Water diplomacy: an important tool for climate change mitigation and sustainable development

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https://doi.org/10.7213/rev.dir.econ.soc.v16i1.32125

Palavras-chave:

Water diplomacy, Environment, Climate change, Bilateral agreements, Ecological deterioration

Resumo

A key instrument for combating climate change, preserving the environment and promoting sustainable development is water diplomacy. For this reason, in this article, the authors look at the various aspects of water diplomacy, including international collaboration, cross-border water protection, data exchange, ecological protection, flood management and global food security. Given that water transcends borders, the authors address various agreements concluded between countries to manage rivers, lakes and basins of groundwater common to several nations, requiring international cooperation and diplomacy that are of particular value to this study. Water diplomacy promotes comprehensive conversations and solutions. Diplomacy is used to bring together stakeholders to create comprehensive water resource management plans. This article employs a descriptive, interpretative, qualitative-quantitative methodology based on the use of primary sources, international and national instruments, as well as the conduct of documentary and bibliographic research. The results obtained allow the authors to conclude that it is impossible to underestimate the importance of water diplomacy for international relations and society. Water diplomacy promotes social justice by putting the needs of all parties first, including historically marginalized groups. Water diplomacy can prevent social inequality in water management and allocation by using inclusive decision-making procedures increasing social equity.

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Biografia do Autor

José Noronha Rodrigues, CEDIS, Nova School of Law

Professor at the Universidade dos Açores, Faculty of Economics and Management (Ponta Delgada, Portugal). Researcher at CEDIS - Center for R&D on Law and Society, Faculty of Law, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campolide Campus, Lisbon, Portugal. Vice-President of the Faculty of Economics and Management of the Universidade dos Açores, Portugal. Scientific Coordinator of the Master's Degree in Business and Labor Law, as well as the Law Degree at the Universidade de Santiago - Cape Verde. Visiting Professor of the Master's Degree in Civil Law and the Master's Degree in Tax Law at the Universidade Católica de Moçambique. Doctor in Law cum laude from the Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC), Compostela, Spain. Recognized equivalence of the Doctor of Laws degree from the Faculty of Law of the Universidade de Lisboa (FDL/UL), Lisbon, Portugal. DEA in European Union Law from USC. Master's degree in International Relations (2004) from the Universidade dos Açores (UAc), Ponta Delgada, Portugal. He also holds the Chair of the Policy Center for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Sumanta Bhattacharya, Makaut, India

Research Professor at Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (Kolkata, India). PhD candidate at Asian International University (AIU), Imphal West, India. M.Tech in Textile Technology from Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology (GCETTS), Serampore, India. Master of Arts (MA) in Development Studies from Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi, India. Master in Environmental Sciences from Himalayan Garhwal University (HGU), Himachal Pradesh, India. Master of Laws (MA) in Security and Defense Law from NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, India. MA in Economics from Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur, India.

Dora Cristina Ribeiro Cabete, CEDIS, Nova School of Law

Visiting Assistant Professor at the Universidade dos Açores, Faculty of Economics and Management (Ponta Delgada, Portugal). Researcher at CEDIS - R&D Center on Law and Society, Faculty of Law, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campolide Campus, Lisbon, Portugal. PhD in Economic and Business Sciences with a specialization in Economics (PhD) unanimously approved with Distinction and Praise by the Universidade dos Açores (UAc), PhD student in Law at the  Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Faculty of Law, Lisbon, Master's and postgraduate degree in Social Sciences from the Universidade dos Açores, Degree in Sociology from the Universidade dos Açores (UAc) and in Law from the Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa (UAL). She is also a visiting professor at the Universidade de Santiago (US) - Cape Verde and a lawyer.

Ardyllis Alves Soares, Centro Universitário de Brasília – CEUB (Brazil)

Doctor and Master in Law from the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil), with a doctoral internship at Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen - Germany. Post-doctoral internship in Law at Centro Universitário de Brasília - CEUB. Visiting Professor at the Università degli Studi di Sassari - Italy (2022). Legal consultant.

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2025-04-04

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RODRIGUES, José Noronha; BHATTACHARYA, Sumanta; CABETE, Dora Cristina Ribeiro; SOARES, Ardyllis Alves. Water diplomacy: an important tool for climate change mitigation and sustainable development. Revista de Direito Econômico e Socioambiental, Curitiba, v. 16, n. 1, p. e297, 2025. DOI: 10.7213/rev.dir.econ.soc.v16i1.32125. Disponível em: https://periodicos.pucpr.br/direitoeconomico/article/view/32125. Acesso em: 25 abr. 2025.

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