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The World’s Most Hostile International Water Basins
June 25th, 2015
Via New Security Beat, an interesting report on the World’s most hostile international water basins: At the launch of A New Climate for Peace, a new report on climate-fragility risks produced for the G7 by a consortium of international partners including the Wilson Center, USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator Christian Holmes called water a common denominator for climate […]
Read more »Caribbean Facing Widespread Drought And Water Shortages
June 24th, 2015
Via Huffington Post, a report on the drought impacting the Caribbean region: The worst drought in five years is creeping across the Caribbean, prompting officials around the region to brace for a bone dry summer. From Puerto Rico to Cuba to the eastern Caribbean island of St. Lucia, crops are withering, reservoirs are drying up […]
Read more »Laudato Si’ And Water: The Vatican’s Encyclical Letter And Global Water Challenges
June 22nd, 2015
Via the Huffington Post, a look at the role of water in the Vatican’s recent encyclical about climate change, in which the Pope warned against the control of water by corporations and businesses, as well as the hazards of water contamination: The official text of the much-anticipated Vatican’s Encyclical Letter, “Laudato Si’” (“On Care for our Common Home”) […]
Read more »Gulf Co-operation Council Plans Regional Food And Water Security Center
June 17th, 2015
Via Future Directions International, a report on a new Gulf Cooperation Council initiative to foster dialogue and partnership around food and water security: Background Joint action within the agriculture and water sectors is a key objective in achieving food security for the GCC member states. This year’s GCC Agricultural Co-operation Committee meeting, hosted by Qatar […]
Read more »North Korea Faces Worst Drought In A Century
June 17th, 2015
Courtesy of the BBC, a report on North Korea’s drought crisis: The drought has reportedly also hit rice paddies in parts of South Korea North Korea says it is facing its worst drought in a century, sparking fears of worsening food shortages. State news agency KCNA said main rice-growing provinces had been badly affected and more […]
Read more »Global Water Supplies ‘In Distress’
June 16th, 2015
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a sobering report on the condition of the world’s biggest aquifers: More than a third of the world’s biggest aquifers, a vital source of fresh water for millions, are “in distress” because human activities are draining them, according to satellite observations. Scientists from Nasa, the US space agency, and the University of […]
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