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The Rebirth of “Decentralized Water”
June 9th, 2023
Via Asia Global Online, commentary on how Asia can slow and reverse rising water scarcity back into abundance by adapting its own ancient endemic governance systems for today’s modern urban networks: In Asia today, cities increasingly face a compound threat: record-breaking heat and escalating thirst. From Japan to India people risk sudden heatstroke deaths or slow-motion stress as soil desiccates, crops wither, […]
Read more »When Water Security Runs Dry
June 9th, 2023
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a look at what happens when water security runs dry: In March, the UN held a major global conference on water, the first such event for 46 years. It was aimed at addressing growing concern about the outlook for global water security. According to recent estimates, 26 per cent of […]
Read more »Water Diplomacy – A Tool for Peace and Well Being
June 4th, 2023
Via Modern Diplomacy, commentary on the potential for hydro diplomacy to foster peace around the world: On March 22nd every year, World Water Day is celebrated. The theme for 2023 focused on accelerating changes to resolve the water and sanitation crisis as part of the Agenda 2030. Starting in 2015, Sustainable Development Goal 6 aims to achieve everyone’s access […]
Read more »Rice Gets Reimagined, From the Mississippi to the Mekong
June 2nd, 2023
Via The New York Times, a detailed look at the water impact of global rice production: Rice is in trouble as the Earth heats up, threatening the food and livelihood of billions of people. Sometimes there’s not enough rain when seedlings need water, or too much when the plants need to keep their heads above […]
Read more »Climate Change Is Drying Out Lakes Faster Than Scientists Thought
May 20th, 2023
Courtesy of The Washington Post, an article on a new study that finds a warming climate and human water consumption are largely responsible for a rapid decline in the world’s lake levels, with implications for billions of people: Water loss in large lakes around the world was more widespread during the past three decades than […]
Read more »Uruguay Drought Forces Government to Subsidize Bottled Water
May 15th, 2023
Via Bloomberg, a report on the growing intensity of Uruguay’s drought crisis: Uruguay’s government is now subsidizing bottled water in the capital Montevideo and neighboring cities as a three-year drought has triggered the South American country’s worst drinking water crisis in at least half a century. “This is a drought where it rained 60% less […]
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