Water Scarcity May Spark Geopolitical Conflicts: Council

Jun 23, 2014 | Bloomberg News
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Water scarcity may spark geopolitical conflicts in such countries as those around the Tigris-Euphrates and Nile river basins, according to the World Water Council’s president.

“Water and politics, they go hand-in-hand,” Benedito Braga said in a June 20 interview after the conclusion of the Singapore International Water Week. “With rivers that are shared by two or more countries, the severity of climate and the stress in water may lead to political instability.”