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Africa: To Avoid Water Conflicts in Africa, Stop Playing the Colonial Card
March 25th, 2021
Via Deutsche Welle, commentary on how African countries need to stop using colonial-era treaties to hoard water resources and instead focus on sustainable water management to mitigate the impacts of climate change: As we mark World Water Day, I would like to take this time to remind African countries to stop taking advantage of colonial-era […]
Read more »Chipmakers In Drought-Hit Taiwan Order Water Trucks To Prepare For ‘the worst
March 1st, 2021
Via Yahoo! Finance, a report on how Taiwanese technology companies are responding to Taiwan’s drought conditions: Taiwan chipmakers are buying water by the truckload for some of their foundries as the island widens restrictions on water supply amid a drought that could exacerbate a chip supply crunch for the global auto industry. Some auto makers […]
Read more »Why Water Conflict is Rising, Especially on the Local Level
February 26th, 2021
Via The Center for Climate and Security, an article on water conflict: That future wars will be fought over water, rather than oil, has become something of a truism, particularly with regard to the Middle East. It’s also one that most water experts have refuted time and time and time again. But while this preference for cooperation over conflict may (and emphasis […]
Read more »Two-Thirds of Earth On Pace To Lose Water As Climate Warms
January 13th, 2021
Via The Conversation, an article on how two-thirds of Earth’s land is on pace to lose water as the climate warms The world watched with a sense of dread in 2018 as Cape Town, South Africa, counted down the days until the city would run out of water. The region’s surface reservoirs were going dry amid […]
Read more »Water: A Precious Natural Resource Under Pressure
January 1st, 2021
Via Brahma Chellaney, commentary on water scarcity: The global shock brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, with its major economic and social disruptions, has ensured that 2020 will go down in history as a watershed year. Researchers believe that the impact of the pandemic has set in motion higher rates of birth, divorce, obesity, depression, bankruptcy, […]
Read more »Water Scarcity: An Understated Global Security Risk
December 16th, 2020
Via Harvard Law School’s National Security Journal, commentary on global water scarcity: The Industrial Revolutions improved living standards for people in most nations where technology proliferated.[1] Populations in modern societies are not overly concerned with accessing food or water on a daily basis. In particular, the availability of clean, fresh water is a reasonable expectation throughout […]
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