Tag
Water
August 22, 2017
A Carrot-and-Stick Approach to Long-Term Sustainability
By Cecilia Tortajada and Tommy Kevin Lee
Singapore’s sustainable water policy offers a useful model for sustainable development.
October 02, 2015
Water Security in Asia: Strong Infrastructure for Healthy Communities
By Mercy A. Kuo and Angelica O. Tang
Insights from Walter Wang
September 30, 2015
Asia’s Food Supply Weathers California’s Drought
By Asit K. Biswas, Matthew J. Kastner and Cecilia Tortajada
Despite its ongoing struggles with waters, the state remains a key supplier of specialty crops to the Asian market.
June 08, 2015
Kyrgyzstan: Between a Glacier and a Gold Mine
By Catherine Putz
The unending headache that is Kumtor continues. This time the conflict is over the mine's environmental impact.
April 17, 2015
Addressing Nepal’s Water Crisis
By Juliette Rousselot, Photos by Omar Havana
Although many communities still struggle, Nepal is making real progress on providing access to water.
November 21, 2014
Interview: The India-Pakistan Water Dispute
By Muhammad Akbar Notezai
Can the decades-long tensions over access to diminishing water resources ever be solved?
July 03, 2014
Interview: Sattar Mahmoudi
By Joseph Hammond
The Diplomat speaks with Iran’s deputy minister of Energy, about the country’s attempts to overcome a serious water crisis.
March 16, 2010
Politics of Water
Insider updates from a recent conference shed more light on water politics.
March 15, 2010
Water Issue Heats Up
A clash between reality and public sentiment in Pakistan on the water issue?
March 08, 2010
Water, Water, Nowhere
December 24, 2009
Quenching China's Water Thirst
Too hazardous to touch in some places, China’s Yellow River has been choked by pollution and sediment. Joe Lamar reports on officials’ struggles to clean up the ‘Mother River’ and stem demand from the country’s ever thirstier provinces.
December 23, 2009
Indonesia's Dirty Secret
The Citarum River is Indonesia’s lifeline. But polluted and poisoned, it now poses serious health risks. Elise Potaka investigates the problem–and possible solutions.
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