Water

This report analyses the Arab response to the urgent need for adaptation measures, and uses the latest research findings to describe the vulnerabilities of natural and human systems in the Arab world to climate change and the impacts on different sectors

This book illuminates the way adaptation to climate change is tackled in water management, ecology, coastal defence, the urban environment and energy. The question posed is how each sector can anticipate climate change by creating spatial designs and

This report addresses the support provided by the five UN Regional Commissions to combat climate change. It covers initiatives for: (i) enhancing countries’ capabilities and leveraging resources for disaster risk reduction and preparedness; (ii) assessing

This action plan aims to bring a new focus on starting an inclusive knowledge-sharing process linking water-related disaster to climate change adaptation and sustainable development at various levels of governance, in order to improve the response

This book clearly articulates how protected areas contribute significantly to reducing impacts of climate change and what is needed for them to achieve even more. It asserts that adaptation is a mechanism to protect and maintain ecosystem integrity

'Sustainable water systems is the key goal' siad Keryn Clark, programme team leader for the Timor-Leste Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Programme (RWSSP), an AusAID-funded project working with the Timorese government to improve water supplies...

Governments in the Middle East must put aside political differences, rethink water management and revise strategy and policy in using water otherwise the region will face a dire future, scientists warned at an international conference in Jordan...

Writing for the Financial Times, Sam Knight debates the issue of flood prediction, the potential impact of climate change, the implications and risk reduction options...