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IPCC Report Warns Of Increased Risks Associated With Water Insecurity
March 30th, 2014
Via The Guardian, a look at the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that discusses risks associated with water insecurity, due for example to shrinking of glaciers that act as key water resources for various regions around the world, and through changing precipitation patterns: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has just published its latest […]
Read more »The Myitsone Tug Of War
March 6th, 2014
Via The Guardian, an update on the controversial Myitsone dam project, at the headwaters of the Irrawaddy, which is caught in tug of war between the state and a Chinese corporation: Children looking at the Myitsone dam from the banks of the Irrawaddy River, Kachin state, Burma. Lapai Zoong kicks the red dirt outside […]
Read more »Water Insecurity At Top Of Agenda As NENA Countries Meet
February 26th, 2014
Via Future Directions, a look at how water insecurity will feature prominently during the FAO Regional Conference for the Near East and North Africa (NENA): Background According to the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), per capita freshwater availability in the NENA region shrank by two-thirds over the past 40 years. The region, (Algeria, Bahrain, […]
Read more »Water Crisis Brings Threats Of Mideast War And Terrorism
February 16th, 2014
Via Terra Daily, further commentary on two studies examining the growing global water crisis: Satellite data released by the University of California, Irvine, shows the world’s water supply is disappearing fast because of agricultural demand, an expanding population, energy production and climate change, with the Middle East, Africa and Asia in particular facing crisis in […]
Read more »Why Global Water Shortages Pose Threat Of Terror And War
February 12th, 2014
Via The Guardian, a sobering article on From California to the Middle East, huge areas of the world are drying up and a billion people have no access to safe drinking water. US intelligence is warning of the dangers of shrinking resources and experts say the world is ‘standing on a precipice’ An Egyptian farmer […]
Read more »California’s Water Wars: 2014-2030
February 8th, 2014
Via Truthout, an interesting look at how climate change, drought and peak oil might shape California’s conflict over water in the coming decades: What happens after California drought, peak oil, climate chaos, economic depression and water privatization finally get to the population of the Golden State? Those who hope to keep water in public hands […]
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