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New Parties Emerge To Try To Break Deadlock In Nile Dam Negotiations
January 31st, 2021
Via Al Monitor, an article on the new countries which are seeking a mediation role in the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam crisis as negotiations sponsored by the African Union between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia stumble: Several countries are seeking a mediation role in the faltering negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. The Democratic Republic […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: China Risks A Himalayan Water War With India
January 30th, 2021
Via Asia Times, a look at how China’s plan to dam the Yarlung Zangbao, the world’s highest river, threatens to spark conflict with downstream India: China-India tensions in the Himalayas is shifting from confrontation and saber-rattling over contested border territory to a potentially more destabilizing conflict over water flows from the world’s highest mountain range. The […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Water Challenges in 2021
January 28th, 2021
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, an interesting interview on China’s water challenges in 2021: What are the trends, hurdles, and big ideas for water in China in 2021? Domestically, the country’s leaders will respond to record-breaking floods in the southern provinces, advocate for water-absorbing “green” infrastructure, and contend with polluted water. In foreign affairs, tensions […]
Read more »As The Ural River Disappears, A Crisis Looms For Eurasia
January 27th, 2021
Via Third Pole, an article on how – despite some conservation efforts and regional cooperation – the Ural river is rapidly shrinking, threatening the water security of Kazakhstan and the wider region: The Ural river, which originates in Russia’s Ural Mountains and flows through modern-day Russia and Kazakhstan into the Caspian Sea, has been a […]
Read more »Impact Of Urban Water Security On India’s Future
January 19th, 2021
Via China Water Risk, a report on how to reduce water stress in 6 Indian cities (Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Surat, Chennai & Kolkata) which face different aspects of water stress: The future of India, where it is projected that >50% population will live in urban centres by 2030, will depend on the resilience of cities to […]
Read more »China: At The Heart of Rising Nile River Conflict
January 19th, 2021
Via Asia Times, a report on the China-financed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam which is Africa’s largest and most divisive development project: The Chinese-financed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), despite a recent breakdown in talks on Africa’s largest development project, risks powering up a range of downstream tensions and rivalries. These run from rising rivalry between Egypt […]
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