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Hot-Headed: How Climate Change-Induced Drought Is Destabilising Global Peace
August 7th, 2017
Via Vision of Humanity, interesting commentary on mounting evidence that climate change is creating the conditions for instability and poverty, two significant contributors to the outbreak of civil war and violence: “There is mounting evidence that climate change is creating the conditions for instability and poverty, two significant contributors to the outbreak of civil war and […]
Read more »Rome Rations Water
July 24th, 2017
Via The Guardian, an article on the threat of Rome needing to ration water due to drought: More than a million residents of Rome are facing water rationing for up to eight hours a day as the prolonged heatwave that has ravaged southern Europe takes its toll on the Italian capital. Some businesses are already reporting sporadic […]
Read more »Comparative Cost of Water
July 23rd, 2017
Via Make Wealth History, an interesting comparison of the cost of water in selected developing countries: That’s not the cost people are paying every day, but the cost for 50 litres, which is what the World Health Organisation considers an adequate level of consumption for health and hygiene. It’s from WaterAid’s State of the World’s Water report […]
Read more »Water Scarcity Hotspots Shifting
July 11th, 2017
Via SciDevNet, a look at how dams, reservoirs and irrigation schemes are causing water scarcity hotspots to shift: Reservoirs, dams and irrigation systems have shifted global patterns of water scarcity over three decades, “causing a distinct pattern of beneficiaries and losers”, according to recent research. The study, published in June in Nature Communications, shows that these interventions have increased water […]
Read more »Water Issues Could Escalate Inter-Korean Tension
July 6th, 2017
Via The Korea Times, a report on the potential for water issues to escalate tension between the Koreas: Climate change is creating water scarcity around the world, and Korea is not an exception, especially considering inter-Korean relations. “If North Korea releases water from a dam, it can change the water course,” said Ashok Swain, a […]
Read more »Water Conflicts Over Centuries and Millennia
July 4th, 2017
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a transcript of a short video documenting water conflict across history: With stories from around the world, we’re revealing the challenges and the solutions from the frontlines of the fast-growing competition between water, food, and energy in a changing climate. And quite literally, water, or lack thereof, is often at […]
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