In 2010, the United Nations proclaimed that the world met the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of halving the proportion of people without access to improved sources of water, five years ahead of schedule. They estimated that, as of 2011, 768 million people did not have improved sources for drinking water. With this metric, we had a […]
This post is a follow up to The Case for Water Diplomacy for South Asia (Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Basin). The initial post describes the unique hydrology and water security challenges for the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) Basin shared by Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar and Nepal. The problem of water security in South Asia is rooted more in spatial and temporal […]
With a large and growing population, high poverty rates, and a need to ensure food security, water is highly politicized. The diverse opinions and resulting disputes between South Asian countries regarding shared waters has resulted in few strategies for basin level cooperation in the face of changing requirements and variable water quantities. In addition to […]
