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Changes In Global Water Supply Hint At Future Conflicts And Crises
May 17th, 2018
Via the Globe and Mail, an article on a recent analysis of the world’s water supplies: By combining 14 years’ worth of satellite data, scientists have captured a startling portrait of the world’s water supply undergoing rapid transformation. The new analysis points to areas where there is increasing potential for conflict as a growing demand […]
Read more »How Chavismo Makes Taps Run Dry In Venezuela
May 16th, 2018
Courtesy of The Economist, a report on Venezuela’s growing water woes: IT IS the rainy season in Caracas and the reservoirs are full. But most of the 5.3m people who live in and near the city have not had regular running water for at least a month. Venezuela is an oil-rich country that cannot pay […]
Read more »Water-Related Terrorism Is On the Rise
May 14th, 2018
Via the Wilson Center, a report on water related terrorism: In 2014, after losing a number of Somalian cities it had captured to African Union and Somali troops, the terrorist group Al-Shabaab changed its tactics. To demonstrate its continued power and presence, Al-Shabaab cut off water supplies to its formerly held cities. Residents from these cut-off cities […]
Read more »Cape Town’s Day Zero: First Of Many Ahead Worldwide?
May 11th, 2018
Via the Global Policy Journal, commentary on lessons that other cities around the world may glean from Cape Town’s water crisis: Four million lives could hang in the balance, but how Cape Town responds to her water crisis could set the example for cities around the world. Three years of continued drought in Cape Town, South Africa has nearly […]
Read more »A Balkan Dam Boom Imperils Europe’s Wildest Rivers
May 8th, 2018
Via Yale’s e360, a look at how residents and conservationists are fighting back against a wave of thousands of hydroelectric projects that would block pristine, free-flowing rivers in the Balkan Peninsula, one of Europe’s most undeveloped regions: Day and night, visitors to the mountain village of Kruš?ica in central Bosnia and Herzegovina — a speck […]
Read more »Mozambique’s Water Crisis
April 12th, 2018
Via Future Directions International, a report on Mozambique’s water crisis: South-western Mozambique is on the brink of a water crisis. Due to the El Niño phenomenon, Mozambique has recently experienced higher than average temperatures and decreased levels of rainfall. The possibility of a water crisis, as already seen in parts of South Africa, could put […]
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