While other countries often have mixed priorities for their water, Pakistan has always been clear. The Indus is for irrigation. Hydropower is a secondary concern. And yet, Pakistan could also use more energy, because almost one in four households (24%)…
One cannot talk about water security in Asia without addressing the water energy food nexus. But if the links between water, food and energy are so strong, why are decision makers having such a difficult time addressing them together?
The water energy food nexus sounds less complicated than it is. At its heart it is the interdependence of each on the others. The five countries of Central Asia may be linked by the rivers that flow through them, but at present their governments and wa…
The answer is—as usual—that it depends! Many large river basins support both—energy production from hydropower and withdrawals for irrigated food production (in addition to many other uses, such as for households and industries, fisheries and the…
The famous quote, “Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink”, may become a quote of past, at least for the coastal cities, if desalination by renewable energy takes off. Desalination is a process that removes salt and other minerals from sal…
