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Displaying 15 of about 36 resultsRivers around the world have been drying up recently. The Loire in France broke records in mid-August for its low water levels, while photos circulating online show the mighty Danube, Rhine, Yangtze and Colorado rivers all but reduced to trickles.
It is not just rivers that are running low but the reservoirs they replenish, leading…
Following the droughts in the US and Russia and insufficient monsoon rains in Asia, food prices are soaring and Oxfam and the UN are preparing for the next global food crisis, according to the Guardian. Scientists are urging to adopt a vegetarian diet in order to save water to grow more food in an increasingly climate-erratic world. Five to 10 times mor…
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New measure developed for sustainability of global groundwater water supply points to overuse of water in Asia and North America
Farmers are unsustainably exploiting groundwater in a number of important agricultural regions, according to a team of researchers led by Prof. Tom Gleeson of McGill’s Department of Civil Engineering, in colla…
By Becky Heeley
ROME - International Mountain Day and the Mountain Partnership’s 15th anniversary coincided on December 11, kicking off a three-day Mountain Partnership Global Meeting at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome.
An initiative of Italy, Switzerland, the UN Environment Programme…
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COVID-19 that is continuing to cause human tragedy, social upheaval and economic turmoil across the globe can be considered as a once-in-a-century ecological security crisis that creates an urgent need for an in-depth reflection on the relationship between human beings and nature. But striking a balance between the two will not be possible u…
This case-bound book draws upon experiences around the world reflecting how people are using climate information to improve their lives, through climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction strategies. In this book, over 100 authors are relating their work in weather, climate and water services at international, regional, national and local lev…
All of society - the public and the private sector – ends up facing the consequences of disasters. It follows that all of society, the private sector included, has a role to play in reducing disaster risk. Natural hazards need not result automatically in disasters. Simple measures can be taken beforehand to strengthen the resilience of communities, to s…
The World Water Day 2010 and its campaign is envisaged to:
* Raise awareness about sustaining healthy ecosystems and human well-being through addressing the increasing water quality challenges in water management and
* Raise the profile of water quality by encouraging governments, organizations, communities, and individuals around the world to activel…
By Josselin Rouillard
France and California face a common challenge of managing overdraft in intensively exploited aquifers. As of 2018, large areas of France and California have overexploited groundwater (see maps below). And both regions have passed landmark groundwater legislation, the Loi sur l’Eau et les Milieux Aquatiques (LEMA) of 2006…
Environment and urbanization 25.2:
This is the first of two issues of the Journal on what builds resilience to climate change in cities – and beyond this, what contributes to mitigation and the avoidance of dangerous climate change.
It includes case studies of climate change adaptation in Durban, Dar es Salaam and Rosario, and others that address floo…
The present volume features concise summaries of fifteen case studies compiled over a period of three years, providing ‘snapshots’ of water management and use today in diverse regions of the world. These case studies, by design, closely complement the other volumes of the 2012 World Water Development Report 4, as most of the factors influencing water re…
The seminar will a include a variety of presentations on the topic of rainwater harvesting in the context of development and adaptation to climate change. Presentations include:
- Promoting rainwater harvesting in the USA through technical guidance and legislative incentives - Dr. Hari Krishna
- Realising the potential of rainwater harvesting in the U…
Cities from five continents have been selected to contribute to the development of a global framework for water resilience. The City Water Resilience Framework (CWRF), developed by Arup with support from The Rockefeller Foundation, will help cities better prepare for and respond to shocks and stresses to their water systems.
Amman, Cape Town, Mexico C…
BANGKOK, 10 April 2012 - Threatened by increasing and lethal seasonal floods, the 500-year old Malaysian port city of Melaka is making considerable efforts to reduce the disaster risks that it currently faces from such climate related catastrophic events.
Located along the Straits of Malacca, one of the world's busiest shipping routes, the city of Mela…
Wastewater utilities are key actors in maintaining water quality and managing risks to public health, food security and other ecosystem services and functions. The tracking of COVID-19 brings new relevance to this topic. Monitoring wastewater systems for viral loads has long been a common method to track infections in urban populations, most n…