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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 […]
Read more »Indus Water Treaty: Crucial For Peace Between Pakistan and India
April 7th, 2023
Via Geopolitics in South Asia and MENA, commentary on the Indus Water Treaty: The Indus Water Treaty is crucial to the peace and stability of the South Asian region. The treaty provides a framework for the sharing of water resources between India and Pakistan, which are two of the most populous and powerful countries in […]
Read more »Climate Change Threatens Asia’s Water Tower
April 7th, 2023
Via Eurasia News, an article on how climate change is threatening Asia’s water tower: Tibet is known as the “Water Tower of Asia,” providing water to about 2 billion people and supporting critical ecosystems in High Mountain Asia and the Tibetan Plateau, where many of the largest Asian river systems originate. This region is also […]
Read more »Disquiet Over India’s Dam Across the Dibang
April 7th, 2023
Via The Diplomat, a report on India’s Dibang Multipurpose project: On February 28, the Indian government approved the construction of a hydropower project across the River Dibang in the Northeast Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. The $3.9 billion project is India’s largest-ever hydropower project and at a height of 278 meters, the dam will be […]
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