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Pursuit Of A Middle East Water & Energy Union
November 5th, 2008
Via The Guatemala Times, an interesting call by Shlomo Ben Ami, a former Israeli foreign minister, for continued pursuit of a Middle East Water and Energy Union. As the article notes: “…the parallels with the role of coal and steel in forging the European Union are clear enough that, over the past month, Joschka Fischer, […]
Read more »Transboundary Aquifiers & An Atlas of Hidden Water
October 27th, 2008
As reported by the Environmental News Service, the UN General Assembly has a draft of a new international treaty to safeguard the enormous pools of underground water shared by more than one country which have long been neglected under international law despite their environmental, social, economic and strategic importance. As the report notes “…the draft […]
Read more »Holes in the Dike: Prospects for the Central Asian Water Accord Holding
October 27th, 2008
Via Windows on Eurasia, a sanguine – but possibly quite realistic – view on the potential of the recently announced Central Asian water accord holding due to the complexity of the agreement and the widening differences in wealth/growth of the member states. As the article notes: “…After the CIS summit in Bishkek, the five post-Soviet […]
Read more »Water Politics Prevent Parties From Even Getting to Bargaining Table
October 27th, 2008
As recently reported by Terra Daily, a conference of European Union and Mediterranean states due to take place in Jordan has been postponed indefinitely because of regional tensions. This situation – where parties gathering to discuss water (as a prelude to avoiding water conflicts) have not even been able to get to the negotiating table […]
Read more »Options Facing A Thristy World
October 18th, 2008
From The Banker, a sobering look at the options facing a thirsty world. As the article notes, many private companies are transforming the global water scarcity threat into an opportunity introducing new technology and financial products but immense challenges & a high likelihood of “water refugees” remain: “…Water scarcity has been on scientists’ minds and […]
Read more »Averting Asian Water Wars
October 10th, 2008
From The Japan Times, an article on averting Asian water wars by Brahma Chellaney, Professor of Strategic Studies at the privately funded Center for Policy Research in New Delhi. We recently had an earlier post on Dr. Chellaney’s thoughts but, since this piece offered some more details, decided to provide it here for completeness: “As […]
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