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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 […]
Read more »Leveraging Water For Peace
March 21st, 2024
Via SIWI, an article on how water can be better leveraged for peace: Many countries are dependent on shared water resources to meet their needs. These countries, therefore, have a strong interest in cooperation around shared freshwater from rivers, lakes, and aquifers. The deepening climate crisis further necessitates cooperation and promoting good governance, to maintain […]
Read more »Climate, Drought, and the Disrupted Future of Global Trade
March 7th, 2024
Via The Atlantic Council, a look at the impact of climate change and drought on the future of global trade: Over 80 percent of all global trade in goods and commodities is carried through waterways. But climate change threatens the efficient functioning of waterways, canals, and seaports—and therefore is a major threat to global trade. The most […]
Read more »The Groundwater Crisis: The Need for New Data to Inform Public Policy
March 7th, 2024
Via MIT Press Reader, a look at the importance of having reliable, accurate, and timely data about valuable groundwater resources will be essential to our ability to respond effectively to climate change: The presence of groundwater has sustained humanity and agricultural development for millennia. During the 16th century, Leonardo da Vinci presented numerous theories on […]
Read more »“We Need To Talk About Water – And The Fact That The World Is Running Out Of It”
March 5th, 2024
Via The Guardian, commentary on the world’s water crisis: There’s a flaw in the plan. It’s not a small one: it is an Earth-sized hole in our calculations. To keep pace with the global demand for food, crop production needs to grow by at least 50% by 2050. In principle, if nothing else changes, this is feasible, […]
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