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Global Risk Of Water Shortages
November 18th, 2013
Via Quartz, an interesting comment from John McLaughlin (retired CIA Deputy Director) on what really worries him – global water shortages: Speaking of contamination, one thing we take for granted in the U.S. is clean, safe drinking water, but much of the world doesn’t have that luxury. The OECD projects that by 2030, close to […]
Read more »Water: Cooperation Or Competition
November 12th, 2013
Via Hydro-Logic, an interesting graphic on the balance of numerous competitive uses of water that must be overcome for cooperation to really take hold:
Read more »The Immediate Climate Threat Isn’t Rising Sea Levels, It’s Water Scarcity
October 19th, 2013
Via The Atlantic, an interesting commentary on the water crisis facing the world: A girl looks up as she stands at a dried well in a village of Weining county, Guizhou province, in March 2013. More than one million people in Guizhou and Gansu provinces are facing a drinking water shortage due to two lingering […]
Read more »Averting Water Conflict
October 10th, 2013
Courtesy of the Japan Times, an op-ed examining the potential for global water conflict: In an increasingly water-stressed world, shared water resources are becoming an instrument of power, fostering competition within and between nations and exacerbating impacts on ecosystems. The Budapest Water Summit, which takes place this week, is the latest initiative to search for […]
Read more »Water Shortage Seen Worsening Due To Climate Change
October 9th, 2013
Via Bloomberg, a summary of a new report looking at global water scarcity: Water scarcity will increase around the world due to climate change, with more than 500 million people affected if mean global warming is limited to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), based on modeling studies by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact […]
Read more »The Coming Water Wars
October 9th, 2013
Via the Washington Times, an interesting commentary on the likelihood of water wars in the future: As competition for the precious resource grows, water will be a key to war and peace In an increasingly water-stressed world, shared water resources are becoming an instrument of power, fostering competition within and between nations. The struggle for […]
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