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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 […]
Read more »States Are Not Carping Out: Great Lakes Water Tension
January 4th, 2010
Courtesy of The New York Times, an interesting look at how Asian carp, the voracious, nonnative fish whose arrival near Lake Michigan is threatening to cause havoc in the Great Lakes, are now setting off strife on land as well over use of the Great Lakes’ water resource: “…In an urgent effort to close down […]
Read more »Updated Water Conflict Chronology
December 11th, 2009
Via Peter Gleick’s always insightful blog, a report that the Pacific Institute has released a completely revamped Water Conflict Chronology. As the article notes, this is part of the Institute’s ongoing effort to understand the connections between water resources, water systems, and international security and conflict: “…Water Number: 203. The Pacific Institute’s newly designed Water […]
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