When Water Dries Up, Violence Thrives: The Link Between Climate, Conflict, and Migration in Africa. The Environmental Challenge and Its Consequences.
“An AK-47 grows better than millet in the Sahel.”... Read More
The United States Institute of Peace released a study by Cassandra Schneider, Senior Program Officer Climate, Environment & Conflict, entitled “Protecting Water Infrastructure During WarR... Read More
Farmers and fishermen, but also communities and private individuals have different needs when water becomes scarce during droughts. A panel discussion in water-rich Switzerland provided an example.
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Records of water-related conflicts go back 4,000 years to Sumeria, where the neighboring city-states of Umma and Lagash fought over water and irrigated lands. In that instance, the attacks went back a... Read More
Now published! Global solidarities against water grabbing. Without water, we have nothing. By Caitlin Schroering.
Conflicts over water are human-caused events with socio-political and economic causes.... Read More
Almost 350 water conflicts were documented worldwide in 2023, a 50% rise on 2022, which was also a record year, according to the Pacific Institute, a California-based nonpartisan thinktank tracking wa... Read More
