一 | Under construction since 2011, the GERD project is one of the largest public infrastructure projects in Ethiopia, and will be the biggest hydroelectric power plant on the African continent once finished next year.,The third phase of the filling of a massive reservoir, capable of holding up to 74 billion cubic meters of water, was completed this week, with two of the dam’s planned 16 turbines now operational. When construction is finished, the dam will be capable of generating some 6,000 megawatts of power – more than double the average output of a WER-1000 nuclear reactor.,AfricaWATCH Water Pour Over Spillway on Ethiopia’s GERD Hydroelectric Dam After Finishing Third FillingYesterday, 22:33 GMT,In a ceremony inaugurating the project on Friday, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed stressed that the dam was Ethiopia’s “gift,” and that it was “Ethiopia’s responsibility to use it” together with the other two Nile Basin countries - Egypt and Sudan.,“PM @AbiyAhmedAli reiterated that Ethiopia is working to ensure the benefits of the lower basin countries, saying that our Abbay River [Ethiopia’s term for the Blue Nile, one of the two major tributaries of the Nile] takes what it deserves while passing on what others deserve,” the prime minister’s office tweeted following the ceremony.,PM @AbiyAhmedAli reiterated that Ethiopia is working to ensure the benefits of the lower basin countries, saying that our Abbay River takes what it deserves while passing on what others deserve. He also congratulated all Africans on this milestone. (2/2) pic.twitter.com/Be9WtrHczO— Office of the Prime Minister - Ethiopia (@PMEthiopia) August 12, 2022,Just Deserts,The question of which country “deserves” what has been the subject of considerable consternation and debate between the three nations, as has the dam’s potential environmental impact, with Cairo and Khartoum fearing the filling of the 145 meter tall, 1.8 km long dam could threaten the region with droughts and floods. Last month, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry warned that Cairo would defend its interests using “all means available” at its disposal, and called on the United Nations Security Council to negotiate a legally binding agreement between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on regulating the dam’s operation. Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi earlier called the GERD dispute a “red line” security issue.,Ethiopian Ambassador to Russia Alemayehu Tegenu dismissed these concerns, telling Sputnik last month that Egypt and Sudan were trying to “internationalize and politicize the dam to solve their internal affairs” and assuring that the dam “has no significant harm” for the downstream nations.,WorldEgypt, Sudan Politicising Renaissance Dam Construction, Ethiopian Diplomat Says27 July 2021, 08:23 GMT,Nile River: Giver of Life,Stretching some 6,695 km and covering over 3.3 million square km, the Nile is the longest river in the world, and has played a significant role in regional civilizational development going back to the Ancient Egyptians owing to the rich soil perfect for agriculture created by its annual flooding, and its use as a tool for regional river navigation. Ethiopia’s Blue Nile tributary accounts for a whopping 85 percent of the Nile’s total waters.,Egypt, which receives almost no rainfall, relies on the Nile for more than 90 percent of its freshwater, with eastern Sudan similarly dependent on the river for its economic wellbeing and water and food security.,Legacy of Colonial Meddling,Part of the difficulty of regulating the dispute over the Nile is the lack of a regional agreement regulating the waters’ flow. Addis Ababa is not a party to the 1959 bilateral treaty between Egypt and Sudan dividing the Nile’s waters.,A separate 1929 Nile Waters Treaty between Britain and its then-puppet state of Egypt, plus the territories of what are now Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and