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18 Apr 2022 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan

Pakistan: Significant Water Shortages Reported

Officials in Pakistan cite low levels of rain and snow throughout winter as cause for severe water shortages in Punjab and Sindh provinces. Civil demonstrations continue.

11 Dec 2019 LONDON, United Kingdom

"Water Tower" Loss Will Affect Almost Two Billion People

Almost 2 billion people could be negatively affected by the decline of natural “water towers” (glaciers and snow that store water in winter and release it gradually in warmer seasons) due to rising temperatures, according to a new report. Asian river basis face the greatest demands but there is increasing vulnerability in Europe and North America...

7 Sep 2019 STOCKHOLM, Sweden

"Blue Peace Index" Assesses, Encourages Sustainable, Collaborative Water Resource Management

The inaugural Blue Peace Index, an assessment tool to measure the extent to which countries and water basins manage shared water resources in a sustainable and collaborative manner, was launched at World Water Week in Stockholm.The need for such an index is increasing as efforts to share rivers, lakes and aquifers that cross national boundaries are falling short, raising a growing risk of conflict as global water supplies run low...

21 Aug 2019 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan

Kashmir Situation Is A Water Situation, Indus Treaty Challenged

Pakistan authorities August 19 warned that release of water from an upstream dam may cause flooding in Pakistan’s Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces. The Indian-administered part of the majority-Muslim region, known as Jammu and Kashmir had special status "revoked" by the Indian Government August 5, placing it under Indian control...

12 Aug 2019 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan

Pakistan's Indus River Barrage To Mitigate Climate Impacts On Wetlands, Human Migration

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has approved development of the ambitious “Sindh Barrage” on the Indus River.Located about 28 miles upstream from the mouth of the river at the Arabian Sea and about 80 miles east of Karachi, the Sindh Barrage was proposed by Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) to address water issues in the region...

8 Jul 2019 SONGBO, Korea

Green Climate Fund Supports Pakistan Water Management

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has issued a $35 Million USD grant for water management and agriculture projects in the Indus River Basin in Pakistan.Home to nearly 90 million people, the Basin produces approximately 90 percent of the country’s agriculture outputs and employs about 25 percent of the labor force...

22 Mar 2019 STOCKHOLM, Sweden

River Flow Champion Wins 2019 Stockholm Water Prize

Dr Jackie King is named the 2019 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate for game-changing contributions to global river management. She has advanced the scientific understanding of water flows, giving decision-makers methods and tools to assess the full range of costs and benefits when managing or developing river systems...

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18 Feb 2019 Zurich, Switzerland

How Climate Change Reduces Glacier Meltwater, Restricts Freshwater Supply To Rivers

A new report on global galcier ice volume indicates that climate change is affecting glaciers causing them to shrink and resulting in a reduction in meltwater, restricting freshwater supply to many rivers, most especially in arid regions such as the Andes or central Asia.A team of researchers from international universities mapped the thickness of 215,000 glaciers around the world, excluding sea ice and glaciers that are connected to the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets...

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5 Feb 2019 KATHMANDU, Nepal

Climate Change Threatens Loss of Two-thirds Of Hindu Kush Himalaya Glaciers, 1.65 Billion People Live In Downstream Valleys

A new report commissioned by the eight countries in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan, warns that current levels of greenhouse gas emissions would lead to five degrees of warming and cause a loss of two-thirds of the region’s glaciers by the end of this century...

13 Jan 2019 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan

Pakistan Officials Will Inspect Controversial India Dam Sites

The government of India will permit Pakistan officials to inspect two controversial dam sites in the Chenab basin in a sign of some thawing in relations between the two signatories of the Indus Water Treaty (IWT).A Pakistani team will visit facilities January 27 to February 1, the The Express Tribune reported this week, the first inspections since talks resumed in summer 2018 after a four year suspension...

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17 Oct 2018 BRUSSELS, Belgium

Potential Shared Water Disputes - Causal Factors Mapped

Scientists of the European Union’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) have used a new machine-learning approach to investigate pre-conditions and factors that are likely to lead to water management issues in shared water bodies.In a recent report that focuses on mapping the factors that lead to either cooperation or tension over transboundary water resources, the study links freshwater availability, climate stress and human pressure (urban growth and migration) on water resources and socio-economic conditions...

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26 Sep 2018 ISLAMABAD

Crops Endangered By More Than 50 Percent Water Shortage

Pakistan is expected to face acute water shortage in the upcoming Rabi (spring harvest) sowing season as the Indus River System Authority (Irsa) has informed a parliamentary panel that water supply will dip to less than 50% for crop cultivation.