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Spending Billions Preparing For Hot Wars When Water Wars Are Looming
March 30th, 2024
Via Eurasia Review, commentary on the potential for water wars: Since the pandemic, governments have been spending billions on arming themselves for imagined hot wars when billions of dollars are needed to mitigate a global water crisis that needs the building of sustainable water infrastructure and management regimes. Presenting a series of articles from researchers […]
Read more »UN Urges More Water Cooperation To Build Peace
March 25th, 2024
Via Terra Daily, a report on the UN’s call for more water cooperation to build peace Cooperation across borders on shared water resources can help avert conflicts and build peace, the United Nations said Friday, urging all countries to join its Water Convention. The UN stressed that with climate change and rising water scarcity worldwide, […]
Read more »The Water Wars Myth
March 23rd, 2024
Via OpenMind, commentary on what they call the ‘water wars myth’: “Water shortages are brewing wars,” warned the BBC last year. People who worry about climate change are drawn to this dramatic, high-stakes idea. After all, persistent droughts and destructive floods are symptoms of a changing climate, and it seems irresistibly intuitive to claim that […]
Read more »Water: Make Peace Not War – Five Things To Know
March 23rd, 2024
Via China Water Risk, commentary on how water, war and peace are inextricably linked, and 5 things to know to refocus water for peace: Water, war and peace are inextricably linked; it is literally a life-or-death matter as we cannot survive without water. And against the backdrop of multiple ongoing conflicts and rising tensions around […]
Read more »Dramatic Increase In Water Conflict ‘Events’ In Past Two Decades
March 22nd, 2024
Via China Water Risk, commentary on the dramatic increase in water conflict events: CWR: People don’t often associate water with conflict or war but they most definitely are linked. Can you give some instances where water has been the source or casualty of conflict or used as a weapon? Peter Gleick (PG): There is a long history […]
Read more »Key Updates On Transboundary Water Law
March 21st, 2024
Via China Water Risk, a conversation with leading international water law experts on the latest in transboundary waters: Patricia Wouters is the founding Director of the International Water Law Academy at the China Institute of Boundary and Ocean Studies (CIBOS) of Wuhan University. Professor Wouters has 30 years’ experience in the field of public international […]
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