The founder of the non-profit Pacific Institute says diplomacy will be needed to avoid future conflicts over water shortages.
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Applying diplomacy to avoid conflicts over water… on this CurrentCast.
International treaties are negotiated to allocate shared water resources between countries. But similar agreements are not available at a sub-national level, so people in different regions or with competing uses are more likely to have conflicts when water becomes scarce.
Peter Gleick is President of the Pacific Institute, a non-profit research group:
Gleick: “We need to take the lessons that we’ve learned at the international level, the tools of diplomacy, the tools of treaties and agreements that allocate water between countries that may share a river and we have to figure out how to apply those tools at the sub-national level as well.”
It’s an issue that will become increasingly urgent in light of climate change.
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Dr. Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute
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Learn More:
- “Why global water shortages pose threat of terror and war” from The Guardian
- “Prepare for the Next Conflict: Water Wars” from HuffPost Green
- Pacific Institute Water Conflict Database
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