Swiss-Swedish Report about Water Shortages in the Middle-East

A new report about water shortages in the Middle-East comes to the conclusion that in the near future water rather than oil will be the main geopolitical resource. Accordingly, 5 to 7 countries are facing structural shortages and the debit of the major rivers has declined by about 50-90% since 1960 [1]. You can get the full report here [2].

References: [1], [2]

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