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The Thirsty Dragon And Parched Tiger: Panel Alert On China’s Brahmaputra Projects
April 17th, 2013
Via the Indian Express, a report on India’s growing concern over Chinese hydro projects on the Brahmaputra River: An inter-ministerial expert panel on the Brahmaputra has asked the government to intensify monitoring construction projects in the middle reaches of the river by China. It has also cautioned that China may replicate the same in the […]
Read more »Water Deficit In Kazakhstan May Increase Threefold By 2050
April 17th, 2013
Via Azer News, a look at Kazakhstan’s water future: The water shortage in Kazakhstan may increase significantly by 2050, Minister of Environmental Protection Nurlan Kapparov said on Friday at the conference on Building a green economy in Kazakhstan. “The water shortage in Kazakhstan will grow. Our country is already dependent on transboundary waters. We receive […]
Read more »A Dam Too Far In Laos
April 15th, 2013
Via Climate Connections, a look at the impact of Laos’ Nam Theun 2 hydropower dam: It was once referred to by US magazine Newsweek as a “kinder, gentler†type of dam. Since the Nam Theun 2 hydropower dam commenced commercial operations in 2010, the World Bank and other proponents of the multi-billion dollar power project […]
Read more »United Nations: Water As Vital To National Security As Defense
April 15th, 2013
Via Reuters, a report on global water stress: Stresses on water supplies aggravated by climate change are likely to cause more conflicts and water should be considered as vital to national security as defense, the United Nations report said on Friday. About 145 nations share river basins with their neighbors and need to promote cooperation […]
Read more »Are Egypt, Ethiopia Headed Towards A Future War Over Water?
April 15th, 2013
Via Al Monitor, an article on the water tensions between Egypt and Ethiopia: In the coming years, Egypt and Ethiopia may be forced to fight a “water war†because Ethiopia’s ambitions contradict Egypt’s historical and legal rights in the Nile waters. Ethiopia can only be deterred by the regional and international balance of powers, which […]
Read more »Northern Cyprus Sees Hope In Water Pipeline
April 9th, 2013
Via The New York Times, a report on a project by which Turkey would sell water to northern Cyprus: Even as the Cypriot government struggles to ward off financial disaster, the authorities in the northern part of the divided island are quietly pushing ahead with a project to link their territory, physically and economically, more […]
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