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Mekong River Commission Calls for Improved Hydropower Data Sharing
July 1st, 2021

Via The Diplomat, an article on the Mekong River Commission’s efforts to improve hydropower data sharing: The Mekong River Commission (MRC) has urged China and its Southeast Asian member states to share more data on hydropower operations that are contributing to the increasingly wild fluctuation in water levels on the vital waterway. In its latest situation report, released […]

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Jordan Suffers Summer Of Water Shortages
July 1st, 2021

Via , a report on Jordan’s water scarcity crisis: Jordanians face the country’s worse water shortage in almost a decade due to the combined effect of weak rainfall and water overuse during COVID-19 lockdowns. The arid country had only 60 per cent of the rainfall it usually gets between October 2020 and May 2021, leaving […]

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Millions At Risk of Displacement As Afghanistan Faces Extreme Drought
July 1st, 2021

Via ReliefWeb, a report that millions are at risk of displacement as Afghanistan faces extreme drought: Severe drought in Afghanistan could trigger the displacement of thousands of families, according to the latest IRC assessment across five provinces in the West, South and East of the country. This comes during an alarming increase in violence in recent weeks, […]

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