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Water Crises Again Ranked a Top Global Risk in World Economic Forum Report
January 16th, 2020
As reported by Circle of Blue, for the first time in the history of the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report, environmental concerns — including water crises, failure to adapt to climate change, and biodiversity loss — dominate the top long-term risks. The report underscores systemic and potentially disruptive geopolitical risks related to the environment, […]
Read more »Water ‘Wars’ Wash Over The World
January 16th, 2020
Via South Africa’s Mail & Guardian, an OpEd examining the impact of global water scarcity: More people around the world are fighting over water, according to the Pacific Institute, a United States-based think tank. But in Africa the rate of the increase in water-related conflicts is proportionally less than it was in previous decades. Data […]
Read more »Water Wars
January 10th, 2020
Via The Statesman, an opinion piece reflecting upon how – Ii the report of the California-based Pacific Institute think tank is any indication – the crippling scarcity of water the world over, has doubled water-related violence during the decade that has just gone by (2010-19): The challenge is as forbidding as it is global, verily the outcome […]
Read more »Water Wars: Early Warning Tool Uses Climate Data To Predict Conflict Hotspots
January 9th, 2020
Via The Guardian, an article on a new system that will predict where tension over water scarcity may erupt into violence: Researchers from six organisations have developed an early warning system to help predict potential water conflicts as violence associated with water surges globally. The Dutch government-funded Water, Peace and Security (WPS) global early warning tool, which […]
Read more »Global Water-related Violence Increased In Past Decade
January 2nd, 2020
Via The Guardian, an article on water-related violence worldwide: Violence associated with water has surged in the past decade driven by attacks on civilian water systems in Syria’s civil war and increasing disputes over supplies in India, according to a comprehensive database of conflicts linked to the vital resource. Recorded incidents of water-related violence have more […]
Read more »Water May Help Exacerbate Violent Conflict, But Not Be Initial Cause
December 11th, 2019
Via Future Directions International, commentary on how conflict related to water is more a response to government inability to provide basic services for society, than about water itself: A new tool, launched by the Water, Peace and Security (WPS) Partnership, has identified a number of locations where there is a high risk of water-related conflict. The tool […]
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