Stimson Environmental Security program Releasing New South Asia Water Report

For people in the Washington, DC area, next week Stimson hopes you can join their Environmental Security Program on Wednesday March 20th from 10 am-12 pm as we release a new report on transboundary water management and climate change impacts in South Asia, entitled Connecting the Drops: An Indus Basin Roadmap for Cross-Border Water Research, Data Sharing, and Policy Coordination.

The event will feature David Michel (Director of the Stimson Environmental Security Program), Winston Yu (Senior Water Resources Specialist for South Asia at the World Bank), and Satu Limaye (Director of the East-West Center). Please join us for a discussion of the current state of India-Pakistan water relations and new potential pathways for water collaboration between the two countries. You can RSVP by clicking the link in the formal invitation below, or by following this link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1tPeXvZLpLnfcudKQLtikWNBQnrh3mdnw7nTxWJe2u5Y/viewform

Please feel free to forward this invitation to interested colleagues. Thank you, and we look forward to welcoming you to Stimson.

Best,

Russell Sticklor

Stimson Environmental Security Program

Stimson's Environmental Security Program invites you to the publication launch of: Connecting the Drops: An Indus Basin Roadmap for Cross-Border Water Research, Data Sharing, and Policy Coordination featuring David Michel Director, Environmental Security Program, Stimson Winston Yu Senior Water Resources Specialist for South Asia, World Bank Satu Limaye Director, East-West Center Wednesday, March 20, 2013 10 AM – 12 PM Stimson Center 1111 19th Street NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 RSVP HERE Decision makers in India and Pakistan will have to overcome a host of overlapping socio-economic, environmental, and political pressures as they endeavor to fulfill their countries’ future water needs and peacefully manage the Indus River Basin that both countries share. Increasingly subject to soaring demand, unsustainable consumption patterns, and mounting environmental stresses, almost all of the basin’s renewable water resources are already allocated for various uses — with little to no spare capacity. Scientific and policy collaboration across national and disciplinary boundaries will be essential to providing decision makers with better understanding of the multiple risks weighing on the Indus Basin and the consequent water resource challenges and choices facing the riparian nations. The Stimson Center, in coordination with the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (Pakistan) and the Observer Research Foundation (India), is pleased to announce the release of a new report, Connecting the Drops: An Indus Basin Roadmap for Cross-Border Water Research, Data Sharing, and Policy Coordination. The report results from a Track II diplomatic initiative that brought together leading Indian and Pakistani scientists, diplomats, water policy analysts and practitioners to analyze emerging stresses on the countries’ shared water resources and identify best practices for cooperative knowledge building and sustainable water management in the Indus Basin. Please join us for a briefing on the report’s recommendations and a panel discussion of cross-border water management challenges and opportunities in South Asia. Copies of the report will be available, and the event will be open to the media.