Climate stress means South Asia needs new formulas to share water

More intense droughts and melting glaciers are pressuring tight supplies

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A houseboat abandoned due to falling water levels on the Jhelum River in Kashmir in January. (Sipa via AP Images)

Farwa Aamer is director of South Asia Initiatives at the Asia Society Policy Institute in New York.

Amid scorching heatwaves and intensifying drought across South and Southeast Asia, water availability is reaching critical levels in many places.

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