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Will Climate Change Dry Up Supply Chains?
April 8th, 2021
Via Zurich Insurance, a look at the concern that droughts could cause some of the world’s most important rivers to become unnavigable leading to the loss of vital inland shipping routes: The Rhine is not only one of Europe’s longest rivers, it is also one of its most important transport conduits. Flowing from its source in […]
Read more »GERD-Lock: Nile Dam Talks Fail, Crisis Escalates
April 8th, 2021
Via Al Monitor, a report on the crisis around GERD: At his Senate confirmation hearing in January, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned that the crisis in Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) could “boil over” in the absence of a diplomatic resolution. It didn’t take long. ‘Last chance’ for diplomacy flops in Kinshasa. Egyptian […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India Must Settle the Teesta River Dispute With Bangladesh for Lasting Gains
April 8th, 2021
Via The Diplomat, an article on India’s Teesta River dispute with Bangladesh: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently concluded his visit to Bangladesh after participating in celebrations commemorating the 50th year of Bangladeshi independence and the centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman amidst much fanfare. While the visit reaffirmed his long-standing commitment to a ”Neighborhood First” […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Chinese Threat to Lake Balkhash Fueling Anti-Chinese Feelings in Kazakhstan
April 5th, 2021
Via The Jamestown Foundation’s Eurasia Daily Monitor, a look at how China’s blockage of the Ili River is threatening Lake Balkhash: Kazakhstan’s Lake Balkhash, the 15th largest freshwater lake in the world, may follow the Aral Sea into extinction, Russian researcher Petr Bologov warned six years ago. Not only is the lake threatened by excessive water […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Cloud Seeding Is No Silver Lining
April 2nd, 2021
Via The Economist, a look at China’s efforts to solve its water shortages via cloud seeding: In early March, a small aeroplane being used by a local weather bureau crashed in a village in the southern province of Jiangxi. All five people on board were killed and one person on the ground was injured. Footage […]
Read more »Drought In US West
April 2nd, 2021
Via The Economist, a report on how the lack of snow in the US west is worsening the Colorado River’s supply problem: On March 13th, Denverites watched from frozen windows as the fourth-biggest snowstorm ever to hit their city buried Colorado’s capital two feet deep, and added fresh powder to the foothills of the Rockies. Local officials […]
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