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30 Apr 2021 SANTA BARBARA, California

COVID-19 Lockdowns Have Slowed Snowmelt In Indus River Basin

Satellite imagery has revealed a 30 Percent reduction in snow pollution resulting from particulate matter, leading to the cleanest snow in 20 years. The findings could have far-reaching implications for the timing of water flow to billions of people, and help mitigate global warming.

5 Feb 2020 MUMBAI, India

Blue Peace Bulletin -- "Water And Violence: The Indus"

A February 2020 Blue Peace Bulletin from Indian think-tank Strategic Foresight Group examines tension between Pakistan and India over the Indus River, assesses the current situation and makes recommendations on how to build cooperation.Read Blue Peace Bulletin -- Water and Violence: The Indus HEREThe Indus River System contributes 4 per cent of India’s water resources whereas it contributes almost 70 per cent of Pakistan’s water resources...

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...

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...

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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10 Feb 2019 KABUL

Kabul River Struggles With Pollution, Transnational Tensions

With flotsam, tonnes of plastic in the form of bags, bobbing forks, knives, even spoons, bowls and plates, the once happy Kabul River (KR), meandering across the city, is nothing more than a sewer. Where it meets the Indus at Attock, it is a ravaged and emotionless grey. “The difference is all too stark,” says Azeem Shah, regional researcher at International Water Management Institute (IWMI)...

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...

30 Jan 2019 LAHORE, Pakistan

Pakistan Experts Inspect Contentious India Dams

Per requirement of the Indus Waters Treaty and the agreement announced in mid-January, a three member delegation of Pakistani water experts arrived in India on January 27. The purpose of the visit is to inspect Indian hydro-electric projects in the Chenab Basin.The agreement mandates commissioners of India and Pakistan to inspect sites and works on both sides of the Indus in "blocks" of five years...

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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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7 Jul 2018 ISLAMABAD

Three Pakistan Rivers Seriously Contaminated With Potentially Toxic Elements

Three of Pakistan’s major rivers are seriously contaminated with potentially toxic elements (PTE) from raw sewage and untreated industrial effluents, posing a risk to communities as well as to flora and fauna, says a new study. The joint Pakistan-China study is based on spectroscopy (an approach used by chemists to detect small amounts of an element) of water, sediment and fish samples collected from sites along the Chenab, Indus and Kabul rivers.