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World War III Will Be Fought Over Water
January 8th, 2024
Via Quartz, commentary on risk of drought inspired conflict in the years ahead: In 2015, NASA’s satellite data revealed that 21 of the world’s 37 large aquifers are severely water-stressed. With growing populations, and increased demands from agriculture and industry, researchers indicated that this crisis is only likely to worsen. Rajendra Singh, known as the “water man of India,” believes […]
Read more »EU’s Growing Need To Address Water Scarcity
January 2nd, 2024
Via Smart Water Magazine, commentary on the EU’s growing need to address water scarcity: Industries, farms, and citizens in Europe are experiencing disrupted water supplies due to the climate crisis. New, sustainable, and efficient approaches are needed, backed by ambitious legislation. Early this summer, droughts in the Western Mediterranean raised concerns about reduced soil moisture, river flows, and […]
Read more »Drought Already Hampering The Green Energy Revolution
December 3rd, 2023
Courtesy of Diplomatic Courier, a look at the impact that water scarcity has on the great green energy transition in South America, with droughts making hydroelectricity less reliable: Climate change is one—if not the—existential threat of the 21st century. While global efforts to combat climate change are hotly debated and have not always yielded the […]
Read more »Water and the High Price of Bad Economics
December 3rd, 2023
Via Project Syndicate, commentary on how the increasingly well-documented links between climate change, biodiversity loss, and water insecurity point to a fundamental issue: our economic systems are based on flawed thinking. We are forever reacting to market failures when we should be pursuing proactive strategies to shape the economy for the common good. Nearly 30 […]
Read more »Fresh Water: Hidden Challenge, and Opportunity, For Global Supply Chains
November 23rd, 2023
Via The Interest, commentary on how and why fresh water is a hidden challenge, and opportunity, for global supply chains: Reports of lengthy shipping delays for vessels traveling through the Panama Canal this year have highlighted the critical but often overlooked role that fresh water plays across global supply chains. Drier than normal conditions in Panama, brought on […]
Read more »What Does 1.5°C Mean For Water?
November 21st, 2023
Via China Water Risk, commentary on what unprecedented temperatures mean for extreme events, melting ice & sea level rise, via an interview with WMO Director of Hydrology & Cryosphere, Dr. Uhlenbrook: This year we have seen extreme events devastate populations, cause hundreds of millions of dollars of economic losses as well as trigger food insecurity […]
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