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Digital Water Diplomacy: Keeping Water Dialogues Afloat In 2020, the world experienced the convergence of the global water and climate change crises, the COVID-19 pandemic, and economic recession. The compounded emergencies hit even well-prepared countries hard. For the more than 50 percent of the world’s population that relies on transboundary freshwater sources for their drinking water, the renewed urgency for access to water for sanitation raised additional challenges. Effectively responding to the crises demanded an elevated degree of communication and coordination between neighboring states precisely when coordination and collaboration processes encountered new barriers to effective transboundary engagement. As neighboring states instituted travel restrictions, water dialogues had to adapt through digital water diplomacy processes.

Elizabetha yaariTransboundary water cooperation departmentWaters partnershipSenior programmeInternational centre for water cooperationStockholm international water instituteWorld water weekDrin river basinEastern nile river basinEastern nileGrand ethiopian renaissance damCentral asiaBest alternativeNegotiated agreementOperations leadSenior programme manager