{"id":14466,"date":"2012-09-11T04:08:05","date_gmt":"2012-09-11T02:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/09\/twenty-more-niles-needed-to-feed-growing-population-leaders\/"},"modified":"2012-09-11T04:08:05","modified_gmt":"2012-09-11T02:08:05","slug":"twenty-more-niles-needed-to-feed-growing-population-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/twenty-more-niles-needed-to-feed-growing-population-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Twenty more &quot;Niles&quot; needed to feed growing population-leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Former leaders urge U.N. to make water top concern<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Chretien says scarcity will lead to conflict<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Greatest growth in demand seen in China, the United<br \/>\nStates, India<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Alister Doyle<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>OSLO, Sept 10 (Reuters) &#8211; The world needs to find the<br \/>\nequivalent of the flow of 20 Nile rivers by 2025 to grow enough<br \/>\nfood to feed a rising population and help avoid conflicts over<br \/>\nwater scarcity, a group of former leaders said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Factors such as climate change would strain freshwater<br \/>\nsupplies and nations including China and India were likely to<br \/>\nface shortages within two decades, they said, calling on the<br \/>\nU.N. Security Council to get more involved.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The future political impact of water scarcity may be<br \/>\ndevastating,&#8221; former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien said<br \/>\nof a study issued by a group of 40 former leaders he co-chairs<br \/>\nincluding former U.S. President Bill Clinton and Nelson Mandela.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It will lead to some conflicts,&#8221; Chretien told reporters on<br \/>\na telephone conference call, highlighting tensions such as in<br \/>\nthe Middle East over the Jordan River.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The study, by the InterAction Council of former leaders,<br \/>\nsaid the U.N. Security Council should make water the top<br \/>\nconcern. Until now, the Security Council has treated water as a<br \/>\nfactor in other crises, such as Sudan or the impact of global<br \/>\nwarming.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Former leaders urge U.N. to make water top concern * Chretien says scarcity will lead to conflict * Greatest growth in demand seen in China, the United States, India By Alister Doyle OSLO, Sept 10 (Reuters) &#8211; The world needs to find the equivalent of the flow of 20 Nile rivers by 2025 to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[830,2370,183],"class_list":{"0":"post-14466","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-news","8":"tag-reuters","9":"tag-south-africa-2","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14466\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}