Global Warming, Environmental Degradation, And Resource Scarcity

Using named examples, assess the potential for water supply to become a source of conflict. (15)

He places an emphasis on understanding of conflict; what it is and how this understanding can help to avoid it and come up with counter measures. He looks into the ideologies behind conflict in the implementation of transboudary treaties. His paper gives the causes of conflict and analyses them. From that, those that apply to the case study at hand so that analysis/ solutions can be looked into to improve relations and minimize conflict. When a group of states or riparian states find themselves in a situation where by they compete to attain the water that is shared across their borders they are recognised by the United Nations as water disputes resulting from conflicting interests of water users , private or public and are classified as transboundary water conflicts. Conflicts occur in different intensities and require good governance to be overcome. Poor governance may result in a corruption of an already scarce or low quality water resource resulting in long periods of conflict and potential political tensions and war however undesirable. The following are the causes of the tensions; Tensions and Time Lags: Causes for Concern, The timing of water flow, Water quality problems, Water quantity issues, Water quality issues, Water-related disease, Management for multiple uses and Political divisions. A complicating factor may be the time it takes for a nation to interrupt the planning's of another

The goal of this paper is intended to provide the legal, political, social, economic, ecological dimensions of water resource policy

This money is being used to build a second dam, after the successful $68 million dam that split the sea into two and already filling the northern sea up. Although this has seen fishermen’s business improve along with returning rain, the problem on the Uzbekistan border is yet to be solved with the southern sea still shrinking. The economy of Uzbekistan is struggling to fix this problem as their economy heavily depends of cash crops which are not being produced due to the lack of water and irrigation of cotton fields. An additional problem for Uzbekistan is that their headwaters are controlled by other countries. This problem is exacerbated by the part of the world they’re in and any change could easily trigger conflict from neighbouring countries. To conclude, although large water management schemes due in some cases increase water security for the intended target destination, there are many other factors which need to be considered deeply to evaluate whether the economic costs as well as the environmental and social costs are worth sacrificing for what the project will

One statement can be seen as the premise for National Geographic’s Water: Global Challenges & Policy of Freshwater Use (2013): “Water is life” (p.8). The book discusses how access to clean freshwater is not only essential to our survival, but shows it is also a contested resource. With much freshwater being unavailable due to location, sustainable water management decisions are an important part of supporting regions across the globe. National Geographic’s book elaborates on multiple freshwater issues and highlights how important water is to our survival. Providing regional, water-related examples of conflict, critical challenges, mitigation efforts, and economic importance it reveals many common themes regarding freshwater and its global importance.

We are living in an era in which war is becoming more socially acceptable, countries around the globe are waging wars and threatening to start wars over small conflicts. It almost seems like countries prefer to resolve problems using force than the use of peaceful conversations. In the text, we are told that there is a water crisis in the south west. Because of this crisis both the United States and Mexico started to lose control of their

Priscoli, J. D. & Wolf, A. T. (2009). Managing and Transforming Water Conflicts: USA: Cambridge University Press.

Many countries are also highly dependent on water that originates outside their borders; the water diversion provided by dams for countries that are downstream exacerbates an already serious problem. The diversion of river systems is an area of international concern, the nature and extent of such interdependency is already extensive: 145 countries share over 261 international river basin. As demand increases, and as indigenous sources of water become fully utilized or exhausted, the only alternatives are likely to be international (Dolatyar, 2006). Ironically, the very solution of one country's scarcity, plunges another into water shortage, this is the reason why water security is one of the most crucial foreign policy considerations of a globally connected economic and political atmosphere.

Climate change is becoming a focal point for security and conflict research. Research suggests that violent conflict is affected by climate change and this could become increasingly worse in the future. Barnett, J., Adger, W. (2007) suggest that climate change undermines human security by reducing the access to natural resources that sustain people’s way of life. Climate change also has the capacity to undermine states as well by cutting off the states ability to provide opportunities and services that help maintain life and which help to maintain and build peace in daily life. With access to natural resources diminishing and the state not being able to provide opportunities and services that help maintain life and human security this

