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Key Updates On Transboundary Water Law
March 21st, 2024
Via China Water Risk, a conversation with leading international water law experts on the latest in transboundary waters: Patricia Wouters is the founding Director of the International Water Law Academy at the China Institute of Boundary and Ocean Studies (CIBOS) of Wuhan University. Professor Wouters has 30 years’ experience in the field of public international […]
Read more »China Changes Tack on Water Politics
March 21st, 2024
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a report on how – long a source of tension with its neighbors – China’s transboundary rivers are opening opportunities for regional cooperation: Sixteen major rivers originate in China that supply fresh water to nearly 3 billion people in 14 Asian countries – more than a third of the world’s population. As “Asia’s […]
Read more »Mekong River: Future of Water Cooperation In The Region
March 21st, 2024
Via China Water Risk, an interesting interview on the Mekong River Commission Secretariat which discusses the organisation’s priorities, the changing landscape of the Mekong River & the future of water cooperation in the region: In this interview we sit down with Dr. Anoulak Kittikoun, CEO of the Mekong River Commission Secretariat (MRC) to discuss the organisation’s priorities, […]
Read more »The Panama Canal Averts A Crisis For Now—But At A Cost To Drinking Water
March 21st, 2024
Courtesy of Phys.org, an article on the Panama Canal and its impact on drinking water: The Panama Canal has avoided the worst of a shipping crunch that threatened to upend the global economy—but at a cost to marine life and the Latin American country’s supplies of drinking water. After imposing strict limits on vessel traffic […]
Read more »An Invisible Water Surcharge: Climate Warming Increases Crop Water Demand
March 21st, 2024
Via Phys.org, an article on a new study enumerating how climate warming increases crop water demand in the San Joaquin Valley: California’s San Joaquin Valley is home to some of the most fertile soil on Earth. Crops grown here are exported around the world. According to California Department of Food and Agriculture, more than 250 […]
Read more »Barren Fields and Empty Stomachs: Afghanistan’s Long, Punishing Drought
March 21st, 2024
Courtesy of The New York Times, a report on the tragic humanitarian impact of Afghanistan’s long, punishing drought: In a country especially vulnerable to climate change, a drought has displaced entire villages and left millions of children malnourished. They awake in the mornings to find another family has left. Half of one village, the entirety […]
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