Commissar SFLUFAN Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Intel Assessment: 'High' Chance Of International Conflict Over Water By 2040 - Breaking Defense Breaking Defense - Defense industry news, analysis and commentary BREAKINGDEFENSE.COM From Asia to the Middle East, worries rise like flood waters over the future of water security. Quote According to the ODNI report, should things continue the way they are, “transboundary tensions probably will increase over shared surface and groundwater basins as increased weather variability exacerbates preexisting or triggers new water insecurity in many parts of the world.” The report currently rates that while the potential for water conflict is “low” in 2021, it rises to “medium” by 2030 and to “high” by 2040. Pakistan, for instance, relies on downstream surface water from “heavily glacier-fed rivers” that originate in rival India’s territory, enough so that Pakistan requires “frequent data from India on river discharges in order to provide advanced warning to evacuate villages and prepare for flooding,” the report says. Considering the tense, often violent relationship between the two nations, it’s not difficult to see how fragile that dynamic is to climate change. In East Asia, the Mekong River is “already […] an area of growing dispute over dam building, largely by China” because it threatens water used downstream by smaller nations like Cambodia and Vietnam, the report says. More than half of surface water resources in the Middle East and North Africa are “transboundary and all countries share at least one aquifer,” the report says, citing the World Bank. Already several of those are “vulnerable to salt water intrusion, even from minor rises in sea levels, increasing the potential for conflict.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Egypt and Ethiopia are pretty damn close with that conflict over the dam being built. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted October 21, 2021 Author Share Posted October 21, 2021 1 minute ago, CayceG said: Egypt and Ethiopia are pretty damn close with that conflict over the dam being built. I remember @Fizzzzle's thread on that flashpoint. They are absolutely a hair's breadth away from open hostilities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 The water knife is the center square in ceb book recommendation bingo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 2 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: The water knife is the center square in ceb book recommendation bingo We barely read the headlines to articles, we shouldn’t kid ourselves into taking book recommendations seriously. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted October 21, 2021 Author Share Posted October 21, 2021 I genuinely do highly recommend The Water Knife! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uaarkson Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 I’m finally starting to feel more comfortable in Michigan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 44 minutes ago, Uaarkson said: I’m finally starting to feel more comfortable in Michigan. Until you're invaded by the South Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaku3 Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 "In the far future, there will be only war." – Sigismund to Garviel Loken, not knowing how right he would be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Sorry Canada 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 41 minutes ago, ManUtdRedDevils said: Sorry Canada More lakes than the rest of the world combined will turn from an asset to liability when the hordes of wandering elderly mass their way up from Phoenix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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