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G7 To Set Up Water Coalition To Tackle Crises
April 30th, 2024
Via Energy Daily a report that the G7 to set up water coalition to tackle crises: French minister The G7 is setting up a water coalition to tackle the global water crisis, which is being exacerbated by climate change, France’s ecological transition minister said Monday. The Group of Seven industrialised nations meeting for two-day talks […]
Read more »The Rising Contest Over Asia’s Water
April 27th, 2024
Via the Hinrich Foundation, an insightful presentation on the rising contest over Asia’s water: The threat of water scarcity is one of the least profiled of geoeconomic tensions in the world and particularly in Asia, where nations are vying for control over a riverine network that feeds a global race for water-dependent technologies. Visual Capitalist […]
Read more »Risk of Flooding Mapped Around the World
April 27th, 2024
Courtesy of the Visual Capitalist, a look at risk of flooding around the world: Devastating floods across Pakistan this summer have resulted in more than 1,400 lives lost and one-third of the country being under water. This raises the question: which nations and their populations are the most vulnerable to the risk of flooding around […]
Read more »Global Groundwater Withdrawals Expected To Peak In Key Basins Globally by 2050
April 26th, 2024
Via Phys.org, a look at a new study predicts that global groundwater withdrawals are expected to peak in about one-third of the world’s basins by 2050, potentially triggering significant trade and agriculture shifts: Experimental design showing combinatorial variations of 6 parameter categories used to design 900 GCAM scenarios. Credit: Nature Sustainability (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41893-024-01306-w Groundwater withdrawals are […]
Read more »Climate Change Is Driving a Global Water Trade You Can’t See
April 5th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, a report on how more extreme weather is reshaping the availability of water, a commodity embedded in almost every product bought and sold in international markets: Every manifestation of the dangerous weather wreaking havoc around the world has one thing in common: water. As the Earth’s climate changes, the lack of water, or […]
Read more »Tackling Trade-Related Water Risks
March 30th, 2024
Courtesy of Chatham House, a look at how importing countries can address water stress from global commodity production: A combination of climate change impacts and the production of water-intensive commodities, such as food, textiles and minerals, is exacerbating global water insecurity. Around 50 per cent of the water used to produce these goods comes from […]
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