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With Start of Trilateral Hydropower Trade, South Asia Begins Historic Cooperation
November 21st, 2024
Via The Diplomat, a look at how hydropower is ushering in historic cooperation in South Asia: On November 15, a trilateral power-sharing agreement between India, Nepal, and Bangladesh came into effect. Under the agreement, which was signed on October 3, hydropower-rich Nepal will export 40 MW of electricity to energy-starved Bangladesh through the Indian power grid. Nepal and […]
Read more »Afghanistan Battles Climate Change
November 19th, 2024
Via YouTube, an interesting video report on how – the sixth most climate-vulnerable nation in the world, Afghanistan – has promised to put in place a climate action plan for the country amid massive drought, desertification and the impact they have had on social ills.
Read more »Why Hydropower Is Failing Zambia, and Could Fail Others
November 19th, 2024
Via The Washington Post, a look at how warmer temperatures are fueling drought, making it harder for Zambia and other developing nations to generate hydropower: For a while, it looked like Zambia had achieved a status that almost any nation would envy. Drawing hydropower from the massive Zambezi River and its tributaries, the country could […]
Read more »Iran’s Groundwater and Subsidence Crisis
November 19th, 2024
Via Smart Water Magazine, a report on Iran’s water crisis: Large parts of Iran are affected by groundwater loss and land subsidence. This is shown by a study by Mahmud Haghshenas Haghighi and Mahdi Motagh, which has just been published in the journal Science Advances. The two authors from Leibniz University Hannover and the GFZ German Research Centre for […]
Read more »When Rome’s Foundations Run Dry
November 19th, 2024
Via the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, an article on how climate change, waste, and inaction are putting Italy’s capital at risk: In antiquity, Rome was known as Regina Aquarum, the “queen of the waters.” With its thousands of fountains, from the ever-flowing drinking taps referred to as “nasoni” to the hundreds of gushing marble statues, […]
Read more »Three International Water Conflicts to Watch
November 15th, 2024
Via Geopolitical Monitor, a report on three international water conflicts that bear watching: International water conflicts are a prisoner’s dilemma fundamentally rooted in geopolitics. Neither up nor downriver states can live without it, and water is the lifeblood of development and economic growth. Yet one (upriver) state has a fundamental advantage over the other (downriver) state. […]
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