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IHE Delft Institute for Water Education is the largest international graduate water education facility in the world and is based in Delft, the Netherlands. The Institute confers fully accredited MSc degrees, and PhD degrees in collaboration with partner universities.

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O Lago Chade outrora proporcionou meios de subsistência adequados para 20 milhões de pessoas na África, mas perdeu 90% de sua área de superfície em 30 anos devido à falta de cooperação entre os países no seu entorno, com graves consequências para a população da região. AP Photo/Christophe Ena

Cooperação para uso da água entre países que compartilham rios e lagos está se deteriorando

Susanne Schmeier, IHE Delft and Melissa McCracken, Tufts University

O comportamento nacionalista pode colocar pessoas, economias e ecossistemas, e até mesmo a paz, em risco
Lake Chad once provided adequate livelihoods for 20 million people in Africa, but it lost 90% of its surface area in 30 years. AP Photo/Christophe Ena

Water cooperation is essential when countries share lakes and rivers – yet it’s been deteriorating in many places, with serious consequences

Susanne Schmeier, IHE Delft and Melissa McCracken, Tufts University

Nationalistic behavior can put people, economies and ecosystems, and even peace, at risk. The US, which paused Columbia River talks with Canada, isn’t the only country shifting in this direction.
The city’s poorest residents, living on the most marginal land, experience higher exposure to flooding and poorer-quality water. Bagus Indahono/AAP

Why the rich in Jakarta have better access to water than the poor – it’s not the piped network

Michelle Kooy, IHE Delft and Kathryn Furlong, Université de Montréal

While it is true that the poorest residents of the city are not connected to the piped water network, neither are the richest. Then what causes water inequalities?

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