{"id":1133,"date":"2015-02-11T00:38:18","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T00:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/engineeringdiplomacy.org\/blog\/?p=1133"},"modified":"2015-02-11T13:17:11","modified_gmt":"2015-02-11T13:17:11","slug":"heard-read-seen-by-water-diplomats-this-week-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineeringdiplomacy.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/heard-read-seen-by-water-diplomats-this-week-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Heard, Read, Seen by Water Diplomats This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A list of news and blog posts and other web items we stumbled upon in the past week\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/energy-environment\/wp\/2015\/02\/03\/the-countries-most-vulnerable-to-climate-change-in-3-maps\/?utm_content=buffer1653e&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/energy-environment\/wp\/2015\/02\/03\/the-countries-most-vulnerable-to-climate-change-in-3-maps\/?utm_content=buffer1653e&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer', 'The countries most vulnerable to climate change, in 3 maps']);\" >The countries most vulnerable to climate change, in 3 maps<\/a> (The Washington Post) &#8211; maps assembled by\u00a0Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index indicate\u00a0the vulnerability of countries to climate change, and how ready they are to\u00a0adapt to the change.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/earth\/environment\/globalwarming\/11395516\/The-fiddling-with-temperature-data-is-the-biggest-science-scandal-ever.html#disqus_thread\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/earth\/environment\/globalwarming\/11395516\/The-fiddling-with-temperature-data-is-the-biggest-science-scandal-ever.html#disqus_thread', 'The fiddling with temperature data is the biggest science scandal ever']);\" >The fiddling with temperature data is the biggest science scandal ever<\/a> (The Telegraph) &#8211; \u00a0Christopher Booker argues that the data presented to justify global-warming has been manipulated to the extent that it is the greatest science scandal of all time.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/staff\/2015\/02\/temperature-data-is-not-the-biggest-scientific-scandal-ever\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/staff\/2015\/02\/temperature-data-is-not-the-biggest-scientific-scandal-ever\/', 'Temperature data is not \u201cthe biggest scientific scandal ever&#8221;']);\" >Temperature data is not \u201cthe biggest scientific scandal ever&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0(ArsTechnica) &#8211; John Timmer&#8217;s response to Christopher Booker&#8217;s opinion piece (linked above) with links to further resources.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nation.com.pk\/national\/09-Feb-2015\/pakistan-to-move-icj-over-india-s-water-aggression\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/nation.com.pk\/national\/09-Feb-2015\/pakistan-to-move-icj-over-india-s-water-aggression', 'Pakistan to move ICJ over India&#8217;s water aggression']);\" >Pakistan to move ICJ over India&#8217;s water aggression<\/a> (The Nation) &#8211; discusses the move by Pakistan for international arbitration in order to stop India from\u00a0building five hydropower projects on shared\u00a0rivers.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2015\/feb\/03\/drought-stricken-california-meets-goal-cutting-water-use-20-percent\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2015\/feb\/03\/drought-stricken-california-meets-goal-cutting-water-use-20-percent', 'Drought-stricken California meets goal of cutting water use by 20%']);\" >Drought-stricken California meets goal of cutting water use by 20%<\/a> (The Guardian) &#8211; Californians met Gov. Jerry Brown&#8217;s plea to cut water use amongst an ever-worsening drought, which brought no measured rainfall to the city of San Francisco for the first time ever.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/guwahati\/Gogoi-for-sharing-water-with-China\/articleshow\/46148761.cms?\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/guwahati\/Gogoi-for-sharing-water-with-China\/articleshow\/46148761.cms?', 'Gogoi for sharing water with China']);\" >Gogoi for sharing water with China<\/a> (The Times of India)- discusses Chief minister Tarun Gogoi&#8217;s statement that water-sharing mechanisms for\u00a0trans-boundary rivers should be employed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Contributed by <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ShafikIslam\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/twitter.com\/ShafikIslam', 'Shafik Islam']);\" >Shafik Islam<\/a>\u00a0and Molly Greer<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A list of news and blog posts and other web items we stumbled upon in the past week\u2026 The countries most vulnerable to climate change, in 3 maps (The Washington Post) &#8211; maps assembled by\u00a0Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index indicate\u00a0the vulnerability of countries to climate change, and how ready they are to\u00a0adapt to the change. 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