Tag: Environment

Indicator Podcasts on Water Scarcity

September 8, 2021

Here is a series of four 9 minute podcasts exploring different aspects of water security, scarcity, access, and other related issues. This topic provides great connections to HLX concepts like Health, Environment, Borders, and Security along with issues related to economic development.

Here are some other articles under the category of “water”

Water In The West: Bankrupt?

https://www.npr.org/2021/08/30/1032609785/water-in-the-west-bankrupt

Liquid Markets

https://www.npr.org/2021/08/31/1032979418/liquid-markets

Water’s Cheap… Should It Be?

https://www.npr.org/2021/09/01/1033338725/waters-cheap-should-it-be

Should The Lawns In Vegas, Stay In Vegas?

https://www.npr.org/2021/09/02/1033748480/should-the-lawns-in-vegas-stay-in-vegas

Why it Matters Podcast: Water Scarcity

September 7, 2021

Fresh water is more than just a resource, it is the source of all life. But in many arid regions of the world, water supplies are under pressure from climate change, and outdated rules and infrastructure are making the problem worse. What does the world need to know about water consumption, and how can societies build better systems for a dryer future?   Featured Guests:  Mark Giordano (Professor of Geography and Cinco Hermanos Chair in Environment and International Affairs, Georgetown University)  Sandra Postel (Founder and Director, Global Water Policy Project)  

cfr.org/podcasts/water-scarcity

The Inquiry Podcast: How soon can we go carbon zero?

November 11, 2019

This month activists all over the world have taken over city centres, demanding urgent action to halt climate change. They say we need to eliminate all carbon emissions by 2025. Most people think that’s impossible. But scientists are warning that if we want to stop global warming, we need to cut our CO2 emissions fast. So how soon can the planet achieve carbon zero?

Part 3 of this episode, titled, “Out of Africa” (starting at 11:22), does a great job discussing the issue of energy use and development and the challenges of who pays the cost of reducing carbon emissions.

From that section, “How do we tackle this monstrous problem of climate change without exacerbating the problem of global poverty and inequality?” Do developed nations have a responsibility to help subsidize the development of developing nations in order to make sure their development is “clean”?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csytgx