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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 […]
Read more »Water, Energy and Food Security Key To MENA Stability
May 31st, 2020
Courtesy of The Arab Weekly, an article on the potential risk that insecurity in the water-food-energy nexus will lead to political unrest, displacement and instability: The Middle East region is struggling to ensure adequate water, energy and food security as resources deplete and demand increases due to population growth and climate change. According to the United […]
Read more »Growing Threat Of Water Conflict
March 29th, 2020
Via Deutsche Welle, an article on how water insecurity is driving conflict in Africa and across the globe: Ever more of the world’s population is living with water insecurity and is unable to consistently access safe, clean drinking water. A number of factors, including climate change and poor water management, are worsening water scarcity, which […]
Read more »Britain: Facing Water Shortage By 2050?
March 18th, 2020
Via The Ecologist, commentary that Britain may face water shortages by 2050: A long-term plan has been developed to prevent water shortages in England by 2050 through dramatically reducing demand and halving leakages. Despite the relentless recent rainfall, the Environment Agency (EA) has warned there could be water shortages in England by mid-century unless there […]
Read more »The Fragile Water / Energy / Food Nexus in the Middle East and North Africa
March 15th, 2020
Courtesy of The Cairo Review of Global Affairs, an article on how he water-energy-food nexus is impacting ecological, social, and political systems in the Middle East and North Africa: The relationship, or nexus, between water, energy, and food is the most fragile in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Water resources are being depleted […]
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