Water

Popular destinations in Greece struggle to cope with a tourism surge as climate change strains resources.

How will climate change impact Canada, home to the largest number of lakes in the world?

The August 2023 Maui wildfires, the deadliest in the U.S. in over a century, devastated homes, tourism, and agriculture. Fires smoldered underground for weeks, destroying water systems, with some contamination still being studied.

Fires create new risks like toxic contaminants in drinking water, where plastic pipes exposed to intense heat leach harmful substances, affecting communities unaware of compromised water quality. And more.

The growth of cities worldwide is contributing to more intense drought conditions in many cities, including Sydney, a new Chinese study has found.

This report focuses on understanding building water system plumbing contamination caused by disasters and man-made accidents and efforts to return the plumbing to safe use.

This policy brief is drawn from a study which explores the dynamics related to water, fragility, and social exclusion that should inform the development or rehabilitation of rural water supply services in Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia.

Water is a critical resource that underpins various sectors of the society. Climate change is already causing significant impacts on water resources, such as increased temperatures, more intense droughts, and extreme flooding events.