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Have Deadly Monsoon Floods Replenished Groundwater to End Long Drought in Pakistan?
August 16th, 2022
Via South Asia Investor Review, an article examining the impact that recent monsoon floods may have upon Pakistan’s drought: Pakistan has seen unprecedented rains followed by massive floods in the current monsoon season. Hundreds of people have lost their lives and tens of thousands have been rendered homeless. After the unfolding of the tragedy, it’s […]
Read more »Tapped Out: Central Asia Might Completely Run Out of Freshwater by 2060
August 16th, 2022
Via Daily Beast, a report on the challenging water future facing Central Asia: The impact of climate change is typically about extremes—and, sometimes, conflicting ones. On the one hand, upticks in global temperatures are expected to melt more glaciers and ice shelves and lead to a dangerous rise in sea levels. On the other hand, we can […]
Read more »Climate Change: Bigger Threat To Pakistan Than Terrorism
July 16th, 2022
Via The Washington Post, commentary on how climate change is a bigger threat to Pakistan than terrorism: I never took climate change seriously until last year, when a mother and her child drowned in flooding just a few streets away from my home in Islamabad. This year the flooding is even worse. At least 150 people, including women […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Multiple Hydropower Projects On Chenab River Ring Alarm Bells
July 8th, 2022
Via Mongabay, an article on multiple hydropower projects on the Chenab river in India: Chenab is an important river in India’s Jammu and Kashmir region and currently has over 12 hydropower projects either commissioned or under construction. Environmentalists and experts in the region also warn that the unchecked growth of such projects may lead to […]
Read more »Mismanagement of Water Resources: Root of Pakistan’s Drought
June 25th, 2022
Via The Third Pole, commentary on Pakistan’s water scarcity crisis: More than 80% of the population in Pakistan faces ‘severe water scarcity’. Without change, this is projected to increase. With the water crisis looming over the country, Umer Karim, a development sector professional, sat down with The Third Pole. Karim has been working in the field of […]
Read more »Pakistan’s Water Crisis
June 8th, 2022
Via The Diplomat, an article on how – while Pakistan’s financial crisis is getting much media attention – the nation’s water crisis, its most pressing problem, is being ignored: The media is rife with stories of Pakistan’s financial crisis. Unwarranted and ill-founded parallels are being drawn with Sri Lanka. The fiscal situation in the country will soon […]
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