Water Security in the Himalayan Region

Navigating Opportunities for Joint Prosperity and Conflict Prevention

Fostering consensus-driven, candid, and multilateral dialogues between the major players defining the dynamics of Himalayan water security

The Himalayan region is home to some of the greatest river systems in the world including the Indus, Ganges, and the Yarlung Tsangpo-Brahmaputra. These river systems harbor extraordinary biodiversity and sustain the livelihoods of billions. However, rapidly growing populations, sharply rising economic and agricultural demands, and climate change have immensely intensified water stress throughout the region. Member countries are racing to build dams to meet national irrigation and energy needs, but this process takes place in the absence of adequate cooperative norms and with far-reaching ecological and environmental consequences. The Water Security in the Himalayan region project aims to foster trust-building efforts between riparian states, engender a better understanding of hydrodiplomacy, and advance the water-food-energy nexus as shared water resources fast become the defining element in the region’s economic and geopolitical landscape.

In concert with our cooperation partners, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS,) we have also extended our project’s scope to discuss challenges faced by other key water-stressed regions in the world such as Central Asia and the Middle East & North Africa so to provide a platform for capacity building and collective knowledge sharing on transboundary river water governance.

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This report builds on KAS-Stimson’s ongoing efforts to further highlight the importance of global water cooperation and transboundary river governance
Farwa Aamer

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Report
This report builds on KAS-Stimson’s ongoing efforts to further highlight the importance of global water cooperation and transboundary river governance
Farwa Aamer
Project Note
Key recommendations and findings from the third iteration of the KAS and Stimson Center’s high-level dialogue series
Farwa Aamer
Project Note
Effective transboundary river governance demands joint institutions backed by a robust legislative framework and combined political will of riparian countries.
Farwa Aamer
Project Note
A recap of the 9th World Water Forum — the largest international water-related event.
Farwa Aamer
Project Note
JWG 2.0 will enable greater peer-to-peer connectivity, advance knowledge sharing, and explore well-rounded and inclusive solutions to shared challenges.
Farwa Aamer
Project Note
Farwa Aamer sits down with two of the most dynamic women in the EU policy circuit, Ambassador Tanja Miskova and Ms. Alina Belskaia.
Farwa Aamer
Report
Highlights the need for an inclusive and pragmatic approach to transboundary water governance in key water-stressed regions.
Farwa Aamer • Nilanjan Ghosh • Dipak Gyawali...
Project Note
Changing the narrative from competition and overpowering nationalism to greater cohesion and cooperation.
Farwa Aamer
Project Note
Assessing the current challenges which impede effective implementation of equitable allocation of water resources in Central Asia.
Farwa Aamer
Project Note
Setting the stage for the “International Hydrodiplomacy—Building and Strengthening Regional Institutions for Water Conflict Prevention" conference
Farwa Aamer
Project Note
Analyzing threats to water security in Asia in the face of worsening hydro-meteorological disasters due to climate change.
Project Note
Assessing the risks and threats to water security and gauge opportunities for future cooperation between co-riparian states in the Himalayan region.
Farwa Aamer

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