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Finding Water In The Desert: Water Security In The Middle East
August 18th, 2016
Via The Cipher Brief, a look at water security in the Middle East / North Africa region: In 1979, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat said that “the only matter which could take Egypt to war again is water.” That war may not have come yet, but the truth behind Sadat’s warning remains just as relevant today, […]
Read more »Food and Water Security in a Hotter Middle East
August 10th, 2016
Via Future Directions International, a look at food and water security in the Middle East: Background Rising temperatures in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are likely to force regional states to address the exacerbated threat to the supply and security of food and water. This issue is brought to the fore by the […]
Read more »When It Comes to Water Scarcity, Population Growth Tops Climate Change
August 1st, 2016
Via the Wilson Center’s New Security Beat, an interesting article on population growth’s impact on water scarcity: One of the findings of the Worldwatch Institute’s Family Planning and Environmental Sustainability Assessment (FPESA) suggests it’s not accurate to claim that climate change is at the root of growing water scarcity around the world. Based on the best recent […]
Read more »The World’s Most Water-Stressed Cities
July 30th, 2016
Courtesy of The Guardian, a look at the world’s most water stressed cities: where more than 2.5 billion people don’t have access to basic levels of fresh water for at least one month each year – a situation growing ever more critical as urban populations expand rapidly: In the southern reaches of Egypt, the city […]
Read more »Water Insecurity In The Arab World
July 19th, 2016
Via Project Syndicate, commentary on water stress in the Middle East: Nowhere is freshwater scarcer than in the Arab world. The region is home to most of the world’s poorest states or territories in terms of water resources, including Bahrain, Djibouti, Gaza, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. This shortage – exacerbated […]
Read more »ISciences Worldwide Water Watchlist
July 18th, 2016
Via iSciences, an updated map of regions likely to encounter significant water anomalies during the one year period beginning in April 2016 and running through March 2017 using 3 months of observed temperature and precipitation data and 9 months of forecast data: United States and Canada: The outlook for the United States indicates widespread exceptional water deficits throughout the Northeast from […]
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