Freshwater scarcity
Subject in Earth Sciences
Freshwater scarcity has come up in 2 episodes across 2 podcasts in TMT, including TED Radio Hour, The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Yiyun KangSeoul-based multimedia installation artist working at the intersection of art and technology
- Prediction · due Dec 2050
Kang says half of humanity will lack clean water by 2050 and that she used NASA satellite data with Google to dramatize freshwater loss.
“Half of humanity will like clean water by 2050, and many already do”
TED Radio Hour: Big mysteries explained through your senses (Sep 18, 2026) · Listen from 44:21
Jiang XueqinYale-educated geopolitical analyst and commentator known for forecasts about global conflict and the decline of American hegemony
Jiang argues the dominant resource driver of conflict over the next twenty years will be water rather than oil.
“The main issue that we will face next 20 years is not oil, it's actually water”
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett: Professor Jiang: Three Predictions On the Collapse of the World Order (Sep 14, 2026) · Listen from 33:22
Predictions
- Prediction · due Dec 2050Yiyun Kang
Kang says half of humanity will lack clean water by 2050 and that she used NASA satellite data with Google to dramatize freshwater loss.
“Half of humanity will like clean water by 2050, and many already do”
TED Radio Hour: Big mysteries explained through your senses (Sep 18, 2026) · Listen from 44:21 · Freshwater scarcity
Podcasts
- TED Radio Hour · 1 episode
- The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · 1 episode
Episodes
Big mysteries explained through your sensesTED Radio Hour · Sep 18, 2026 · 50 min
Manoush Zomorodi talks with astronomer Mark Whittle, smell researcher Paule Joseph and artist Yiyun Kang about perceiving hidden realities through the senses.
Professor Jiang: Three Predictions On the Collapse of the World OrderThe Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · Sep 14, 2026 · 1 h 48 min
Geopolitical analyst Jiang Xueqin tells Steven Bartlett the petrodollar order is collapsing and offers predictions about war, finance and migration.