Water is essential to life – but also agriculture, industry, and energy. But ever rising consumption and climate change have many worried there won’t be enough to go around. Meanwhile, sea-level rise and extreme weather threaten some areas with disaster. How can we avoid conflict and build peace? How can we ensure everyone has what they need to survive and thrive as we march toward a global population of more than 9 billion? In this special series, produced with support from USAID, we talk to experts from around the world to hear how they are thinking about and addressing 21st century water challenges.
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PHOTO CREDIT: UNICEF Ethiopia/2017/Demissew Bizuwerk.
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Sandra Ruckstuhl on Capturing Practical Lessons on Water, Conflict, and Cooperation
›Friday Podcasts // Water Stories (Podcast Series) // December 14, 2018 // By Kathryn Gardner & Truett Sparkman
We realized “there was a need for a toolkit on water,” says Sandra Ruckstuhl in this week’s Water Stories podcast, “with a focus of conflict and conflict mitigation, but also peacebuilding.” Ruckstuhl, a consultant for the World Bank who has researched water programs in Yemen and the Middle East, helped the Wilson Center produce USAID’s Water and Conflict toolkit, which documents examples of successful development interventions focused on water and peacebuilding. -
Aaron Wolf on Transboundary Water Conflict and Cooperation
›Friday Podcasts // Water Stories (Podcast Series) // November 30, 2018 // By Evan Barnard & Sharif Wahab
“Countries—even countries that don’t like each other much—have, and continue to have, conversations over water resources, even when they won’t about other issues,” says Aaron Wolf, Director of Water Conflict Management and Transformation at Oregon State University, in this week’s Water Stories podcast.
