Water is going to cause many wars in the years to come, in my layman observers opinion. Both a lack of it and an abundance of it through climate change induced drought and flooding. And that...
Water is going to cause many wars in the years to come, in my layman observers opinion. Both a lack of it and an abundance of it through climate change induced drought and flooding. And that doesn't even start to take into account the political ramifications of huge infrastructure projects like the Renaissance Dam. Egypt is really quite vulnerable here, according to the charts and predictions here
Yeah, I suspect we're in for a rough ride as climate change starts to ramp up. I used to dismiss the claims of impending "water wars"... but I am starting to believe it possible, perhaps even...
Yeah, I suspect we're in for a rough ride as climate change starts to ramp up. I used to dismiss the claims of impending "water wars"... but I am starting to believe it possible, perhaps even inevitable, more and more. And in retrospect the reason why I was skeptical before was probably not based on reality but merely because I am Canadian, we have one of the World's largest supplies of fresh water, and so I have never had to really worry about water shortages, rights or conservation before... unlike a large portion of the rest of the World.
There have been some minor disputes like that in Canada with the US regarding the Great Lakes, but they have been handled amicably, for the most part. See:...
There have been some minor disputes like that in Canada with the US regarding the Great Lakes, but they have been handled amicably, for the most part. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes_Compact
Water is going to cause many wars in the years to come, in my layman observers opinion. Both a lack of it and an abundance of it through climate change induced drought and flooding. And that doesn't even start to take into account the political ramifications of huge infrastructure projects like the Renaissance Dam. Egypt is really quite vulnerable here, according to the charts and predictions here
Some analysis on possible long term ramifications
Renaissance Dam water conflict will pass down generations
The number of countries that take water from The Nile, and the way the amounts were decided are a relic of the colonial era, and have come close to provoking war fairly recently
A Stratfor video from 2012
The Geopolitical Impact of the Nile.
Yeah, I suspect we're in for a rough ride as climate change starts to ramp up. I used to dismiss the claims of impending "water wars"... but I am starting to believe it possible, perhaps even inevitable, more and more. And in retrospect the reason why I was skeptical before was probably not based on reality but merely because I am Canadian, we have one of the World's largest supplies of fresh water, and so I have never had to really worry about water shortages, rights or conservation before... unlike a large portion of the rest of the World.
The Rio Grande, and associated water allocation treaties, has been a source of argument for some time.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/At-the-U-S-Mexico-border-a-water-war-is-brewing-13009292.php
There have been some minor disputes like that in Canada with the US regarding the Great Lakes, but they have been handled amicably, for the most part. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes_Compact