http://www.21stcenturychallenges.org/challenges/importing-goods-exporting-drought/focus/ en d.over@rgs.org Copyright 2009 2009-10-14T10:02:12+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/aug/20/water.food1 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/aug/20/water.food1#When:08:41:57Z Each Briton uses 4,645 litres a day when hidden factors are included 2009-04-16T08:41:57+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2007/dec/09/water.climatechange http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2007/dec/09/water.climatechange#When:08:44:21Z Western companies have the know-how - and the financial incentive - to supply water to poor nations. But, as Richard Wachman reports, their involvement is already provoking unrest 2009-04-16T08:44:21+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7881382.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7881382.stm#When:08:44:44Z Rising populations and growing demand is making the world a thirsty planet, says David Molden. In this week's Green Room, he says the solution lies in people reducing the size of their "water footprints". 2009-04-16T08:44:44+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/mar/30/water-meters-homes-envirnoment-agency http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/mar/30/water-meters-homes-envirnoment-agency#When:08:46:25Z Climate change and population growth could lead to serious shortages without universal metering, warns chief executive 2009-04-16T08:46:25+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/mar/02/china-glacier-reservoir-water http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/mar/02/china-glacier-reservoir-water#When:08:48:01Z Major project for Xinjiang province amid concerns over future water supply 2009-04-16T08:48:01+00:00 http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-water13-2009feb13,0,3418172.story?track=rss http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-water13-2009feb13,0,3418172.story?track=rss#When:08:50:29Z Recent rains mean nothing; the city must get serious about dealing with water shortages. 2009-04-16T08:50:29+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/feb/26/drought-us-climate-change http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/feb/26/drought-us-climate-change#When:08:51:56Z The world's pre-eminent climate scientists produced a blunt assessment of the impact of global warming on the US yesterday, warning of droughts that could reduce the American south-west to a wasteland and heatwaves that could make life impossible even in northern cities. 2009-04-16T08:51:56+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/20/water http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/20/water#When:08:52:59Z We need to change the way we eat if we are to tackle the looming catastrophe of water scarcity 2009-04-16T08:52:59+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/interactive/2008/aug/19/water http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/interactive/2008/aug/19/water#When:08:56:05Z Two thirds of the water needed to produce the UK's food and clothes is used in other countries 2009-04-16T08:56:05+00:00 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/5196356/Hosepipe-ban-extended-after-60-years-in-new-laws-to-deal-wi http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/5196356/Hosepipe-ban-extended-after-60-years-in-new-laws-to-deal-wi#When:11:09:45Z Hosepipe bans will be extended so households cannot fill swimming pools, wash windows or clean the patio during a dry spell as part of new legislation to deal with the increased threat of droughts and flooding. 2009-04-23T11:09:45+00:00 http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/as-iraq-runs-dry-a-plague-of-snakes-is-unleashed-1705315.html http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/as-iraq-runs-dry-a-plague-of-snakes-is-unleashed-1705315.html#When:14:58:04Z The rivers that made Iraq's dry soil so fertile are drying up because the supply of water, which once flowed south into Iraq from Turkey, Syria and Iran, is now held back by dams and used for irrigation. On the Euphrates alone, Turkey has five large dams upriver from Iraq, and Syria has two. 2009-06-15T14:58:04+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jul/21/britain-food-supplies http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jul/21/britain-food-supplies#When:10:21:08Z Britain must not bury its head in the sand over food supplies, warns the environment, food and rural affairs committee 2009-07-21T10:21:08+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8206230.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8206230.stm#When:10:09:57Z Asia must reform its water use to feed 1.5 billion extra people by 2050, says a new report. The authors warn that without big changes to irrigation many nations will have to import food. 2009-08-18T10:09:57+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8205132.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8205132.stm#When:07:56:08Z Rising populations, improving lifestyles and changes to the global climate are all increasing the pressure on the planet's water resources. Conservation expert Brian Richter explains why there is an urgent need for the world to embrace new ways in which it uses water. 2009-08-19T07:56:08+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8213884.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8213884.stm#When:14:27:11Z As the world's population grows, competition for food, water and energy will increase. Food prices will rise, more people will go hungry, and migrants will flee the worst-affected regions. 2009-08-24T14:27:11+00:00 http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2009/06/03/0812619106.full.pdf+html http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2009/06/03/0812619106.full.pdf+html#When:09:16:02Z A new Dutch study has assessed the water requirements of 13 bioenergy crops across the world. 2009-09-03T09:16:02+00:00 http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/forget-carbon-you-should-be-checking-your-water-footprint-812653.html http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/forget-carbon-you-should-be-checking-your-water-footprint-812653.html#When:09:46:11Z Ethical shopping just got harder – but the latest attempt to help conscientious consumers calculate their impact on the environment could do more to preserve scarce resources than all its predecessors. 2009-09-09T09:46:11+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/aug/20/water.food http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/aug/20/water.food#When:12:52:28Z Water, or lack of it, has moved rapidly up the agenda for British businesses. A report published today by the environmental group WWF highlights why the issue is suddenly being taken so seriously. UK Water Footprint calculates for the first time how much water British consumers use, not just directly, but also indirectly due to the large volumes required to produce the globally-sourced, all year round foods and textile fibres which we now take for granted. 2009-09-09T12:52:28+00:00 http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/273844/extent_of_agricultural_landgrab_revealed_on_new_website.html http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/273844/extent_of_agricultural_landgrab_revealed_on_new_website.html#When:09:40:43Z With rich, resource-poor nations increasingly outsourcing their food production to less developed nations, a new website aims to expose the extent of the agricultural land-grab epidemic. South Korea’s biggest is 1.3 million hectares in Madagascar. China’s is 1.24 million in the Philippines. Qatar’s most problematic is 40,000 hectares in Kenya. We’re talking breadbaskets, parcels of land bought in poorer countries where food is grown to feed foreign markets. 2009-10-07T09:40:43+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/oct/26/palm-oil-initiative-carbon-emissions http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/oct/26/palm-oil-initiative-carbon-emissions#When:10:04:12Z Meat wastes water, creates greenhouse gases and could become as socially unacceptable as drink-driving 2009-10-27T10:04:12+00:00 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8628832.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8628832.stm#When:06:35:21Z The amount of water used to produce food and goods imported to developed countries is worsening water shortages in the developing world, a report says. The report, focusing on the UK, says two-thirds of the water used to make UK imports is used outside its borders. 2010-04-19T06:35:21+00:00 http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_round_up/473103/water_shortages_biggest_barrier_to_increasing_food_production.html http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_round_up/473103/water_shortages_biggest_barrier_to_increasing_food_production.html#When:08:29:57Z The real issue in food production is not whether we should go for intensive agriculture, GM crops or organic but future water availability, says an environmental think-tank 2010-04-29T08:29:57+00:00 http://environment.nationalgeographic.co.uk/environment/freshwater/embedded-water/ http://environment.nationalgeographic.co.uk/environment/freshwater/embedded-water/#When:08:51:38Z You might be suprised how much water it takes to create the products and food we consume. See how it all adds up. 2010-06-23T08:51:38+00:00