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Water, Power, And Competition In Asia
August 18th, 2014
In Asian Survey’s Vol. 54, No. 4 (July/August 2014), a new article by Brahma Chellaney examining how Asia is at a defining moment in its history, with water stress having emerged as one of its most serious challenges, stirring not only geopolitical tensions by intensifying competition over the resources of shared rivers and aquifers, but […]
Read more »Humanity May Face Choice By 2040: Conventional Energy Or Drinking Water
August 6th, 2014
Via OilPrice.com, a sobering commentary on the impending watergy crisis: A set of studies based on three years of research concludes that by 2040, the need for drinking water and water for use in energy production will create dire shortages. Conventional electricity generation is the largest source of water use in most countries. Water is […]
Read more »Worldwide Water Shortage By 2040
July 29th, 2014
Via new reports published by Aarhus University, some sobering thoughts regarding the world’s use of water for the production of electricity: Two new reports that focus on the global electricity water nexus have just been published. Three years of research show that by the year 2040 there will not be enough water in the world […]
Read more »How To Avert A Thirsty Future
July 15th, 2014
Via the Globe & Mail, interesting commentary from Brahma Chellaney (a geostrategist and the author, most recently, of Water, Peace and War) on the global water crisis: There is a tongue-in-cheek saying in America – attributed to Mark Twain, who lived through the early phase of the California Water Wars – that “whisky is for […]
Read more »Climate Change Will Test Water-Sharing Agreements
July 15th, 2014
Via New Security Beat, a look at how climate change will affect existing water sharing arrangements: Many existing water-sharing treaties should be re-assessed in the context of climate change, write Shlomi Dinar, David Katz, Lucia De Stefano, and Brian Blakespoor in a World Bank working paper. While “water wars” have historically been incredibly rare, the […]
Read more »A World Without Water: Corporate Costs
July 14th, 2014
Via The Financial Times, the first of a three-party series on water scarcity, this segment looking at the cost to companies: The River Nar, a minor waterway about 100 miles north of London, is barely known to the average Briton. And at first glance, it is hard to understand why a brand-conscious company such as […]
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