World Chronicle 875: Water, the Coming World Conflict?

Judy Lessing interviews András Szöllösi-Nagy, Deputy Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences and Coordinator of Environmental Programmes of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), for World Chronicle program 875.

• Categories: News & Features / Features / World Chronicle
• Video Length: 00:28:03
• Production Date: 18 October 2002
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: JACK FREEMAN; JUDY LESSING; SANAA YOUSSEF
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION - UNESCO; UNITED NATIONS
• Subject Topical: AGRICULTURE; POPULATION; RESOURCES CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY
• MAMS Id: 2111945
• Parent Id: 824912

Description

“Water: The Coming World Conflict?”

In the last hundred years, global demand for water has increased at more than twice the rate of the world’s population. Experts speak of a looming water crisis. With 261 of the world’s river basins shared by two or more nations, some people go as far as to say that this century’s conflicts will be fought over access to water.

How can crisis be averted? What is needed now for good water management? Has water commonly been a source of conflict in the course of human history? And how is water distribution related to improving the status of women in the great deserts of Africa? In this edition of World Chronicle, these questions are explored with the help of András Szöllösi-Nagy, UNESCO’s Deputy Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences, and Coordinator of Environmental Programmes.

• Scripts: File; 875.pdf (40.58 KB)