[Vision2020] "sustainable" water

[Ted Moffett]

"---a talley that does not include the impacts of climate change."

Consider this report from India, which mentions developing military
capabilities for "outright military conflict" resulting from the impacts of
climate change, of which one of the major changes will be the melting of the
Tibetan plateau glaciers, reducing the amount of water available feeding
major rivers in Asia:

Climate Change and National Security: Preparing India for New Conflict
Scenarios:

http://nationalinterest.in/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/inipolicybrief-no1-climatechangeandnationalsecurity-nitinpai-april2008.pdf

I quote:

 "Deterring Water Wars. India must consider reviewing its strategic
doctrines to deter 'water wars.'  India's current "no first use" nuclear
doctrine threatens punitive retaliation upon a nuclear attack on Indian
territory or on its forces.  While bringing water wars directly inside the
nuclear red line might be disproportionately escalatory, a commitment to the
use of force in the event of unilateral diversion of water resources by the
upper riparian is likely to have a deterrent effect."
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Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett

On 3/24/09, Ellen Roskovich <gussie443 at hotmail.com> wrote:


>  *A little reading material with that early morning cup of coffee. . . *
> **
> *Ellen A. Roskovich*
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> Coming soon: 'Sustainable water' certification
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> Mar 17, 2009
> ISTANBUL (AFP) — ---------
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> By 2030, according to a report issued on Tuesday by the Organisation for
> Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), 3.9 billion people, or nearly
> half of the world's population, could be living in severe water stress -- a
> tally that does not include the impacts of climate change.
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> Copyright © 2009 AFP. All rights reserved. More »<http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/copyright?hl=en>
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