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Water governance and water resource management strategies to mitigate the risk of floods and drought and improve water conservation and water quality.

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In this article, world-leading water specialists from academic and practitioner communities reflect on, and share examples of, the importance of keeping people and politics at the centre of work on climate resilient water security.
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In a new study, researchers from the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF show that in every third case, atmospheric drought is followed by low water levels. More rarely does drought have a negative impact on groundwater.
Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL
Traditional bolivian woman in traditional dress, walking trought the Sun island in lake Titicaca, Bolivia
In the last year, the Bolivian people have had to cope with devastating floods, the hottest year on record, and the most severe drought in their history.
Red Cross / Red Crescent Climate Centre
The depleted Panama Canal needs new water sources as climate-driven drought spotlights global warming risks to world's waterways.
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The summer of 2024 is setting up as another year of abnormally low volumes of water flowing through Western Canada. Dwindling flows will have wide reaching impacts. Governments and policymakers must act quickly to avert a larger crisis.
Conversation Media Group, the
Water flowing from a blue pump pipe
Public works on the street surfaces, during the renovation of the sewage system, provided an opportunity to transform streets and parking areas on the waterfront into an urban park that simultaneously functions as a barrier against coastal flooding.
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European Environment Agency
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This report developed under the CARE for South Asia project assesses the need for water harvesting in Nepal adopting an analytical framework and aims to be a resource material for the development practitioners and planners.
https://www.adpc.net/igo/category/ID1905/doc/2024-fJAm15-ADPC-Water_Sector_Policies_Nepal_WBCAR_Water_1.pdf
The report presents a comprehensive review of the policies, strategies, plans, and legislations related to the water resources sector in Nepal carried and their gaps and needs.

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