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Middle East: Dry and Discontented
June 2nd, 2018
Courtesy of The Economist, a report on the impact of climate change and drought in the Middle East: SIX years ago Nabil Musa, a Kurdish environmentalist, returned from over a decade abroad to find Iraq transformed. Rivers in which he had swum year-round turned to dust in summer. Skies once crowded with storks and herons […]
Read more »Chile Claims That British Appetite For Avocados Is Draining Region Dry
May 17th, 2018
Via The Guardian, a look at Chilean villagers’ claims that the British appetite for avocados is draining region dry: British supermarkets are selling thousands of tonnes of avocados produced in a Chilean region where villagers claim vast amounts of water are being diverted, resulting in a drought. Major UK supermarkets including Tesco, Morrisons, Waitrose, Aldi and […]
Read more »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 […]
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