Water

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.

At a time when receding glaciers, erratic rainfall and deforestation in the Himalayas is leading to severe water shortages in the uplands, various initiatives, including litigation to stop intrusive construction, to revive mountain springs have helped to partly adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change in this sensitive mountain range.

New research finds that the North China Plain, one of the world’s most densely populated regions, may push the boundaries of habitability by the end of this century. The risk of deadly heat waves is significantly increased because of intensive irrigation in this relatively dry but highly fertile region.

This study was commissioned to improve the understanding of the uptake of ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) in South Africa, the processes through which EbA has been lead and governed, and how EbA has been integrated into national policy, strategy and

This sectorial Action Plan aims at proposing measures to protect the national soil from deterioration, limit land degradation and soil erosion, and to combat desertification. It is meant as an implementation of Article 4 of the International Convention to