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A Data Driven Look at Global Water Stress
September 22nd, 2008
Via Bangladesh’s The New Nation, a strong reminder of the water challenges facing the world today. “Water is not distributed evenly over the globe. Fewer than 10 countries possess 60% of the world’s available fresh water supply: Brazil, Russia, China, Canada, Indonesia, U.S., India, Columbia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. However, local variations within […]
Read more »Every Last Drop
September 21st, 2008
Via The Boston Review, an excellent analysis of the impending water crisis and ways in which we can manage our way of this predicament. While a bit long, I recommend reading it through. Below, I have noted a few of the most important points: “…Salinization remains a serious threat to irrigated lands, but we are […]
Read more »Water Wars Forthcoming?
August 29th, 2008
Several recent articles from the UK with opinions on how wars of the next few decades could be fought over access to water, according to some analysts. First, The View offered a look at the British government’s response to a recent WWF call to action on water issues: “…Countries need to act quickly to resolve […]
Read more »Serious Regional Water Crisis Looming: Central Asia
August 1st, 2008
A highly informative piece recently published by Brookings examines the current and coming water ‘crisis’ facing Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, as well as Afghanistan, Mongolia and the Western most province of China, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The article details the complicated dance between the region’s countries, with Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan upstream […]
Read more »Achieving Water Security Instead of Water Scarcity
July 23rd, 2008
The August issue of Scientific American offers a very good article on the impending freshwater crisis facing the globe. As the report notes: “…policymakers worldwide wield great power over how water resources are managed. Wise use of such power will become increasingly important as the years go by because the world’s demand for freshwater is […]
Read more »Access to Water: A Security Concern and Potential Trigger of Conflict
June 26th, 2008
As reported by Terra Daily, Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong stated that access to water is increasingly seen as a potential global flashpoint. “…More and more cities and countries see access to water as a security concern and a potential trigger of conflict… Global warming can aggravate this by altering existing water distribution patterns, […]
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