Over 70% of India's thermal-power units likely to spar for water in 12 yrs
The
world’s leaders have come to recognise water and the climate as major global
risks. However, significant actions to tackle them haven’t been taken,
according to a new report by China
Water Risk (CWR), a non-profit organisation, that addresses business and
environmental risks arising from China’s urgent water crisis.
The
Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region comprises over a dozen countries sharing water
from ten rivers. China is the largest of these countries and arguably the most
influential. To pay attention to its attention is no different from paying
attention to security, foreign policy, environmental and economic implications
for all the countries involved – especially India.
The
16 countries in the HKH – a.k.a. the HKH
16 – are divided into two groups. Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan,
China, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan make up the HKH 8 from which rivers
originate. Cambodia, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan,
Uzbekistan and Vietnam are called the ‘Downstream 8’. Read
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