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India & China: Cooperating Over Tibetan Glaciers
August 5th, 2009
Via Qatar’s The Peninsula, a report that India and China are engaged in talks to monitor the glaciers in the Himalayas, a strategic border region, and plans to collaborate in climate change negotiations. As the article notes: “…We are talking to the Chinese about monitoring the Himalayan glaciers,†Minister for State for Environment and Forests […]
Read more »The Last Straw For Failed States?
July 28th, 2009
Via Foreign Policy, yet another sobering look at how climate change & water scarcity may affect failing states around the world: “…Hopelessly overcrowded, crippled by poverty, teeming with Islamist militancy, careless with its nukes—it sometimes seems as if Pakistan can’t get any more terrifying. But forget about the Taliban: The country’s troubles today pale compared […]
Read more »Trickle Down From The Last Straw
July 13th, 2009
Courtesy of Climate Progress, some additional thoughts on the regional chaos that may emerge in South Asia if the Kashmir glaciers in the Himalaya continue to melt. Since we blogged earlier about Stephen Faris’ original report in Foreign Policy that focuses focusing on Pakistan’s unsustainable dependence on Kashmiri waters – a dependence that only exacerbates […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: The Impact of China’s Dam Building Activities on Regional Watersheds
May 22nd, 2009
Two recent articles reporting on China’s dam building spree on the upper Mekong and how it may impact downstream states. First, via Yahoo, news that the UN sees China’s dam building activities as the: “… the greatest threat to the future of the already beleaguered Mekong, one of the world’s major rivers and a key […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Downstream Impacts
May 8th, 2009
Via The Circle of Blue, an interesting article on China’s water problems and its impact on downstream nations such as Laos, Vietnam, etc. As the report notes: “…But now, let’s talk about China in terms of their water problems. China is upstream of the Mekong, the Salween, these major rivers that flow into Southeast Asia. […]
Read more »India & China: A Dam(n) Race on the Brahmaputra
April 12th, 2009
Via The Tibetan Plateau blog, a report that India and China may be about to undertake a race to dam the Brahmaputra. As the article notes: “…Worried that China might build a very big dam on the Brahmaputra River near its borders, India has recently approved two big dams of their own, “in principle”, on […]
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