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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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This briefing paper presents key findings from a semi-quantitative climate risk assessment of Syria's urban drinking water and sanitation, intended to support the country's reconstruction efforts.

ODI Global
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This policy brief examines the provision of water in the arid and semi-arid lands of eastern Africa, offering a different way of addressing a long-standing problem.

ODI Global
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This report shares evidence on climate-related hazards that could worsen conflict and security risks in Yemen, in order to inform stabilisation, peacebuilding, and security interventions

ODI Global
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Forecasters expect the El Niño now underway in the tropical Pacific to strengthen into a strong or very strong climate driver later this year.

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Rapidly growing cities face water security challenges due to rising demand and limited freshwater supplies.

Climate Adaptation Platform (CAP)
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In India and Bangladesh, two recent changes of government on either side of the border have brought two shared river systems into focus: the Ganges and the Teesta.

Dialogue Earth
Research briefs

Beyond helping emergency managers better alert downstream communities to flooding events, tracking rapid runoff allows water managers to improve reservoir management.

Disaster Research Institute, Preston University
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Too little rain and snow, too little water in the rivers: An interview with SLF hydrologist Manuela Brunner on the causes of the ongoing drought in Switzerland.

WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research (SLF)
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