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H2O to Go: Global Water Grabbing
January 28th, 2014
Via Ozy, an interesting look at global water grabs: Imagine being told you couldn’t fish in a local stream or swim in your favorite watering hole because an international firm had purchased nearby land. That’s happening to people all over the world, and in some cases it’s a matter of life and death, giving a […]
Read more »Conflict Over Water In Cross Border River Basins
January 23rd, 2014
Via The Water Challenges blog, some thoughts on conflict over water in cross border river basins: Countries of the Nile Basin In January 2005, I organised the first discussion on water at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Avishay Braverman, a leading Israeli politician, and then President of Ben Gurion University of the Negev, was […]
Read more »Offshore Fresh Water Aquifers: Which Law Will Apply?
January 22nd, 2014
Via the International Water Law Project, a commentary on offshore fresh water aquifers: In recent years, increasingly urgent voices have been warning of a global water crisis, as the human species consistently uses more water than is sustainably available. Pictures of parched lands, disappearing lakes and streams, and single-faucet villages have become commonplace as thirsty […]
Read more »Water Stress To Affect 52% Of World’s Population By 2050
January 14th, 2014
Via Environmental Leader, results of a new study on water stress: Some 52 percent of the world’s projected 9.7 billion people will live in water-stressed regions by 2050, MIT researchers say. The researchers used the MIT Integrated Global System Model Water Resource System (IGSM-WRS) to evaluate water resources and needs worldwide. The modeling tool also […]
Read more »Global Water Scarcity Predicted To Rise By 40%
December 18th, 2013
Via the Sydney Morning Herald, a sobering report on global water stress: Global water scarcity already on the rise due to exploding global populations may be amplified by up to 40 per cent due to climate change. Research carried out by the German-based Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research has found significantly more people throughout […]
Read more »Water: Commodity Of The 21st Century
December 13th, 2013
Via the Guardian, an interesting article on how NGOs, businesses and governments are collaborating to tackle the water, food, energy nexus: “Water is going to be the commodity of the 21st century.” So said Richard Sandor, inventor of financial futures and all-round financial guru a few weeks ago in the City, while an audience of […]
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