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Ethiopia Calls On Nile Basin States To Implement CFA
September 6th, 2022
Via the Addis Standard, a report on Ethiopia’s call on Nile Basin riparian states to expedite implementation of the Cooperative Framework Agreement: Demeke Mekonnen, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, called on all the Nile Basin riparian states to “expedite the coming into force of” the Cooperative Framework Agreement (CFA). The […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India, Bangladesh Sign Pact on Sharing Waters of Kushiyara River
September 6th, 2022
Via The Diplomat, a report that India and Bangladesh agreed to a new arrangement regarding sharing the Kushiyara River, but the Teesta River remains unresolved: India and Bangladesh on Tuesday signed a water-sharing agreement and six other pacts, including ones on space technology and scientific collaboration, aimed at boosting ties between the two countries. Bangladesh Prime […]
Read more »New Weather Patterns Are Turning Water Into a Weapon
September 5th, 2022
Via Bloomberg, a report on how the melting glaciers of the Himalayas have become a political tool in the tussle between China, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh: It’s well below freezing as Renoj Thayyen climbs to the weather station high up in India’s Karakoram mountains, his Koflach boots crunching shin-deep into the snow. The 50-year-old hydrologist […]
Read more »Climate Change Is Ravaging the Colorado River, But There’s a Model to Avert the Worst
September 5th, 2022
Courtesy of The New York Times, an article on how water management success in the Yakima River Basin in Washington may hold lessons for the seven states at war over water in the American West: The water managers of the Yakima River basin in arid Central Washington know what it’s like to fight over water, […]
Read more »Water Scarcity, Water Security: A Diplomatic Perspective
September 4th, 2022
Via U.S. Department of State, commentary on water scarcity and water security: When animated comedy Rango premiered in the United States in March 2011, severe droughts were desiccating large swaths of the country’s central and southern plains. The timing was unfortunate, because the movie follows titular character Rango, an out-of-place chameleon, and his journey to fix the […]
Read more »Five U.S. Cities That Potentially Could Run Out of Water
September 4th, 2022
Via The Weather Channel, a report on 5 U.S. cities that could potentially run out of water: It’s hard to imagine a city running out of water, but it could happen. Cape Town, South Africa, came perilously close to running out in early 2018. Aggressive conservation and efficiency efforts got the city through April 12, the day […]
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