With climate change becoming more and more severe, water scarcity will also become more severe. Countries in the global south are already facing issues regarding water scarcity. In southern Asia, the Indus Basin consists of rivers such as the Indus, Chenab, and Jhelum that feed water to many countries in the Global South. Specifically, Pakistan and India have been facing this dilemma for over sixty years. Conflict began when India began withholding water that should have been also getting to Pakistan. Pakistan requires the water from the Indus river to keep its economy alive, which keeps the country alive. India, however, has a strong enough economy, that it can survive with limited water access from the Indues. To resolve the conflict between the two countries, in 1960, the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) was arranged by the World Bank to maintain balanced water control between India and Pakistan. Source In the book Tropic of Chaos , by Christian Parenti, the author speaks in
Bangladesh is a small country situated in South Asia. It is one of the most vulnerable countries to the impacts of climate change. Its proximity to three major rivers the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Meghna adding to the fact that it is one of the most densely populated countries in the world make it particularly susceptible to the impacts of rising sea levels, extreme weather events, and other climate-related disasters. In recent years, Bangladesh has been facing several climate-related challenges, such as increasing frequency and intensity of floods, cyclones, and droughts, rising sea levels, salinization of coastal areas, and increased temperature and humidity. These challenges have had severe impacts on the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in Bangladesh, particularly those living in rural and coastal areas. According to a report by the Global Climate Risk Index 2021, Bangladesh was ranked 4th among the countries most affected by climate change between 2000 and 2019. This is