Transboundary water

After decades of gloomy foresights and discourse on water wars and conflicts, it turns out that water wars are more a media narrative than a possible future in transboundary waters. Connecting nations socio-economic’ joint interests through cross borders development mega-projects is a leeway to shared prosperity. Water in shared basins is a real development connector. It takes political will to make the nations upstream and downstream real shareholders in dialogue and cooperation aligned with WWF9 motto, water for peace and development.

Transboundary water cooperation is one of the bedrocks of international security since it has proven spill over economic and peace benefits beyond the water sector. It is thus important to advance cooperation on shared water resources to promote peace. One of the well-tested and tried ways of advancing water cooperation is through the establishment and implementation of legal frameworks for transboundary water resources.