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Taliban’s Hydropower Plans Raise Concerns In Pakistan
December 24th, 2023
Via Radio Free Europe, commentary on how the Taliban’s ambitious plans to build a dam on the Kunar River in Afghanistan are raising hackles in Islamabad: Plans by the Afghan Taliban to build a hydroelectric dam on a major river in eastern Afghanistan have raised concerns in neighboring Pakistan. A spokesman for the Taliban’s Water and Energy […]
Read more »The Fate of the West’s Water Rests on the Shoulders of This 27-Year-Old
December 24th, 2023
Courtesy of Politico, a report on J.B. Hamby’s efforts to find a way to convince California’s cities and farmers to cut a deal over the Colorado River: When the highest stakes water negotiations in a century opened this fall, the largest, most powerful state — California — was represented by the youngest person at the table, […]
Read more »Multiple Climate Reports Warn of Water Conflict in South Asia
December 22nd, 2023
Via The Diplomat, a report on South Asia, a region is expected to suffer the most significant impacts of changing water availability this century: At the 28th edition of the World Climate Summit (COP28) in Dubai, Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal made a strong pitch for immediate implementation of the 2015 Paris Agreement. Despite near-zero contribution […]
Read more »The Price of Water and the Ongoing Colonization of Nature: Australian Cases in Global Context
December 22nd, 2023
Via MR Online, an article examining the price of water and colonization of nature in Australia: Nothing is more useful than water; but it will scarce purchase anything; scarce anything may be had in exchange for it. —Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations The water crisis results from an erroneous equation of value with monetary price. […]
Read more »Egypt Stresses Right to Defend Interests as Nile Dam Talks Fail
December 22nd, 2023
Via Bloomberg, a report on the Nile dam talks: Egypt criticises Ethiopia’s ‘refusal’ to accept compromise Egyptian president has warned against curtailing water rights Egypt said a fourth round of talks over a giant dam being built on the Nile River by Ethiopia has failed, and reiterated its right to defend its water and national […]
Read more »Morocco Faces Sixth Consecutive Year of Drought
December 22nd, 2023
Via Terra Daily, a report on Morocco’s ongoing drought: Morocco is heading towards its sixth consecutive year of drought as rising temperatures lead to decline in rainfall, the North African country’s water minister said on Thursday. “We have entered a critical phase after five years in a row of drought, which our country has never […]
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