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How to Solve Water-Related Conflicts
September 2nd, 2020
Via the World Resources Institute, an article on water related conflict and political instability: Water-related conflict and political instability are on the rise across the globe. The factors that drive such conflict and instability seem to be intensifying, including: population growth, economic expansion, severe and prolonged drought, climate change, pollution, the destruction of natural landscapes, upstream infrastructure development (such […]
Read more »Germany’s Groundwater Wells Are Running Dry Amid Climate Crisis
August 31st, 2020
Via Deutsche Welle, a report on how, as German cities and towns are struggling with water shortages, climate change is making it more difficult for municipalities to reach the groundwater they rely on: Despite the lush, verdant nature that surrounds the German town of Ulrichstein, residents here — and in the region — suffer from […]
Read more »Water Wars To Increasingly Fuel African and Middle East Conflicts
August 21st, 2020
Via South Africa’s Daily Maverick, commentary on how water shortages and transboundary water conflicts are fuelling conflicts across Africa and the Middle East: The planet is heating up fast. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Middle East and Africa where the impacts on water security and food security can exacerbate the conflict dynamics […]
Read more »“Water Wars” are Turning into a Weapon of Mass Destruction
July 15th, 2020
Via The New Eastern Outlook Journal, commentary on the risk that water wars will lead to increased conflict: “Water wars” caused by drought, crop failures, and a shortage of fresh water are as urgent nowadays for the public in many areas as the use of nuclear bombs, chemical weapons, and other weapons of mass destruction. […]
Read more »How To Solve The Global Water Crisis
July 12th, 2020
Courtesy of Foreign Affairs, commentary on how the real water challenges Are Not technical, but political: Few people would argue with the idea that the world has a serious problem with water. For the past several years, water has consistently been named as a leading risk in the World Economic Forum’s annual survey of global leaders, and newspapers […]
Read more »Water, Climate, Conflict & Migration: Coping with 1 Billion People on the Move by 2050
June 8th, 2020
Via Inter Press Service, an article on the direct and indirect links between migration and the water crisis, which has different faces — unsafe water in many places, chronic flooding or drought in others: Do migrants willingly choose to flee their homes, or is migration the only option available? There is no clear, one-size-fits-all explanation […]
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