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Central Asia’s Water
April 6th, 2010
Via WaterWired, an interesting pointer towards a detailed report on Central Asian water recently published by UNDP’s Water Governance Facility at the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI). As the article notes, water is a key issue in one of the most strategically important regions in the world in which Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan all […]
Read more »Better Dead Than Red? Hydro Cooperation In The Middle East
March 22nd, 2010
Via The Global Post, a report on how an impending water crisis is forcing Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian Authority to work together. As the article notes: “…Nothing accelerates the peace process between old foes like the threat of a common enemy. In the case of Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority that enemy is […]
Read more »Water Wars, War of the Well, and Guerilla Well-fare
March 17th, 2010
Via WaterWired, a pointer to what appears to be an interesting article entitled Water wars, War of the Well, and Guerilla Well-fare. Here are the Introduction and Conclusions: “…Introduction To get a feel for how sensationalist the term “Water wars” is in the media, consider that a search on Google leads to nearly 31 million […]
Read more »Climate Change, Water Conflict and Human Security
February 26th, 2010
Via Greenbang, some information on the “Climate Change, Water Conflict and Human Security†project, also known as CLICO, which kicked off this week with a series of conferences in Bellaterra, Spain. The €3.8 million, three-year effort brings together researchers from 14 institutes to study what effects climate and water issues might have on social tension […]
Read more »Water Tension In Africa Likely To Boil Over In Next 25 Years
February 12th, 2010
Via Jaluo, details of a recent report predicting that the main conflicts in Africa during the next 25 years will be over the scarcity of water, as countries are likely to wage war against each other for access to the scarce resources. As the article notes: “…The United Nations Development Programe (UNDP) says in a […]
Read more »Water, Climate Change, and International Security
January 13th, 2010
The Pacific Institute recently released an interesting report entitled: Understanding and Reducing the Risks of Climate Change for Transboundary Waters. As with all Institute documents, this is well researched and thoughtfully presented. It focuses on a number of specific case studies including those listed below and is well worth digging into: The Nile River Basin […]
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