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Drought-stricken Colorado River Basin Could See Additional 20% Drop in Water Flow by 2050
February 1st, 2021
Via Yale Climate Connections, a look at how the region is transitioning to a more arid climate, challenging longstanding practices of water-sharing in the basin: Colorado is no stranger to drought. The current one is closing in on 20 years, and a rainy or snowy season here and there won’t change the trajectory. This is what […]
Read more »Egypt’s Farmers On Front Line In Battle Against Water Scarcity
January 31st, 2021
Via The Financial Times, an article on how Egypt’s farmers are on front line in battle against water scarcity: Ali Mahmoud pointed with pride to the lines of black pipe laid over the dark earth of his field in the Belbeis region of Egypt’s Nile Delta. He was preparing to plant it with strawberries and is […]
Read more »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 »Water Levels In Himalayan River Basins Drop As World Warms
January 26th, 2021
Via Third Pole, a report on the impact of our warming world on Himalayan river basins: As the world warms, less water is replenishing major river basins, a new study has found. This could impact water availability, with big implications for future water security. The river basins of the Himalayas are among those experiencing the largest changes, […]
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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