World Water War

This is HD programs shown and devised by TV producers and environmentalists for a type of conflict due to an acute shortage of water for drinking and irrigation. About 40 percent of the world's populations are already affected to some degree, but population growth, climate change and rises in living standards will worsen the situation: the UN Environment Agency warns that almost three billion people will be severely short of water within 50 years. Possible flash points have been predicted in the Middle East, parts of Africa and in many of the world's major river basins, including the Danube. The term has been used for some years to describe disputes in the southern and south-western United States over rights to water extraction from rivers and aquifers. (Verleiher-Text)