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Climate Change Is Drying Out Lakes Faster Than Scientists Thought
May 20th, 2023
Courtesy of The Washington Post, an article on a new study that finds a warming climate and human water consumption are largely responsible for a rapid decline in the world’s lake levels, with implications for billions of people: Water loss in large lakes around the world was more widespread during the past three decades than […]
Read more »Iran Sends Stern Warning To Taliban Over Water Share
May 18th, 2023
Via Tasnim News, a report that Iran has sent another stern warning to the Taliban over water: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi cautioned the Taliban rulers in Afghanistan that they will have to accept the consequences of their failure to provide Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan with its share of water from the Hirmand […]
Read more »Taliban Agree to Supply Iran’s Water Share: Envoy
May 17th, 2023
Via Tasnim News Agency, a report that the Taliban delegation attending a meeting in China has pledged that Kabul will allow Iran to have its share of water from the joint resources under a bilateral treaty, Iran’s special representative for Afghanistan Hassan Kazemi Qomi said. Commenting on the issues discussed with the Taliban delegation on […]
Read more »States Near Historic Deal To Protect Colorado River
May 17th, 2023
Courtesy of The Washington Post, an article on a potential historic deal to protect the Colorado River: After nearly a year wrestling over the fate of their water supply, California, Arizona and Nevada — the three key states in the Colorado River’s current crisis — have coalesced around a plan to voluntarily conserve a major portion of […]
Read more »Morocco Boosts Funding, Ambitions for 30-Year Water Plan
May 17th, 2023
According to the World Bank, nearly 88 percent of water in Morocco, one of the world’s most water-scarce countries, is used for agriculture. By 2050, without significant change, water availability is projected to fall, further straining the drinking water supply for the nation’s 37 million residents. In 2020, the country announced a 30-year National Water […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Mekong Water Use Tests China’s Claimed ‘Good-Neighborliness’
May 16th, 2023
Via The Pacific Forum, a look at China’s use of Mekong River water: China claims to be a uniquely benevolent international actor—a great power that, unlike other great powers past and present, does not practice “power politics” (self-interested bullying of smaller states) and is not “selfish” or warlike. The PRC government styles itself as the custodian of principles […]
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