Can a lack of water result in war?
PDRTJS_settings_99857_post_7749 = { “id” : “99857”, “unique_id” : “wp-post-7749”, “title” : “WATER+AVAILABILITY%3A+Can+a+lack+of+water+result+in+war%3F”, “item_id” : “_post_7749”, “permalink” : “http%3A%2F%2Fconservationreport.com%2F2009%2F04%2F25%2Fwater-availability-can-a-lack-of-water-result-in-war%2F” } Currently, there is a debate over whether water wars actually exist or not. Wendy Barnaby argues that water wars do not exist: “Countries do not go to war over water, they solve their water shortages through trade and international agreements, [and] cooperation, in fact, is the dominant response to shared water resources.” And Jack Shafer at Slate writes: None of my skepticism should imply that I think everybody everywhere has all the clean, cheap water they need. Water, like all resources, is scarce, and I accept that scarcity can cause conflict. But before anyone starts frightening themselves about impending water wars, they might want to consider Barnaby’s observation that in the
