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The Parched Tiger: Once Again, Teesta River Issue Roils Bangladesh-India Relations
April 7th, 2023
Via The Diplomat, an article on India’s plans to build two additional canals that will draw water from the transboundary river, impacting water flows to Bangladesh: On March 4, the irrigation department of the government of the eastern Indian state of West Bengal acquired around 1,000 acres of land to dig an additional two canals […]
Read more »Confronting the Global Water Crisis
April 7th, 2023
Via Project Syndicate, an article on how water-related challenges – whether there is too much or too little, or whether it is dirty and unsafe – are already fueling chronic food and health insecurity in entire regions: The world’s water crisis can no longer be ignored. Unless we manage water properly, we will neither tackle […]
Read more »Global Fresh Water Demand Will Outstrip Supply By 40% By 2030
April 7th, 2023
Via The Guardian, an article on a recent report that global fresh water demand will outstrip supply by 40% by 2030: The world is facing an imminent water crisis, with demand expected to outstrip the supply of fresh water by 40% by the end of this decade, experts have said on the eve of a crucial […]
Read more »Dammed Thirsty: The Cross-Border Fight For Water
April 7th, 2023
Via Terra Daily, a look at some of the world’s cross-border fights for water: With half the world experiencing water scarcity for at least part of the year, the huge dams being built by some countries to boost their power supplies while their neighbours go parched are a growing source of potential conflict.Ahead of a […]
Read more »Government: Pakistan Not Facing Water Shortage Amid Stable Freshwater Resources
April 7th, 2023
Via Pakistan’s Technology Times, commentary that Pakistan may not be facing water shortages according to the State of Pakistan’s Agriculture 2023, a report recently published by the Pakistan Business Council and the Pakistan Agricultural Coalition: The availability of freshwater resources has largely remained stable over the past few decades, contrary to popular belief, so Pakistan […]
Read more »Tracking Conflict and Cooperation Over the World’s International Freshwater Resources
April 7th, 2023
Via New Security Beat, a report on tracking conflict and cooperation over the world’s international freshwater resources: Waters that cross international political borders can drive the countries that share them to conflict—or encourage cooperation between them. Indeed, since the 1940s, overall trends point to a tendency for countries to cooperate over shared water resources, which […]
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