict housing construction around Phoenix as groundwater demand outstrips supply. But fast-growing towns are already buying water from elsewhere — and investors’ bets are paying off; With sand-colored houses overlooking an ornamental lake and a vast pool complex, Harvest in Queen Creek, Arizona, is typical of the […]
Read more »Violence over Water Increases Globally
November 16th, 2023
Via The Pacific Institute, a new report on the increase in water-related violence globally: The Pacific Institute, a global water think tank, today released a major update to its Water Conflict Chronology, adding over 350 new instances of conflicts associated with water resources and water systems identified from news reports, eyewitness accounts, and other conflict databases. […]
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