Water diplomacy: More than a drop of wisdom

Over half of the global population lives in countries sharing transboundary rivers, lakes or aquifers, making transboundary management essential for ensuring the rights to water and sanitation. Power asymmetries, inadequate and irresponsible application of the principle of national sovereignty, the growing impacts of climate change and the limitations of international law make it difficult to develop transboundary agreements that allow for sustainable and equitable management of transboundary waters, generating serious risks to the human security of hundreds of millions of people, producing mass migrations and serious risks of destabilization in entire regions.