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Arizona To Prosecute Saudi Company Over Water Use
November 28th, 2024
Via Arabian Gulf Business Insight, a report that Arizona is going to prosecute a Saudi company over water use: Lawsuit to halt pumping Food security issues Farms grow alfalfa The attorney general of the US state of Arizona is set to launch legal proceeding in the next two weeks against the Saudi dairy company Almarai […]
Read more »Can Climate Break the Ice for India and Pakistan?
November 27th, 2024
Via The Diplomat, a look at how climate and water issues could bring a change in bilateral relations between India and Pakistan: Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s visit to Islamabad for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit last month was the most high profile Indian diplomatic engagement in Pakistan since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surprise pit-stop in […]
Read more »Water Woes: The Caspian Sea Is Shrinking Rapidly
November 27th, 2024
Via The Economist, a look at the implications of the Caspian Sea’s decline for Russia: FOR MANY living on Kazakhstan’s coast, it was obvious long ago. The Caspian Sea is drying up. The world’s largest inland body of water has dropped by two metres since the mid-1990s, shrinking by 15,000 square km, an area bigger than […]
Read more »Despite Biden Administration Proposals to Address Colorado River Shortages, a Solution Is Far Off
November 23rd, 2024
Colorado River users are in tense negotiations over the critical waterway’s future as climate-driven drought and overuse continue to diminish its flows. But, Inside Climate News reports, the federal proposal may not help much: The Biden administration on Wednesday released four alternatives to address the drought-stricken Colorado River’s water shortages, giving seven states, 30 tribes […]
Read more »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.
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