Co-Directors at the Shared Water Lab Partnership Discuss Impacts of Deteriorating Water Cooperation

Melissa McCracken and Susanne Schmeier, co-directors at the Shared Water Lab Partnership, recently published an article with The Conversation, a non-profit, independent news agency. They describe the benefits and necessity for water cooperation between countries that share transboundary lakes and river, and further warn of the impending consequences when that cooperation deteriorates. They state "The changes we’re seeing with water agreements and institutions reflect a broader decline in countries’ willingness to address shared problems through multilateral cooperation — a trend that seems to be rapidly increasing."

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(Photo credit: Susanne Schmeier)