Water

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development LA SAFE programme is working with coastal residents in Louisiana to find out how they want to adapt to climate change and sea level rise. Louisiana is losing more than 10,000 acres of wetlands each year and some 120,000 people live in the most vulnerable shrinking lowlands.

The Atoll Water Security Workshop had participants from the Cook Islands, Tuvalu, Tokelau, the Marshall Islands, and Kiribati discussing water security challenges and some of the solutions that are already being applied at national and community level. Sub-regional collaboration in tackling common challenges is highlighted as valuable, and can help dealing with drought.

In Zimabwe, as construction covers more wetlands, water sources are drying up. Indeed, Wetlands - which include bogs and swamps - are essential to the well-being of the city. They can ease impacts of changing climate by maintaining groundwater levels and protecting areas from the worst impacts of floods.

Laguna de Bay, one of the largest freshwater lakes in Asia, is the centerpiece of a flood and sewage crisis in Metro Manila. Authorities are now conysidering soft-path solutions principally aimed at better managing stormwater and cleaning up the capital region’s filthy waterways.

Cordaid, with local partners, has been implementing resilience projects in north-east Uganda since 2009. Resilience building programs have proven to reduce disaster risk, through risk mitigation, adaptation, preparedness, early action and adequate response in case of stress.

This note explains research that is integrating remote sensing data on soil moisture and flood extent with rainfall and runoff models, which will lead to more accurate flood predictions. The research aims to develop a remote sensing-aided methodology that

Rainwater management tool and immersive art sculpture where viewers can experience a river before and during climate change, with and without adaptation solutions, claim prizes at the Glasgow Climate Resilience Innovation Challenge in Glasgow.