Sudan provided Cairo the right to veto infrastructure projects up the Nile if they threatened to impact the country’s interests. However, that treaty similarly didn’t apply to Ethiopia, which managed to survive as the only independent nation in Africa after the European imperialist scramble for the continent in the 19th century, and which was never consulted on the agreement’s terms.,Russia’s Position,As a strategic partner of both Ethiopia and Egypt, Russia has sought to assure the dam dispute’s peaceful and mutually amenable resolution, with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov indicating in 2021 that Moscow would be ready to provide technical assistance for any negotiations on the matter. Russia also supports the use of the African Union platform to resolve the crisis.,Also last year, Russian Ambassador to the UN Vassily Nebenzia called on the three countries to stick to the terms of the 2015 Declaration of Principles on the GERD, which urged consensus in reaching an agreement on guidelines for the dam’s filling and operation, and committing Ethiopia to avoid steps which could harm its downstream neighbors. “At the same time, we note legitimate concerns of Egypt and Sudan over the possible negative impact that unconstrained functioning of the dam may produce on the populations of those countries in drought prone years,” he said.,The 2015 agreement and efforts at the African Union and UN levels mean that a baseline for a breakthrough and compromise exists. However, amid regional and global concerns about food and water security, and the threats posed by increasingly prevalent climate disasters and extreme weather events, the GERD dispute comes during a period of heightened regional and global tensions.,In 2021, Africa and Middle East intelligence analysis group Pangea-Risk warned that an all-out water war between Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan, or their proxies was becoming increasingly probable in the face of dwindling options for a mediated solution.。 中国小康网讯 一路来看芙蓉花，一园春色绽芳华。4月26日，以“公园城市 美好人居”为主题的2024年成都世界园艺博览会开幕式在成都东部新区举行。 绛霞湖畔，神鸟衔花。开幕式前，具有成都元素的倒计时先导片，把现场氛围烘托得十分热烈。
二 | 迎宾仪式《花开天府》更是引起全场观众的欢呼，来自四川大学锦江学院、龙泉驿区实验小学的学生和专业舞蹈演员们组成巨大的芙蓉花朵，并随着音乐缓缓盛开。芙蓉花寄托着祝福国家繁荣昌盛的美好寓意；桃花仙子舞者，扮演熊猫花花、白鹭等舞蹈演员载歌载舞，意在彰显今天中国生态文明建设取得的丰硕成果。 在芙蓉花香间，2024成都世园会开幕式正式开始。 仪仗兵迈着坚定的步伐，护卫着中华人民共和国国旗走进现场。全体起立，高唱中华人民共和国国歌。五星红旗冉冉升起，迎风飘扬。 紧接着入场的是国际园艺生产者协会会旗、成都世园会会旗，并在开幕式所有嘉宾的注视下升起，飘扬在2024成都世园会主会场。
三 | 随后，文艺表演《美美与共》精彩呈现。演出以成都世园会会徽构成色彩为切入点，融合音舞诗画等艺术形态，由来自四川电影电视学院、成都东部新区三岔湖小学校的学生表演，汇童声合唱、京剧、歌舞、中国民乐等形式于一体，成都艺术剧院带来《大熊猫》舞剧演绎“绿尾虹稚”选段。
四 | 令现场观众惊喜的，还有全新改编的亚洲《茉莉花》、非洲鼓音乐、澳洲《剪羊毛》、美洲《乡村路带我回家》、欧洲《春之声圆舞曲》等五洲名曲。“这些歌曲由熊猫合唱团用多国语言演唱，并配以对应风土人情的现场舞蹈，传递五洲人类热爱家乡、赞美自然的共同情怀。 “黄鹂鸣柳，白鹭青天，夕照的雪山下，绿道勾连……”演出的最后，四位歌手在舞台上带来成都世园会主题曲《一路来看芙蓉花》，同时，五大洲的青年志愿者身着各国标志性花卉服装登场，展示出全球各美其美，美美与共的园艺画卷。 11时许，2024年成都世界园艺博览会开幕！顿时，全场沸腾，主舞台两侧的花蕊花柱缓缓盛开出让人眼前一亮的芙蓉花。 在主会场开幕式呈现的同时，温江、郫都、新津、邛崃四个分会场的开园仪式也精彩上演。 温江分会场开园仪式秉持“绿色 低碳 持续 共享”的办会理念，聚焦“幸福温江 盆景之都”品牌，打造“承·温江古韵、展·今朝风采、启·未来华章”三大主题篇章。仪式中，川派盆景大师胡世勋亲临现场讲述一代匠人的匠心与坚守；80后花木产业新生力量分享创新与发展；500位现场观众共同描绘“我爱世园” 的巨型画卷。 郫都分会场开园仪式上，五区共兴和成渝双城共建项目签约仪式举行，旨在推进以成都平原经济区引领的各区协调发展，助力全省区域经济呈现协同联动，深化双城合作，促进两地花卉产业硬实力进一步壮大，实现资源共享、互利共赢。成都首届花植环艺赛的颁奖环节也成为开园仪式的一大亮点，25家成都入围花企携手跨界，用前沿的设计理念，提交出世园会成都答卷。 新津分会场开园仪式以“廿四节令鼓”作为开场表演，在道具上融入24节气相关内容，表现出紧锣密鼓的农忙氛围。仪式上，世园会新津分会场全年特色活动及新津全域文旅线路发布，主持人还邀请现场观众将“共生种子”花卉放在“桐妹”和“宝宝墩墩”脚下的花带上，并将其中一份种子带回家，寓意“世园会永久陪伴”。 邛崃分会场开园仪式结合当地壮丽自然景观和丰富的生物多样性，以情景演绎、六境探秘、方阵巡游等多种形式，为观众展现了生态文明发展的缩影。
五 | 在这里，自然景观与艺术表演的完美结合，青山绿水成为了演出的最佳背景，艺术与自然的和谐融合，让人们深切感受到大自然的壮美。 世界园艺博览会与公园城市有着相同的目标取向，倡导尊重自然、融入自然、追求美好生活。
六 | 本届世园会会期从4月26日持续到10月28日，全力呈现一届体现“时代特征、国际水平、中国元素、成都特色”的高品质园艺博览盛会。
七 | 法国蒙彼利埃、英国曼彻斯特、国际竹藤组织、美国康奈尔大学植物园等国外城市和头部行业协会纷纷参展，践行“绿色低碳、节约持续、共享包容”原则，共建成113个室外展园，其中国际展园39个。除花卉园艺展览展示外，将举办各类活动共计2000多场次，平均每天多达10场，预计将吸引500万人次前来参观。 另悉，践行人民城市理念，成都一体推进“办会、营城、兴业、惠民”，搭建中欧花卉产业交流平台，做强花卉科研创新中心，精心组织国际园艺竞赛、“世园飞花令”等1000余场群众活动、城市主题日等2000余场会期活动，锦云楼等6座核心场馆会后将全部转为公共服务设施。编辑：白羽卉。
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