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The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: China Resumes Sharing River Flow Data with India – A Fresh Start for Closer Water Co-Operation?
June 1st, 2018
Via Future Directions International, commentary on China’s recent decision to resume sharing river flow data with India: On 15 May, China resumed providing India with data on the flow of the Brahmaputra River, after ceasing to do so in 2017. The data is vital for flood planning in India and downstream Bangladesh during the monsoon […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Water Crisis Revisited
May 28th, 2018
Courtesy of the China Policy Institute, a look at China’s water crisis: The question arises as to whether China can pull out of its current nose-dive towards an environmental catastrophe? The question is the same whether this be Earth (soil pollution), Air (pollution), Fire (energy) or Water. In this instance we will focus on water. […]
Read more »Drought Grips Afghanistan
May 28th, 2018
Via Ariana News, a report on Afghanistan’s increasing water stress: More than two million Afghans at risk of becoming severely food insecure due to the ongoing drought which affecting two-thirds of the country, the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a report released on Monday. The report said that water points […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Indian Dam Reduces Pakistan’s Indus Share
May 28th, 2018
Via The Asia Times, a report on how Pakistan is bracing for a potentially grave water crisis as India inaugurates new dam that will divert the crucial Kishanganga River: Pakistan is bracing for a grave water crisis because of climate change and India’s tacit ‘control and management policy’ on the flow of water from the […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Water Stress On The Rise
May 27th, 2018
Via The China Policy Institute, a look at China’s water stress: Water stress levels in many parts of China are very high, due to low levels of water supply and very high levels of demand. And new research shows the situation is worsening. Using the baseline water stress metric developed for WRI’s Aqueduct Water Risk […]
Read more »In a Warming West, the Rio Grande Is Drying Up
May 27th, 2018
Courtesy of the New York Times (subscription required), a look at how – even in a good year – much of the Rio Grandeis diverted for irrigation but, in 2018, it’s only May and the river is already turning to sand: Mario Rosales, who farms 365 acres along the Rio Grande, knows the river is […]
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