One of the most important yet under-appreciated conflicts in the Middle East is over water resources along the Jordan River. As population and demand for water in the riparian states of Israel, Jordan, Palestine, and Syria have sky-rocketed, water scarcity in the desert region has reached crisis proportions. In response, leaders on all sides have entered into a dialogue, known as "hydro-politics," that has been characterized by an unyielding attitude of political conservatism set against an understanding that regional cooperation is the riparians' surest salvation. The answer lies in a combination of hydro-diplomacy and technology. With the aid of countries and NGOs outside of the regions,

The idea of global warming, (an increase in the earth 's atmosphere temperature which in turn causes a change of climate everywhere), has been around for centuries and is one of the most controversial topics in science. One of the first people to discover the greenhouse effect was the swedish scientist, Savante Arrhenius, in 1896. The greenhouse is effect is when radiation is trapped, which is emitted from the sun’s warmth, in lowest level of the Earth’s atmosphere; this is caused by gases such as carbon dioxide, water vapor, and methane that let sunlight to pass through but it keeps the radiation, Arrhenius was the

The content of analysis will examine paper. It will look at the harvesting of the materials, production, distribution, and finally the waste. This lifecycle analysis is to explain a consumer product’s life from production to waste. This is to show the environmental effects that the products has during its life time. A few of the environmental impacts that will be focused on is resource depletion and greenhouse gas emissions. These were chosen because of the chain reaction they can cause. Greenhouse gases are known to be linked to climate change, which is a global problem so the impacts of these emissions are on a very large scale. Resource depletion is another problem because more than one species rely on forest. Therefore, the depletion of it is not only bad to humans but the other organisms that use it for their survival. If this resource was to be completely used up, then it could lead to a loss of biodiversity which could be bad for the local ecosystem. In addition, since some ecosystems are linked together the loss of one could have a huge effect on another causing a domino effect.

One interesting lack of correlation is also found in Mandel 's study -- that between the number of disputants and intensity of conflict. He suggests that this challenges the common notion that the more limited, in terms of number of parties involved, river disputes are easier to resolve. Another surprising lack of correlation that we seem to be finding is, somewhat counter-intuitively, that climate seems not to be a major variable in water disputes. This fact may be because water has multiple uses, but these uses vary in critical importance, depending on climatic conditions. The hydropower or transportation offered by a river in a humid climate is no less important to its riparians than is the irrigation water provided by a river in an arid zone. An important aspect of international water conflicts is how water is controlled within each of the countries involved. Whether control of the resource is vested at the national level, as in the Middle East, the state level, as in India, or at the sub-state level, as in the United States, informs the complication of international dialog. Also, where control is vested institutionally is important. In Israel, for example, the Water Commissioner for years was under the authority of the Ministry of Agriculture, whereas Jordanian control is at the ministerial level, with the Ministry of Water. These respective institutional settings can make internal

The 20th and 21st centuries have been characterized by calls of environmental management and conservation from environmentalists. The issue that has been of serious concern has been the gradual but constant rise in the environmental temperatures across the whole world. This phenomenon is commonly referred to as global warming. It is essentially believed that the world temperatures were uniform and constant before the industrial age. However, as the years go by, it has been noted that the environmental temperatures have been on the gradual rise. This has raised concerns about the long-term implications if this situation is not tacked well in advance.

The issue that I am talking about in my poster is global warming, water pollution, and air pollution. Global warming is the increase in the earth’s temperature which can lead to drought, flooding, extreme heat or wildfire. Global warming is a threat to many of the polar because mostly the polar bears live on the Artic and the main problem with the polar bears are the sea ice habitat loss due to global warming. Usually, water pollution is when a foreign and toxic substance enters the water. It is important because the pollution in the water can cause harm to the human and ecological system. Air pollution is when a substance that has harmful effects is introduced into the air. It is important because pollution of the air causes health and environmental harmful effects. Not to mention, air pollution causes global warming and can do a lot of severe damage. The target audience of my piece are young adults like us from the age of 15- 30 and it is aimed towards those who fail to notice big issues like water pollution, air pollution, and global warming. This poster can also be targeted towards people who are an environmentalist. People at this age carelessly throws things into the water without thinking of the harmful effects it can to living things. Instead of riding a bike to school or walking, young adults tend to use cars or get a ride from their parents rather than thinking about trying to be eco-friendly. Teenagers and adults need to realize that global warming is happening