... the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) together with the Pathfinder Foundation (Sri Lanka) and Asian Confluence (India) hosted a trilateral expert dialogue titled “Impact of Climate Change on Marine and Fresh Water Resources and Combating Water Pollution”
On July 30, 2021, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) together with the Pathfinder Foundation (Sri Lanka) and Asian Confluence (India) hosted a trilateral expert dialogue titled “Impact of Climate Change on Marine and Fresh Water Resources and Combating Water ...
... support for the countries of Southeast Asia in adapting to the new climate regime and poverty reduction. The partnership’s efforts, however, yielded no practical results.
The lack of a legal basis does not allow for agreements on the interstate use of water to be drafted; meanwhile, Russia has a unique positive experience of this kind. The Russian organization
Rivers Without Borders
, headed by Evgeny Simonov, has advanced a lot in settling cross-border water disputes with Mongolia and China in the Amur, Ussuri and Argun basins....
... followed the “green trend” as well, with Vladimir Putin taking part in the Leaders’ Summit on Climate 2021 and sustainable development goals finding their place in his annual Federal Assembly address and the new National Security Strategy of the Russian Federation.
Protecting marine and fresh water resources as well as biodiversity is a key global interest. Russia shares it with South Asian countries, including India and Sri Lanka, notwithstanding geographic and socioeconomic differences that determine specific problems and priorities most ...
... less to argue and more to cooperate.
[1] http://www.icwc-aral.uz/legal_framework.htm
[2] List of declarations and agreements http://www.cawater-info.net/bk/water_law/part3_e.htm
[3] Commissioning of Kambarata-1 hydropower plant to provide guaranteed water supply to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan http://en.trend.az/regions/casia/kyrgyzstan/2107051.html
[4] http://www.trend.az/regions/casia/kyrgyzstan/2119686.html
[5] http://www.centrasia.ru/newsA.php?st=1237885200
[6] Zarema Sultanbekova, Uzbekistan and Russia agree on the need for Kambarata-1 expertise http://kloop.info/2012/12/16/uzbekistan-and-russia-agree-on-the-need-for-expertise-regarding-kambarata-1/
