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New Atlanticist: "The West’s role in solving Central Asia’s water crisis"

 


"The West’s role in solving Central Asia’s water crisis"

By Ariel Cohen, Wesley Alexander Hill, and Wilder Alejandro Sánchez 

New Atlanticist

Atlantic Council

27 November, 2024

Originally published: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/the-wests-role-in-solving-central-asias-water-crisis/

The Caspian Sea, vital to Eurasia’s economy and environment, is shrinking at an alarming rate. The declining water level in the sea is one visible consequence of a larger regional water crisis faced by the C5 nations of Central Asia—Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. This water crisis threatens the more than 82 million people who call the largely arid region home.

A forthcoming Atlantic Council report written by the authors, “Water insecurity in Central Asia: The need for collective action,” explores the global resources that can be mobilized and to what ends they can be quickly directed. This report will provide a practical roadmap that regional and international actors can employ to solve problems in the near and medium terms without massively increasing investments.

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