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The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: China and India Will Be Most Affected By Water Scarcity
June 15th, 2023
Via One Green Planet, a look at how China and India will be most affected by water scarcity: Water scarcity, one of the most significant components of the ongoing climate crisis, poses a major economic threat worldwide. Experts warn that prominent Asian economies such as India and China are among the most vulnerable. In Asia, rapid urbanization and industrialization […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Thirsty Bangladesh’s Water-Sharing Agreement with India
June 12th, 2023
Via Asia Global Online, a look at the issues arising between Bangladesh and India over water: In the geopolitically and geo-economically challenging world, Bangladesh must manage its way in the middle of the fraught relationship between neighbors China and India, as well as the China-US global strategic rivalry. In this context, Genevieve Donnellon-May of the […]
Read more »Water Politics In The Himalaya
June 3rd, 2023
Via Earth.org, a look at water politics in the Himalaya: Rivers are a source of life and a crucial resource for both India and Pakistan. The two countries share six rivers, including the Indus River. While the 1960 Indus Water Treaty has been the foundation of water-sharing between the two nations, it has not prevented […]
Read more »No River, No Power – Can Asia’s Rivers Power Growth In A Changing Climate?
May 25th, 2023
Courtesy of China Water Risk, a new report analyzing a third of global power generation capacity to find that escalating climate risks and rivers running dry can strand sizeable portions of national power generation assets, including sizeable trifecta exposure to water risks across 10 key rivers from the Yangtze, Yellow, Indus, Ganges, to the Mekong […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: What Is Driving Dam Construction in India’s Northeast?
April 20th, 2023
Via The Third Pole, a look at how India is currently building as many as six large hydropower plants in Arunachal Pradesh despite experts saying that high costs, environmental damage and human rights concerns raise questions about the rationale behind the government’s push for dams: Tone Mickrow, a member of the indigenous Idu Mishmi community, lives […]
Read more »Troubled Waters: India, Pakistan, and the Indus Water Treaty 2.0
April 11th, 2023
Via The Diplomat, an article on how – while it is clear that the Indus Water Treaty needs to be renegotiated – the process is likely to be packed with trouble: The Indus Water Treaty (IWT), one of the most effective water sharing mechanisms in the world, recently came back into the spotlight as a […]
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