The Treaty That Climate Change Broke: Bangladesh’s Path To Water Survival – OpEd

Climate change has delivered the Ganges basin its worst droughts in 1,300 years, droughts well outside the range of natural climate variability, while atmospheric rivers now drive catastrophic floods that overwhelm all infrastructure. Research shows climate change has quadrupled extreme monsoon events, with atmospheric rivers contributing 73% of floods in the Ganga basin. The August 2024 floods, though not directly related to the Ganges Water Treaty, demonstrate this new reality: 5.8 million affected in Bangladesh...