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Are African ‘water wars’ on the horizon as AU puts the issue on its agenda?

Experts weigh in on challenges from climate change and water access to upstream-downstream conflict and industry abuse.
Circle of Blue

Watered Down: A Weakened Global Water Strategy

Washington abandons "whole of government approach" for Global Water Strategy. Funding destined for water sector projects has been curtailed, falling 64 percent, from $3.45 billion to $1.23 billion.
Circle of Blue

Planet Enters Era of ‘Global Water Bankruptcy,’ UN Report Says

The planet’s water reserves are overstretched and polluted, pushing the warming world into a dangerous condition of “water bankruptcy,” argues a new UN University report. This is not an alarm bell for ...
Opinion
Institute of Development StudiesOpinion

Water Nationalism, Climate Anxiety, and the Myth of the Coming Water Wars

IDS researcher Jeremy Allouche challenges the assumption that climate change and water shortages will lead to wars.
EurekAlert!

World enters “era of global water bankruptcy”; UN scientists formally define new post-crisis reality for billions

UN Headquarters, New York – Amid chronic groundwater depletion, water overallocation, land and soil degradation, deforestation, and pollution, all compounded by global heating, a UN report today ...
EurekAlert!

World enters era of “Global Water Bankruptcy,” declares UN report led by CCNY's Kaveh Madani

For decades, the world has been warned of a looming water crisis. A landmark report released today at the United Nations Headquarters argues that the time for "crisis management" has passed. The ...
Los Angeles Times

‘Water bankruptcy’: U.N. scientists say much of the world is irreversibly depleting water

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Excessive water pumping from rivers, lakes and underground has pushed much of the world into an era of “water ...