On the June 1st edition of Your Call, we'll discuss the global water crisis. Classified wire cables reviewed by Reveal for the Center for Investigative Reporting expose growing concern by global political and business leaders that water shortages could spark unrest across the world, with dire consequences. Cables also reveal that water shortages have helped push Yemen and Syria into civil war.
What do you want to know about global water shortages and how should this be dealt with? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar, and you.
Guests:
Nathan Halverson, reporter and producer for Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting
Noah Diffenbaugh, associate professor in the Department of Earth System Science and senior fellow for the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University
Web Resources:
Huffington Post: Global Water Shortage Risk Is Worse Than Scientists Thought
Reveal: The world already would be out of water if everyone ate like Americans
Reveal: We’re running out of water, and the world’s powers are very worried
Reveal: How the lack of water led to violence from Mexico to Syria
National Geographic: 6 Places Where Melting Snow Means Less Drinking Water
New York Times: A Wet Winter Won’t Save California
Reveal: What California can learn from Saudi Arabia’s water mystery
New York Times: WikiLeaks, Drought and Syria
New York Times: Leaked Cables Offer Raw Look at U.S. Diplomacy
