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Climate Change Will Likely Worsen Tension Over Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
May 6th, 2017
Via E&E News, a look at the role that climate change could have in fostering increased water conflict in Africa: Climate change could play a role in exacerbating water conflict in Africa, likely worsening geopolitical wrangling over issues like the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. The dam, a 6,450-megawatt hydropower project that’s nearing completion just miles […]
Read more »The Potential for Tensions in South Asia: The Food and Water Vector
May 2nd, 2017
Via Future Directions International, an article on the potential for tension over water and food in South Asia: Key Points Water scarcity is predicted to affect 1.8 billion people by 2025, many of whom will be from across Asia. The headwaters of most of Asia’s major rivers are located in Tibet, giving China a significant […]
Read more »India-Nepal Border Plagued By Water Troubles
May 2nd, 2017
Via Third Pole.net, a look at the challenges of sharing the water of a transboundary river even when the countries involved have an open border: The Pandai is a small river that marks the international border for a short stretch between the Chitwan National Park in Nepal and the Valmiki Tiger Reserve in India. In […]
Read more »Pakistan’s India Obsession Hides Its Real Water Challenges
April 27th, 2017
Via Third Pole.net, further commentary on how extensive coverage of the Indus Waters Treaty in the Pakistani media over-emphasizes disagreements with India, and ignores more important water management challenges that the country faces: Over the past few months, with the deterioration of relations between Pakistan and India, there has been a renewed interest in the Indus Waters […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Soothing Troubled Waters Essential for India and Pakistan
March 29th, 2017
Via Future Directions International, commentary on Indus River tensions: Background The Permanent Indus Commission implements and manages the objectives of the Indus Water Treaty (IWT). In 1947, immediately after independence, India and Pakistan, the two major beneficiaries of the Indus River basin, began to dispute their share of the natural resource. It took years of […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: Tibet’s Waters for Xinjiang – Another Diversion of the Brahmaputra?
March 22nd, 2017
Via Claude Arpi, commentary on another potential plan for diverting the headwaters of the Yalung Tsangpo river: I often mentioned on this blog, the different ‘diversion’ schemes, whether of the Yarlung Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) or the Indus River. Now, a new one has come to light. According to an official Chinese website, during the ‘Two Sessions’, […]
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