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Water Security Conflicts: A Regional Perspective
October 31st, 2012
Via the Small Wars Journal, an interesting report on likely water security conflict areas in the years ahead: On the 1st of April 2014, the world was caught off guard when the Syrian Air Force attacked the power plant facilities at Karkamis Dam in the upstream of the Euphrates River 4.5 kilometers north of the […]
Read more »Emerging Asia Hits A Wall Of Water
October 19th, 2012
Via Forbes, an interesting report on the impending water stress facing Asia: It’s often said that people are a nation’s greatest resource. That can be true, especially with their knowledge and creativity, which can supplement physical resources. But one basic must is hard to think your way around: water. So it is that the great […]
Read more »Scarce Water Threatens Lima’s Growth
September 28th, 2012
Via MarketWatch, an article examining the impact of water scarcity on Lima’s growth: Growing constraints on water in Lima are threatening to derail business activity in the Peruvian capital, a key hub of the country’s decade-long economic boom. Water provisions in Lima, the world’s second-biggest desert city after Cairo, Egypt, are stretched due to increasing […]
Read more »World Is At Risk Of “Water Bankruptcy,†Warns UN
September 27th, 2012
Courtesy of OOSKA News, an article on the UN’s concerns over global water shortages: Many parts of the globe are facing “water bankruptcy,†as human and ecologically induced pressures accelerate depletion of river basins, lakes, aquifers and wetlands, according to a new UN report. The new report, “Science-Policy Bridges over Troubled Waters,†produced by the […]
Read more »Asia’s Water Crisis Needs Urgent Fixing
September 17th, 2012
Via the Jakarta Globe, some commentary on Asia’s water crisis: Asia’s water crisis is at the heart of the world’s water challenges, where the degradation of surface and subterranean water resources threatens the ecosystem. With Asia facing the world’s lowest per capita access to fresh water, the continent’s ever-deeper search for water is sucking groundwater […]
Read more »Former World Leaders Call On UN Security Council To Recognize Water As A Top Concern
September 13th, 2012
Via Terra Daily, an article on a group of former world leaders pushing for water to be recognized as a top global concern: The world confronts a water crisis with critical implications for peace, political stability and economic development, experts warn in a new report being launched Sept. 11 jointly by the InterAction Council (IAC), […]
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