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Nations At ‘Extreme Risk’ Due To Limited Access To Water
July 11th, 2010
Via Yale’s Environment360, a report that ten countries worldwide, including five African nations, are at “extreme risk†because of limited access to clean, fresh water, according to a new global water security index. As the article notes: “… the effects of climate change and population growth will exacerbate the stress on these water supplies, potentially […]
Read more »Water Diplomacy
July 9th, 2010
Courtesy of The Huffington Post, an interesting article on water diplomacy. As the report notes: “…Uneasy about relying on water imported from Malaysia and determined to sustain its booming growth, Singapore devotes much effort to innovative water planning. The Singapore River has become a giant reservoir, rainstorm runoff is carefully collected, used water is treated […]
Read more »Peak Water And The Chance Of Water Related Conflict
June 5th, 2010
Via National Geographic, analysis of several regions that have passed the point of peak water and the increased chance of water-related conflicts in those areas. As the article notes: “…We have passed the point of “peak water”–or the end of cheap, easy-to-access water–in several places around the globe, experts say. Those places include the Great […]
Read more »Damming Tibet and Other South Asian Rivers
June 5th, 2010
Courtesy of The Tibetan Plateau, an updated inventory of hydropower projects (HPP) on the upper reaches of several international rivers in South Asia. As the report notes: “… a preliminary map of hydropower projects on the upper reaches of the Tsangpo-Brahmaputra (ཡར་ཀླུངས་གཙང་པོ༑) River in Tibet. It is hoped that this map will contribute new information […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: Increasing Water Stress
June 5th, 2010
Via Bloomberg, an article on the increasing water stress in China and India: “…A fight breaks out as student Vikas Dagar jostles with dozens of men, women and children to fill buckets from a truck that brings water twice a week to the village of Jharoda Kalan on the outskirts of New Delhi. Three thousand […]
Read more »Arid Disputes: Global Water Tensions On The Boil?
May 24th, 2010
Courtesy of The Economist, an interesting look at global water tensions and the possibility of water-related conflict. As the article notes: “…SINCE men fight over land and oil and plenty of other things, it would be odd if they did not also fight over a commodity as precious and scarce as water. And they do. […]
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