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A Pirate Map for Future Water Wars
November 17th, 2008
Via the Water SISWEB, a sobering article on how – as the need for fresh water increases – growing populations across the globe will increasingly turn to groundwater to slake their thirst. As the article notes, UNESCO’s World-wide Hydrogeological Mapping and Assessment Programme (WHYMAP) map can serve as a guide to the world’s groundwater resources […]
Read more »Global Climate Change May Lead to Increased Violence
November 17th, 2008
Via The Houston Chronicle, an article detailing the potential for global climate change to lead to violence. As the article notes: “…A warmer planet could find itself more often at war …Shifting temperatures lead to shifting populations, they say, and that throws together groups with long-standing rivalries and thrusts them into competition for food and […]
Read more »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 […]
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