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Climate Shocks and Humanitarian Crises: Which Countries Are Most At Risk?
December 2nd, 2018
Courtesy of Foreign Affairs, a look at which countries are most at risk from climate shocks: Wildfires in the western United States and hurricanes on the East Coast captured media attention this summer and fall. But throughout 2018, weather events also had devastating humanitarian consequences in developing countries, from immense floods in the Indian state […]
Read more »Competition For Shrinking Groundwater
November 28th, 2018
Via Terra Daily, an article on the growing scarcity of groundwater: Groundwater, which has been used to irrigate crops, satiate livestock and quench thirst in general for thousands of years, continues to be a vital resource around the world. But according to research by Scott Jasechko and Debra Perrone, assistant professors at UC Santa Barbara, […]
Read more »Where Will The ‘Water Wars’ Of The Future Be Fought?
November 4th, 2018
Via the World Economic Forum, an article on where the ‘water wars’ of the future may be fought? A new paper paints a disturbing picture of a nearby future where people are fighting over access to water. These post-apocalyptic-sounding “water wars” could rise as a result of climate change and population growth and could become […]
Read more »Beware The China Model: Asia Doesn’t Have Enough Water
October 2nd, 2018
Via Third Pole, a report on Asia’s water shortage: Asia does not have enough water to fuel its economy or provide food and power unless countries radically rethink their current export–led growth model, argues a new report from the Hong Kong based NGO China Water Risk. At the heart of this water crisis are Asia’s ten major rivers […]
Read more »Liquidity Crisis – Does Asia Have Enough Water To Develop?
September 19th, 2018
Via China Water Risk, a detailed look at Asia’s water crisis: Asia faces serious and urgent water challenges ahead. Already today, two of its most populous countries, India and China, are water stressed and rampant water pollution from decades of rapid development has only further exacerbated water scarcity. Meanwhile, across the continent, water infrastructure, albeit […]
Read more »Water Is a Source of Growing Tension and Violence in the Middle East
August 28th, 2018
Via the World Resources Institute, commentary on the increasingly thirsty Middle East: In the hot, dry Middle East, where populations are growing rapidly and all major rivers cross political borders, water has become a focal point for escalating violence. From the foothills of the Taurus Mountains in Turkey that feed the Tigris and Euphrates rivers […]
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