As Beijing prepares to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, China’s environmental activities are once again on center stage. The Wilson Center’s China Environment Forum took the top spot this month with Karen Mancl and Richard Liu’s coverage of the new program report, “Closing the Loop on China’s Water Pollution,” which details what China can learn from New York, Washington, D.C., and Singapore, to advance its wastewater and carbon reduction targets.

Climate-fueled disasters are growing in intensity, but do these disasters cause conflict, or do they lead to increased cooperation and peace? In our second most read post, Laura E.R. Peters reminds readers to reframe the starting point to better understand disasters and their links to conflict and peace.

Our third and fifth top posts this month highlight tensions along the Nile River. Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt have yet to reach an agreement over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Once fully operational, it will become Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam. In the third top post, Giulio Boccaletti explains what can be learned from past and current water management cooperation initiatives and the importance of financing cooperation on Africa’s rivers. Amanda King recaps a recent Wilson Center NOW episode with Aaron Salzberg that highlights the intricacies of the dam’s hydrology, the impact it may have on downstream relationships, and what stands in the way of reaching an agreement.

Our fourth top post this month illustrates why feminism is good for your health. Alison Brysk and Miguel Fuentes Carreño share research on the relationship between gender-equitable leadership and societies and the management of the COVID-19 pandemic. Spoiler: Feminism could save your life.

1. Nine Dragons Rule the Waters: Closing the Loop on China’s Water Pollution (Report Launch) by Karen Mancl and Richard Liu
2. To Understand How Disasters Relate to Conflict and Peace, Reframe the Starting Point by Laura E. R. Peters
3. Debt on the Nile? Sharing Rivers on the African Continent by Giulio Boccaletti
4. Why Feminism Is Good for Your Health by Alison Brysk & Miguel Fuentes Carreño
5. Tensions Surrounding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: A Wilson Center NOW Interview with Aaron Salzberg by Amanda King