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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. […]
Read more »Africa: The “Underdammed” Continent
May 9th, 2010
Courtesy of The Economist, a report on dam building initiatives in Africa, rife with controversy, hostility, and some optimism: “…AFRICA is the “underdammed†continent. It is the least irrigated and electrified, yet it uses only 3% of its renewable water, against 52% in South Asia. So there is plenty of scope for an African dam-building […]
Read more »Understanding the Linkage Between Water and Energy Security: The Geopolitical “Watergy Nexus”
May 9th, 2010
Courtesy of Hydro-Logic, an interesting look at how the interconnected dynamics of water and energy resources – what I have defined as the “watergy nexus” – affects global politics, security, and tensions related to water scarcity. As the article notes, the bottom line is that water and energy issues are inextricably linked. No longer can […]
Read more »Increasing Tension As ‘Watergy Nexus’ Increases In Importance
May 4th, 2010
Via Terra Daily, another report noting the growing concerns over escalating water crises, particularly as the water-energy nexus (“watergy nexus”) becomes more and more apparent. As the article notes: “…Population growth, urbanisation, increasing pollution, soil erosion and climate variations are all reflected in the management and adequacy of the world’s waters. The situation is particularly […]
Read more »Water Resources for the Powerful?
April 19th, 2010
Via Daral Hyat, a review of developments between the seven upstream Nile countries who recently announced that they will sign a framework agreement that will overlook the two downstream countries Egypt and Sudan, and reduce their shares of the water. As this article notes, Cairo threatened that it will respond firmly to any move that […]
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