Middle East Water Security – SFG & Green Prophet Interviews

Introduction:

As a political think tank in Mumbai India SFG works on global future issues. Our recent report ‘Cost of Conflict in the Middle East’ was discussed in the United Nations and several parliaments and was covered in 300 newspapers and websites around the world. SFG is now conducting a study on water security in the Middle East. This study is formally supported by the governments of Sweden and Switzerland and several other governments have offered their support informally.

In the course of its research, SFG drafted a set of five pertinent questions for each of the countries involved in the study. The questions pertain mainly to ‘sustainable’ and ‘collaborative’ water solutions that could help mitigate a future water shortage crisis in the Middle East. The idea is to engage experts and people knowledgeable in this field, in order to gain their perspectives and opinions on the subject.

In this particular segment, SFG and Green Prophet an influential Israeli environmental blog (www.greenprophet.com), deal in particular with Israel’s water situation and how it relates to larger regional water issues. We have posed five questions to academics, policy-makers and activists in Israel and collated their respective responses. We welcome you to participate in the discussion and share information and viewpoints that will enrich the dialogue on water in the Middle East. The idea is to promote a positive forum for communication, so that regional leaders will eventually be able to see eye-to-eye in order to solve imminent water problems shared by all.

SFG will take the comments received here into account while formulating its report. We look forward to your comments and suggestions to info@strategicforesight.com