http://www.circleofblue.org/blog Reporting the global freshwater crisis Sun, 18 May 2008 20:47:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Over at Circle of Blue WaterNews, we're reporting today on another ingredient to consider in the context of the China-Tibet conflict. Keith Schneider and C.T. Pope write that the Tibetan Plateau's vast reserves of glacial freshwater, which supply Asia's most populous regions, are both at risk and are emerging as ... http://www.circleofblue.org/blog/2008/05/08/tibetan-plateau-water-reserves-at-risk/ On the Tibetan Plateau, where a whim of nature created the highest points on Earth, many of the world's major rivers are born. Each day their flows bring life to more than a billion people downstream in Asia, the planet's most populous region. As we watch the headlines in an age ... http://www.circleofblue.org/blog/2008/05/05/water-early-warning-for-conflict-or-catalyst-for-peace/ ASPEN - Are we in an endgame struggle for survival or do we face the greatest opportunities in the history of civilization? Both. Granted, the messages remain grim, perhaps even darker than I had expected here under the blue skies at the Aspen Environment Forum. But of all the gatherings I've attended ... http://www.circleofblue.org/blog/2008/03/29/aspen-environment-forum-balancing-hope-and-despair-with-big-ideas/ On March 22 we observed another World Water Day, and this week we marked the fifth anniversary of the military conflict in Iraq. Water and war are bound together by more than the coincidence of time -- they are related by blood. Drought and Deluge are the weary parents of ... http://www.circleofblue.org/blog/2008/03/23/deep-pangs-of-irony-courting-water-to-conquer-war/ Margaret Catley-Carlson is chairperson of Global Water Partnership, a working partnership among formed in 1996 by the World Bank, the United Nations Development Program and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. From the U.N. Global Compact to what you can do, Catley-Carlson talks all things water at the World Economic ... http://www.circleofblue.org/blog/2008/02/26/margaret-catley-carlson-talking-water-at-the-world-economic-forum/ John Elkington, founder and chief entrepreneur of SustainAbility, the London-based think tank, and co-author, The Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets that Change the World. Elkington puts water into the business context at the World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland J. Carl Ganter - Circle of Blue: With last ... http://www.circleofblue.org/blog/2008/02/26/john-elkington-talking-water-and-sustainability-at-the-world-economic-forum/ "One of the problems that we face is that climate change is on the ascendant, and people are not always making the links to water as they perhaps should. I think that's coming and over the next two to three years water will progressively build into a really central component ... http://www.circleofblue.org/blog/2008/02/26/waters-urgent-message-at-the-world-economic-forum/ DAVOS -- Check out Jerry Linenger's appearance on YouTube, answering the Davos Question. More soon from the World Economic Forum. Jerry spent five months on board the Russian space station Mir, surviving numerous life support systems failures and the worst fire to ever occur in space. But he says what really ... http://www.circleofblue.org/blog/2008/01/24/astronaut-jerry-linenger-answers-the-davos-question/ The annual World Economic Forum kicks off Wednesday in Davos, and already there's a buzz building about this year's emerging focus on the global freshwater crisis. The Forum hosts seven sessions on water, from market mechanisms for pricing to the tragic health consequences of poor sanitation and dirty water. (Note: ... http://www.circleofblue.org/blog/2008/01/21/world-economic-forum-a-big-week-for-water/ Let me indulge in some timely self promotion for my colleagues at Circle of Blue, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars China Environment Forum and the Pacific Institute. The Circle of Blue team, which I direct, publishes today its compelling multimedia report, "Reign of Sand," about the water crisis ... http://www.circleofblue.org/blog/2008/01/21/china-faces-reign-of-sand-in-inner-mongolia/