Water

With much of the UK gripped in the longest heatwave since 1976, hotter, drier summers will drive a cycle of increased electricity use and emissions, highlighting the urgent need to ‘decarbonise’ the energy system and upgrade the water infrastructure. The flipside of the extreme dryness is likely intense rainfall, which can cause flooding if it lands on dry ground.

This paper explores one critical challenge for promoting Climate-Resilient Water Management (CRWM) in South Asia and beyond: the availability and use of high-quality climate information. It is aimed primarily at those designing or delivering projects and

This brief provides an overview of the heatwave and drought situation in the UK in 2018, and outlines a number of recommendations for municipalities and the UK government regarding water infrastructure needs and public awareness.

The summer of 2018 has

This project implemented a participatory process with key stakeholders to explore current and future resilience-related concepts in Jamaica Bay, New York. The process was designed to consider baywide concepts that could reduce future flood risk exposure

The Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan will benefit from improved hydrometeorological services thanks to additional financing to the Central Asia Hydrometeorology Modernization Project. New infrastructure will enable national hydrometeorological services to build more robust monitoring capacities and better-informed forecasts.

Un proyecto conjunto permitirá a los países de la región aumentar la resiliencia del Corredor Seco de Centroamérica y las zonas áridas de la República de República Dominicana, afectadas por el cambio climático. La adaptación consiste en aprovechar la biodiversidad y los servicios ecosistémicos para reducir la vulnerabilidad y aumentar la capacidad.

Jolted out of complacency after the devastating 2015 floods in Chennai, city authorities have begun to restore water bodies in the coastal metropolis by implementing a smart cities initiative. But experts and activists say that there’s a long way to go, as the entire region's hydrology must be considered and the biggest water body encroachers must be addressed.

Based on an ensemble of high-resolution regional climate model simulations, this paper projects that climate change would add significantly to the anthropogenic effects of irrigation, increasing the risk from heatwaves in China.