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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/water-will-be-source-of-war-unless-world-acts-now-warns-minister-799292.html
Water will be source of war unless world acts now, warns minister
By Ben Russell, Political Correspondent
Saturday, 22 March 2008
The world faces a future of "water wars", unless action is taken to
prevent international water shortages and sanitation issues escalating
into conflicts, according to Gareth Thomas, the International
Development minister.
The minister's warning came as a coalition of 27 international
charities marked World Water Day, by writing to Gordon Brown demanding
action to give fresh water to 1.1 billion people with poor supplies.
"If we do not act, the reality is that water supplies may become the
subject of international conflict in the years ahead," said Mr Thomas.
"We need to invest now to prevent us having to pay that price in the
future."
His department warned that two-thirds of the world's population will
live in water-stressed countries by 2025. The stark prediction comes
after the Prime Minister said in his national security strategy that
pressure on water was one of the factors that could help countries
"tip into instability, state failure or conflict".
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| Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 7:19 pm |
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On Mar 25, 10:04 pm, knews4u2c...@yahoo.com wrote:
Quote: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/water-will-be-source...
Water will be source of war unless world acts now, warns minister
By Ben Russell, Political Correspondent
Saturday, 22 March 2008
The world faces a future of "water wars", unless action is taken to
prevent international water shortages and sanitation issues escalating
into conflicts, according to Gareth Thomas, the International
Development minister.
The minister's warning came as a coalition of 27 international
charities marked World Water Day, by writing to Gordon Brown demanding
action to give fresh water to 1.1 billion people with poor supplies.
"If we do not act, the reality is that water supplies may become the
subject of international conflict in the years ahead," said Mr Thomas.
"We need to invest now to prevent us having to pay that price in the
future."
His department warned that two-thirds of the world's population will
live in water-stressed countries by 2025. The stark prediction comes
after the Prime Minister said in his national security strategy that
pressure on water was one of the factors that could help countries
"tip into instability, state failure or conflict".
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And if you think it "can't happen to me."
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| Bob Eld |
| Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 3:04 pm |
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<knews4u2chew@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:f2bce6c2-6b2d-4dfd-9149-a1d2314bf42c@i7g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
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Quote:
Water will be source of war unless world acts now, warns minister
By Ben Russell, Political Correspondent
Saturday, 22 March 2008
The world faces a future of "water wars", unless action is taken to
prevent international water shortages and sanitation issues escalating
into conflicts, according to Gareth Thomas, the International
Development minister.
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Yes, a grave situation, but who needs to act? What countries are involved
and just what is it we need to do to avert wars. We haven't been very good
at averting wars and have even started one or two. Why should this crisis be
any different?
This all boils down to the fact that there are too many people on this
planet vying for too few resources that are distributed very unevenly around
the globe. The only real solution is for governments to get their
populations under control and matched to the available resources. There's no
way in hell the earth can sustain its present population over the long term.
Nature will adjust it one way or another. That happens to ALL organisms that
over run their environment sooner or later. |
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