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Charity Watson

Climate, Peace and Security Advisor for the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), guest on the UN podcast "Climate, Crisis and Courage."

Oct 2, 2026

14:00
But can you perhaps talk us through the wider regional picture on this?
14:04
Afghanistan has this majestic mountainous geography, sitting with the Hindukush Mountains, sitting at sort of the bridge between Central Asia and South Asia.
14:15
And these mountains fundamentally shape Afghanistan's water resources, because 80% of the country's water resources originate as snow and ice in these high altitude mountains.
14:27
And then they act as a natural storage and and throughout the year, melt, you know, providing water for streams and rivers.
14:33
And Afghanistan has five major river basins.
14:36
Four of them are what we say is transboundary in nature.
14:40
They're shared with neighboring countries.

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20:57
Which efforts by the international community that combine climate and peace seem the most important perhaps to you right now?

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