current affairs MCQ #7005

Pakistan's Indus Waters Treaty (1960) with India allocates western rivers to Pakistan. With increasing climate variability reducing river flows, the MOST complex diplomatic challenge this creates is which of the following?

current affairs MCQ #7005

  1. Question 1

    Q1. Pakistan's Indus Waters Treaty (1960) with India allocates western rivers to Pakistan. With increasing climate variability reducing river flows, the MOST complex diplomatic challenge this creates is which of the following?

    • A) India can unilaterally terminate the treaty under the UN Charter if climate change makes its terms economically disadvantageous
    • B) Pakistan is constitutionally required to compensate Indian farmers for reduced downstream flows caused by Pakistani dam construction
    • C) The World Bank, as treaty guarantor, has authority to renegotiate water allocations without consulting either country
    • D) Renegotiating the treaty would require both countries to agree — politically difficult given security tensions — yet the status quo may leave both worse off under climate stress

    Answer: Renegotiating the treaty would require both countries to agree — politically difficult given security tensions — yet the status quo may leave both worse off under climate stress

    Explanation: Renegotiating the Indus Waters Treaty requires agreement between India and Pakistan — politically near-impossible given their security tensions — yet the treaty's fixed allocations were designed for historical flow patterns that climate change is fundamentally altering, leaving both countries potentially worse off under the status quo.