Alistair Rieu-Clarke

Alistair Rieu-Clarke
Northumbria University · Northumbria Law School

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On the occasion of world water day, this opinion piece critically reflects on the recent resurgence of the "water wars" narrative in policy and media circles and questions its timing, purpose and the evidence on which it is based.
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After providing factual background to the Nile and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) issues and articulating the key arguments and approaches considered in the multi-disciplinary chapters, it is submitted that the findings and insights set forth in this volume shall inform policy both in the short and medium terms, with respect to the ongo...
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This issue articulates the opportunities and challenges surrounding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) through multiple disciplinary lenses: its possibilities as a basis for a new era of cooperation in the eastern Nile basin; its regional and global implications; its benefits and possible drawbacks; the benefits of cooperation and coordinat...
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The principle of fairness operates alongside lofty principles of international law, such as equity and justice. However, these concepts often face criticism for being too vague to shed any meaningful light on the practical interpretation and implementation of international law within specific fields. By analysing the cooperation between Egypt, Ethi...
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Recent years have witnessed a growing interest in hydropower. Many countries now see hydropower as a 'cheap and clean' alternative to fossil fuels, and therefore an important strategy in addressing climate change. However, much of the world's hydropower potential is situated in transboundary rivers where existing cooperative arrangements are weak....
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The obligation upon a watercourse State to notify and consult on major infrastructure projects that may have an impact on other watercourse States has long been part of customary international law. However, recent disputes have demonstrated that a common understanding of the precise nature of this customary norm is still lacking. Much can be gained...
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Tensions between watercourse states are likely to escalate in the absence of effective legal frameworks by which to evaluate the impacts of large-scale unilateral water projects. Conscious of the need for such a framework, the lower Mekong River Basin States have developed the 1995 Mekong Agreement and related procedures for prior notification and...
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Ecosystem -centred approach to natural resource management is not new, and in the case of water management has been very well emphasised for many decades. Recently however, a new focus has emerged around the identification and assessment of ecosystem services, and the potential to somehow use valuation of these services as a basis for more effectiv...
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China shares 40 major transboundary watercourses with 16 countries. This paper surveys China's transboundary water treaty practice and compares it to the core principles of the 1997 UN Watercourses Convention (UNWC). Despite a growing watercourse treaty practice stretching back some 60 years, China's agreements in this field are relatively unsophis...
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Adopted in 1997 by the UN General Assembly, the Convention on the Law of the Non-navigational Uses of International Watercourses (UN Watercourses Convention), seeks to, ‘ensure the utilisation, development, conservation, management and protection of international watercourses and the promotion of the optimal and sustainable utilisation thereof for...
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Developing a methodology for the measurement of governance in the context of water management requires a clear understanding of what is meant by (good) governance, and what is meant by IWRM—terms which are often, but incorrectly, used almost interchangeably. This paper sets out the foundations developed for the STRIVER project upon which an assessm...
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The global water policy agenda has long called for a holistic approach to water resources management. However, key challenges remain in turning policy into practice, not least in managing conflict and enhancing cooperation over international watercourses. Towards such an endeavour, a better understanding of the role of watercourse treaties is neede...
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One of the major problems facing practitioners and scientists working with water management is how to integrate knowledge and experiences from scientific, policy and stakeholder perspectives. In this book this science-policy-stakeholder interface (SPSI) is examined both analytically and through the description of practical experiences from river ba...
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An overview of the main conclusions of the STRIVER project in the Spanish part of the Tagus Basin, regarding water availability, water allocation , water prizing, water quality and pollution, environmental impact and ecological flows, institutional aspects, law enforcement, implementation of the EU Water Frame Directive, information and public part...
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On 21 May 1997, at the UN General Assembly, an overwhelming majority of States voted for the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses – a global overarching framework governing the rights and duties of States sharing freshwater systems. To date, the Convention counts 17 Contract...
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This paper examines the interplay between law and institutions within the context of international watercourses, specifically of the Sesan River between Vietnam and Cambodia.
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Numerous human and environmental factors threaten to increase the likelihood and magnitude of floods throughout the world. At present, the law of international watercourses provides the basic norms by which states cooperate over flood-related matters. More specific provisions related to flood management can be found in a limited number of regional...
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Water governance, especially in transboundary contexts, needs to integrate inputs from different disciplines as well as from stakeholders and the public and scientific knowledge from the natural and social sciences needs to be combined with local knowledge and stakeholder needs. There is however often a lack of suitable methods for combining these....
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This research project publication contributes to transboundary water resources management through using international water law to assist with the development of effective national water strategies. Through a case study approach -- China (upstream on the Mekong), Mozambique (downstream on the Incomati) and Palestine (shared transboundary groundwate...
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What role does international water law play in the achievement of 'good water governance'? This issue is important given the growing global concern over the ineffective management of the world's water resources. During the time it takes you to count to 15, one more child in India will have died from a waterborne disease. Can better water governance...
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Any solution to the world's freshwater crisis must take into account the fact that there are more than 260 international river basins, shared by over 144 countries, covering some 45.3 per cent of the world's land surface, as well as an unknown number of international aquifers. 2 Chapter 18 of Agenda 21 provides that co-operation among states over t...
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The concept of sustainable development has gained considerable attention in the field of natural resources law and policy since the United Nations Rio Conference of 1992. The practical application of the concept has, however, proved to be one of the major challenges of the 21st Century. Due to conflicting interests between various groups, the conce...
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The contemporary concept of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) was primarily conceived for the purpose of promoting sustainable water management. There are many elements included in modern IWRM perceptions, e.g., natural resource utilization planning combined with at strategy to balance between social, economic and environmental objective...
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Implementing the goal of sustainable development has long been heralded as the means by which the needs of both present and future generations can be met. However, finding a long-term balance between economic, social and environmental interests, the basic tenet of sustainable development, has proved largely illusive in practice. This thesis shows t...

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