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2030: Water And Food Shortages?
December 12th, 2012
Via The Guardian, commentary on a recent US intelligence portrait of the world in 2030 which predicts that China will be the largest economic power, climate change will create instability by contributing to water and food shortages, and there will be a “tectonic shift” with the rise of a global middle class: “…The National Intelligence […]
Read more »â€˜Peak Water’ Debate Focuses on Asia’s Water Shortage
December 9th, 2012
Via Green Copywriter, an interesting look at Asia’s water shortage: The concept of peak water as an overarching term for increased shortage of water supply in Asia remains contentious but it has focused attention on the growing water crisis facing many countries due, in part, to over-extraction of the precious resource. Climate change, burgeoning population […]
Read more »Global Water Crisis: Too Little, Too Much, Too Few Plans
December 4th, 2012
Via The Christian Science Monitor, an article on the global water crisis: For most of history, thirsty humans made do with what moisture fell from above: The sun warmed the salty seas, pure water evaporated into the air and then cooled and fell to the earth as precipitation. There it clung to glaciers, froze and […]
Read more »Water Supply Could be Halved In Africa And Middle East
December 1st, 2012
Via Prensa Latina, summary of a recent worrying UN report on water supplies: Water supply in the countries of Africa and the Middle East could be halved by 2050 due to the population increase, according to a report released at the 18th Conference of the Parties (COP18) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate […]
Read more »No Wars for Water: Why Climate Change Has Not Led to Conflict…Yet
November 26th, 2012
Via Foreign Affairs (subscription required), a look at why climate change has not yet led to conflict: The world economic downturn and upheaval in the Arab world might grab headlines, but another big problem looms: environmental change. Along with extreme weather patterns, rising sea levels, and other natural hazards, global warming disrupts freshwater resource availability […]
Read more »Irrigation (Irritation?) In Central Asia
November 23rd, 2012
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), an interesting graphic on irrigation in Central Asia which contributes to part of the growing issue of water competition in Central Asia: Even before Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan began their recent push to build hydroelectric dams along Central Asia’s two main rivers, downriver countries were coping with water scarcity challenges caused […]
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