Water

Assessing the future impacts of climate change on the hydroelectricity sector in Nepal is a challenge because of the country’s complex climate and hydrology, as well as the large changes in elevation that occur from low plains up to the high mountains

This end of year report highlights disasters and emergency situations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in 2016 and captures the response and relief efforts undertaken by National, Provincial and District authorities in Pakistan. 

It gives an overview of

Building flood and drought resilience in rural India and improving the availability of appropriate cultivars of crops alone will not eliminate rural poverty unless the Indian government implements strategies to harvest, conserve and control water according to the differing needs of different agro-climactic regions.

Study finds that sea-level rise will boost the occurrence of moderate rather than severe flooding in some regions accustomed to severe flooding, while in other areas with little history of severe flooding, the reverse is true. This improves the accuracy of a set of flood predictions and presents important consequences for the management of coastal flooding.

Uganda has launched a national plan to coordinate resource mobilization and implementation of priority targeted cholera prevention and control interventions. They focus on social mobilization and community empowerment, access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene, surveillance and laboratory confirmation of outbreaks, prompt case management and infection control.

Poor rainfall usually drives, or at least contributes to drought. But monitoring strategies that rely on rainfall—or even a combination of rainfall and temperature—can fail. A new satellite based drought surveillance system from NOAA can detect vegetation stress without knowing anything about how much it has rained.

The Gifts of Culture board game is a role-playing simulation set in a diverse cultural community. Players represent various groups living in the flood-prone valley. Although their views and ideals differ, they are driven by the same goal - to improve

Low-cost sensors will be deployed across Dublin to monitor rainfall, weather conditions and river levels, and communicate data wirelessly to Dublin City Council’s operations team, which will analyse water levels and take appropriate action.