Water bargaining

Water plays a role in conflicts, and water scarcity is becoming an ever-bigger problem on account of population growth and climate change. The focus of this issue is on how low-threshold conflicts around water can be resolved, and how water scarcity can be countered in the canton of Aargau, in Switzerland as a whole, and all around the world.

• “Disputes over water inevitably end in compromise”
• Water: the lifeblood of peace
• Preparing for the droughts of the future
• Saving our drinking water
• In pictures: Under the bleached skies of California