India-Pakistan conflict over water reflects a region increasingly vulnerable to climate change
#Bangladesh #China #India #Nepal #Pakistan #Geopolitics
#WaterConflict #IndusWatersTreaty #ClimateChange #SouthAsia #WaterSecurity #Hydropolitics #GangesRiver
https://the-14.com/india-pakistan-conflict-over-water-reflects-a-region-increasingly-vulnerable-to-climate-change/

🇮🇳 INDIA | 🇵🇰 PAKISTAN
🔴 India Strikes Inside Pakistan

🔸 India says it hit 9 “terror targets” in Pakistan & Pakistan-controlled Kashmir under “Sindoor Operation.”
🔸 Pakistan confirms 3 airstrikes, vows to respond “in time.”
🔸 India suspends 1960 water treaty, threatens to cut river flow to Pakistan after deadly Kashmir attack.

#India #Pakistan #Kashmir #SindoorOperation #WaterConflict #Airstrike

Tensions over Kashmir and a warming planet have placed the Indus Waters Treaty on life support
https://theconversation.com/tensions-over-kashmir-and-a-warming-planet-have-placed-the-indus-waters-treaty-on-life-support-244699

"Today, more than 300 million people rely on the Indus River Basin for their survival."

#waterconflict #kashmir

How Will We Solve The World’s Water Wars?; An Ancient Spanish Court Offers One Answer
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/26/water-war-world-spain-crisis-los-angeles-cairo-valencia <-- shared media article
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#water #hydrology #waterresources #watermanagement #tragedyofthecommons #Valencia #Spain #TribunaldelesAigües #TribunalofWaters #climatechange #drought #watercourt #court #justice #aquacide #farming #agriculture #urban #watercrisis #watershortage #waterconflict #irrigation #waterschappen #subak #canal

Here is my new interview on NPR Here and Now on the growing threat of water-related violence, our new data on this, and how to move to solutions.
#water #climatechange #waterconflict #SWWW

https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2024/08/23/water-violence-rise

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: A Regional Dispute Involving Supplies of Water and Electricity
#Ethiopia #Egypt #Sudan #Africa #BlueNile #Nile #Electricity #Water #RegionalDispute #WaterConflict #EnergySecurity #Dam #GERD #Hydropower #Geopolitics
https://the-14.com/the-grand-ethiopian-renaissance-dam-a-regional-dispute-involving-supplies-of-water-and-electricity/

Violence over water resources, including attacks on water systems, spikes since 2021 with a major expansion of the Water Conflict Chronology.
#water
#waterconflict

Exclusive report from The Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/15/water-related-violence-russia-israel-report

The Dominican Republic’s president announced Thursday he would close all borders with neighboring #Haiti starting Friday in a dispute over a #canal on the Haitian side that would use #water from a #river along their frontier. #waterconflict https://apnews.com/article/dominican-republic-haiti-border-closure-river-canal-c6c2b0bbd7518e5da9d116d533618789

The Dominican Republic’s president announced Thursday he would close all borders with neighboring #Haiti starting Friday in a dispute over a #canal on the Haitian side that would use #water from a #river along their frontier. #waterconflict https://apnews.com/article/dominican-republic-haiti-border-closure-river-canal-c6c2b0bbd7518e5da9d116d533618789

My housework podcast listening today was this interview with @petergleick, about his recent book #TheThreeAgesOfWater. I enjoyed it in so many ways and learned a lot from it. Was also good to hear Gleick’s critical take on some of the #IR #EnvironmentalSecrurity
literature. Really recommend it #Water #Drought #Hydrology #Infrastructure #WaterConflict

https://shows.acast.com/chatter/episodes/water-security-and-conflict-with-peter-gleick

A contested resource

The expansion of hydropower generation often leads to conflicts of interest, both in Switzerland and beyond. Researchers from ETH Zurich are trying to find a basis for compromise that serves the public interest.

https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2023/06/a-contested-resource.html

#hydropower #renewables #waterconflict