The Winds of Change: The Social and Political Cost of Climate Inaction in Central Asia
February 15th, 2023
Via The Diplomat, an article on how climate change may be an ?accelerant? for global cooperation, but it also poses significant social, political, and geopolitical challenges in Central Asia: Climate change is a global issue that affects many regions of the world, including Central Asia. The region is experiencing unprecedented climate crisis, causing significant changes […]
Read more »Agricultural Droughts To Continue Across Water-Scarce Central Asia
January 17th, 2023
Via Seed Daily, a report on the agricultural future of water scarce Central Asia: A severe agriculture drought swept Central Asia in 2021 in its early growing season, causing mass die-offs of crops and livestock and leading to increased food prices. This harsh drought is not an independent event but an intensification of a drying […]
Read more »Climate Change and Water Resources in Central Asia: Growing Uncertainty
January 12th, 2023
Via the Central Asian Bureau for Analytical Reporting (CABAR), a look at the impact of climate change on water resources in Central Asia: ?Unpredictable water availability with more frequent and severe natural floods and droughts, a growing population and increasing water withdrawals outside the region mean that today?s actions are critical for a sustainable future,? […]
Read more »Perils of ?Water Wars? in Central Asia
December 31st, 2022
Via Jamestown Foundation’s Eurasia Daily Monitor, commentary on Central Asian water tension: On November 3, Uzbekistani Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov and his Kyrgyzstani counterpart Jeenbek Kulubaev signed a bilateral deal in Bishkek, under which Kyrgyzstan agreed to cede to Tashkent the territory surrounding the Kempir-Abad Reservoir, covering 4,485 hectares, in exchange for over 19,000 hectares […]
Read more »Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan Foreign Ministers Sign Water, Border Agreements
November 3rd, 2022
Via The Diplomat, an article on how – despite domestic opposition in Kyrgyzstan – Bishkek and Tashkent are moving ahead with their agreements on the Kempir-Abad reservoir: On November 3, Uzbek Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov visited neighboring Kyrgyzstan, where he met with Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Jeenbek Kulubaev. The two foreign ministers signed a?raft of agreements, […]
Read more »How Much Progress Has Been Made On Kyrgyz-Uzbek Water Cooperation?
June 30th, 2022
Via the Third Pole, a look at?signs that improving relations between Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan could lead to better management of water: Since the collapse of the USSR in 1991, tensions over water have repeatedly sparked conflict in Central Asia. But experts have told The Third Pole they are hopeful that improved relations between Uzbekistan and […]
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