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Water As A Weapon
June 10th, 2014
Via Down To Earth, a sobering look at the use of water as a weapon to weaken people in Syria, other countries of West Asia and Africa: In Southern Africa, Botswana is the only country cited among countries that use water as a weapon in ongoing conflicts against indigenous people (Photo: WaterAid America) Increasing instances […]
Read more »Water Risk And Global Security
June 9th, 2014
Courtesy of China Water Risk, an interesting review of US military views on how climate change impacts national security and China’s current stance: Highlights Climate change impacts reach far beyond carbon silo; climate change called a ‘catalyst for instability & conflict’ Timetable has accelerated; Water-Food-Energy Nexus already being impacted & water scarcity exacerbated Need to […]
Read more »Water Wars In The Middle East – $1 Trillion Is At Stake
June 4th, 2014
Via The Ecologist, a report on the potential impact of water wars in the Middle East: Water is to the 21st century what oil was to the 20th … the commodity that determines the wealth and stability of nations, writes Garikai Chengdu. Welcome to a new age of hydro-imperialism that is upon us right now […]
Read more »Water Wars: Just Around The Corner?
May 28th, 2014
Via The Guardian, commentary on the potential that growing pressure on water resources could worsen existing war and lead to new ones: Water wars could be a real prospect in coming years as states struggle with the effects of climate change, growing demand for water and declining resources, the secretary of state for energy and […]
Read more »The World’s Water Scarcity Problem Is Bad And Getting Worse
May 19th, 2014
Via the Business Insider, a report on the globe’s water scarcity crisis: The next time your throat is as dry as a bone and the Sun is beating down, take a glass of clean, cool water. Savor it. Sip by sip. Vital and appreciated as that water is, it will be even more precious to […]
Read more »Water Wars? Think Again: Conflict Over Freshwater Structural Rather Than Strategic
April 22nd, 2014
Via New Security Beat, some interesting commentary on the potential for water wars: The global water wars are almost upon us! At least that’s how it seems to many. The signs are troubling: Egypt and Ethiopia have recently increased their aggressive posture and rhetoric over the construction of the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in the […]
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