From Ikea to Gap, firms aim to use scarce water more wisely
Stockholm, SwedenThomson Reuters Foundation Putting on a pair of jeans or drinking a beer has a cost beyond the pricetag, with billions of tonnes of water used globally each year to manufacture them and other consumer goods, companies said at an international water conference on Monday. But with population growth and climate change making water […]
More deals, less conflict? Cross-border water planning key, report warns
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Efforts to share rivers, lakes and aquifers that cross national boundaries are falling short, raising a growing risk of conflict as global water supplies run low, researchers warned last week. Fewer than one in three of the world’s transboundary rivers and lake basins and just nine of the 350 aquifers that straddle […]
INDIA: IN DROUGHT-HIT DELHI, THE ‘HAVES’ GET LIMITLESS WATER, THE POOR FIGHT FOR EVERY DROP
MAYANK BHARDWAJ, of Reuters, reports on India’s water crisis…
Tech tool aims to predict global water conflicts before they happen
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Artificial intelligence can predict where conflicts over scarce water will break out up to a year in advance and allow action to prevent them, researchers said on Friday. An early warning tool that tracks water supplies worldwide and mixes in social, economic and demographic data to flag up potential crises is being […]
POSTCARDS: IN PARCHED SOUTH AFRICA, WATER STORING FOOTBALL FIELDS GIVE DROUGHT THE BOOT
KIM HARRISBERG, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from South Africa…
WATER: THOUSANDS TO WALK SIX KILOMETRES TO RAISE MONEY – AND AWARENESS – ABOUT THE LACK OF ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER
DAVID ADAMS speaks to World Vision Australia’s Daryl Crowden about the world’s water problem…
Climate change an ‘imminent’ security threat, risk experts say
The Hague, The NetherlandsThomson Reuters Foundation Climate change threats – from worsening water shortages in Iraq and Pakistan to harsher hurricanes in the Caribbean – are a growing security risk and require concerted action to ensure they don’t spark new violence, security experts warned Tuesday. “Climate change is not about something in the far and […]