Institute for Economics and Peace

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Institute for Economics and Peace is a other that is part of the pulse of the water sector. Here we bring together everything it publishes on Smart Water Magazine: its news, its blogs and the events it takes part in.

Water investment key to averting global conflict surge

The international think-tank Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) launched the 5th edition of the Ecological Threat Report (ETR). The report concludes that without concerted international action, accelerating ecological degradation will amplify social friction and conflicts worldwide. These challenges will be further exacerbated by climate change. Key results: Ecological risks are intensifying due to climate […]

Institute for Economics and Peace · 31 Oct 2024

14 Sept 2020

Over one billion people at threat of being displaced by 2050 due to environmental change

The international think-tank the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) published a new report. The Ecological Threat Register analyses risk from population growth, water stress, food insecurity, droughts, floods, cyclones, rising temperatures and sea levels. Over the next 30 years, the report finds that 141 countries are exposed to at least one ecological threat by […]