and mohammed mahmoud is the director of the climate and water program at the middle east institute.tinue from one river, the nile, to the colorado river. at the u.n. water conference, deb haaland delivered the u.s. statement and also spoke about indigenous governance of shared waters and the imports of indigenous-led conservation and addressing the climate and drug crises after the u.s. supreme court heard oral arguments last monday on whether to allow the navajo nation to pursue a claim that the federal government has a duty to address the native-american trucks water rights. here is now the environmental news site reported on last week's supreme court hearing where the justices seen nearly divided. but if the navajo win, they will have a narrow but workable path to secure a significant water settlement on the colorado river most of it if they lose, their litigation over the river will come to an end, forcing them to look elsewhere for water problems solutions." we are joined by the principal hydrologist for the navajo nation department of water resources water management branch co