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GERD Benefits Campaign

1 The Niger River Basin covers an area of 2.13 million km2 and is home to over 130 million people in nine countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Mali, Niger, and Nigeria #GERD #EthiopiaRising ይጫኑ Click To Tweet
2 Mexico and the US have agreed rules on sharing and managing water from the Colorado River, As USIS Ken Salazar had said, "We have chosen collaboration over conflict, we have chosen co-operation & consensus over discord," co-operation is key on the Nile #GERD #EthiopiaRising ይጫኑ Click To Tweet
3 The Yukon River inter-tribal council is a community of interest with significant authority on the Yukon River Basin shared by the 🇺🇸 & 🇨🇦. It shows the next phase practice of incorporating indigenous knowledge & ppl in transboundary H2O governance. #GERD #EthiopiaRising ይጫኑ Click To Tweet
4 Ethiopia's leadership in equitable water use will be the principle that will be the model for African nations with transboundary water resources #GERD #EthiopiaRising ይጫኑ Click To Tweet
5 Power import from 🇪🇹 would help 🇪🇬 reduce the need to build new hydropower facilities on the Nile, options financially less attractive than purchasing cheap power from 🇪🇹, prevent evaporation losses & free up finances 4 other productive purposes #GERD #EthiopiaRising ይጫኑ Click To Tweet
6 Because of the extra storage capacity on the Blue Nile, 🇸🇩 gains flexibility & resilience in times of prolonged drought (such as the 1989) 7-year-drought that almost exhausted the storage available in Lake Nasser in the Nile region . #GERD #EthiopiaRising ይጫኑ Click To Tweet
7 The Niger River basin & its ecosystems provide for activities & livelihoods of ~ 160 mil ppl. The Water-Energy-Food Nexus approach addresses complexities of water, energy, & food security to safeguard & protect natural resources #GERD #EthiopiaRising pic.twitter.com/CmXewnRn36 ይጫኑ Click To Tweet
8 🇪🇹 maintains the principle of equitable & reasonable utilization and an interpretation of the principle (Intnl Water Law) that strengthens the right of each riparian to develop and use the water resources of a shared river in spite of preexisting uses #GERD #EthiopiaRising ይጫኑ Click To Tweet
9 #GERD benefits 🇪🇹 by generating forex from sale of surplus electricity to external markets (Kenya, Sudan, & Egypt) because its production capacity will exceed short-term domestic demand. Power trade assures its financial viability in the near future #GERD #EthiopiaRising ይጫኑ Click To Tweet
10 #GERD benefits 🇪🇹 wz a reliable supply of cheap electricity that would promote its growth & econ dvlpmt. Despite the large up front invst, hydropower, with its low prodn cost is the preferred electricity source. It is renewable and pollution-free. #GERD #EthiopiaRising ይጫኑ Click To Tweet
11 The Orange Senqu River Basin, shared by 🇧🇼, 🇳🇦, 🇱🇸, 🇿🇦 can teach us exemplary practices; From an inclusive river basin org including all riparian countries such as the Orange-Senqu River Commission (ORASECOM) adopting & abiding by int'l principles. #GERD #EthiopiaRising ይጫኑ Click To Tweet
12 Transboundary rivers have been a source of conflict but of cooperation across the 🌎, even among states with a history of animosity/conflict. The Indus water treaty (🇮🇳- 🇵🇰) provided a framework for irrigation & hydropower dvlpmt for 1/2 a century. #GERD #EthiopiaRising ይጫኑ Click To Tweet
13 🇸🇩 has used the non-objection policy to deny/permanently delay & block funding (🌎 Bank) & donors for investments in large H20 resources infrastructure in the upstream riparians, in particular for projects such as irrigation. #GERD #EthiopiaRising ይጫኑ Click To Tweet
14 Exemplary cooperation: In 1986 🇱🇸 & 🇿🇦 agreed that 🇱🇸 would provide water to 🇿🇦 while producing hydropower while 🇿🇦 would pay royalties for the water it gets from 🇱🇸 a trend that led to the building of numerous joint dams in the region. #GERD #EthiopiaRising ይጫኑ Click To Tweet
15 Transboundary waters are abundant, > than 276 shared rivers & lakes across the 🌎 account for 80% of freshwater, 50% of the world’s surface. 40% of the 🌎 popln depends on them 4 basic water needs. There is also abundant wisdom/knowledge to manage them #GERD #EthiopiaRising ይጫኑ Click To Tweet
16 The 10-point ""Declaration of Principles” is the first time that 🇸🇩 & 🇪🇹 have reached agreement on a meaningful element of Nile water management. It thus represents a clear break with the past. #GERD #EthiopiaRising ይጫኑ Click To Tweet
17 Water resource cooperation has been a core issue between Israel and Jordan. But their agreement based on understanding of mutual interests cooperation to survive the tremendous challenges to water & national security that the climate crisis presents. #GERD #EthiopiaRising ይጫኑ Click To Tweet