No Wars for Water

There have been concerns that war will start over lack of freshwater. Although many of these predictions are a bit extreme, they might be accurate within the next couple of years. Global warming has been increasing droughts and flooding which will lessen the amount of freshwater. Many riparian states, or countries surrounding a body of water, already have trouble sharing freshwater. These issues occur from different ideas of how much water should be consumed in attempts to conserve it. For example, tensions have been rising in states bordering the Nile River. Larger states like Egypt and Ethiopia have been working on making a treaty to avoid war in the future when global warming has had an effect on the Nile.

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By Alyssa Ramos