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World Bank: Water Security Urgent Priority In Middle East and North Africa
August 31st, 2017
Courtesy of The Source, an article on a new World Bank report on water security in the Middle East and North Africa: The inadequate supply of water and sanitation is costing the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region around US$21 billion per year in economic losses, according to a new World Bank report, meaning measures to improve the […]
Read more »Thirsty World = Looming Crisis
August 26th, 2017
Via Thomson Reuters Foundation, commentary on the crisis resulting when more than one-third of humanity is water-stressed every year or season, while drought crises are on the rise from California to Ethiopia: The world needs to use water more efficiently rather than exhausting invisible underground supplies and blindly exporting “virtual water” to avert a global […]
Read more »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 […]
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