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Displaying 135 of about 262 resultsThis paper aims to help decision-makers understand the magnitude of water issues for the thermal power sector in India with quantitative evidence. There is a significant data gap in power plant water use in India.
The authors used data science techniques and innovative methodologies and developed a comprehensive plant-level geodatabase on water withdra…
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Solidarités International is a French humanitarian organization which provides aid and assistance to victims of war or natural disaster. For over 30 years the association has focused on meeting three vital needs - water, food and shelter - by carrying out emergency programmes followed by longer-term reconstruction projects. Whilst fully resp…
Earlier this year, southern England experienced its driest July on record. The drought affected many parts of the UK and grew so acute that Thames Water’s hosepipe ban will remain in force into 2023.
But rainfall in August was heavy. The volume of rain caused outdated drainage and sewerage systems to overflow, degradi…
Clean freshwater is critical for sustaining human life. However, 1.1 billion people lack access to it worldwide. Desalination represents an increasingly popular way of addressing this.
Desalination is the process of extracting salt from saline water to make it drinkable. There are two main types of desalination.
In the fi…
Rome - Measures to improve regional food security by cutting food losses and waste and by mitigating and adapting to climate change will be considered by FAO's Regional Conference for the Near East.
Land and water constraints severely limit the potential for increased food production to feed a Near Eastern population set to grow from 380 million t…
Marrakech, Morocco - Better regional integration will enhance resilience and reduce shared risks in the MENA region, said global leaders at the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa today.
Brian Duperreault, President and Chief Executive Officer, Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC), USA; Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum on the M…
"Cuando el país vuelve a sufrir los efectos que un conjunto de peligros como inundaciones, huaicos, sequías o sismos producen sobre la infraestructura, surge la pregunta de cómo evitar que estos riesgos se conviertan, efectivamente, en desastres," escribe Augusto Álvarez Rodrich en LaRepublica.pe.
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World Water Week Opens with Global Leaders Calling for Green Investments to Secure Water for Future Cities
Stockholm – Global leaders convening today at the opening session of the 2011 World Water Week in Stockholm called for increased investments in disaster-resilient infrastructure and smarter water management to avoid droughts, flood…
By Ian Wright, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University; and Jason Reynolds, Research Lecturer in Geochemistry, Western Sydney University
This is the first of two articles looking at the increasing reliance of Australian cities on desalination to supply drinking water, with less emphasis on alternatives such as recycling and…
By Soumya Sarkar
Water scarcity has often impacted output in India’s power sector that depends overly on coal-fired plants requiring much cooling, but that can change with increasing use of renewable energy
Although India is facing a freshwater scarcity, it continues to depend heavily on electricity production that requires large amounts of water…
But the effort to improve water and energy security with big dams faces significant opposition within the country
By Roshan Din Shad
As Pakistan faces worsening water scarcity - and trouble sourcing international cash for hydropower dams it says it needs - it has turned to an unlikely source of cash: A fundraising campaign backed by the country's top…
Dili - Timor-Leste needs to do more at the national and district levels to boost disaster preparedness, especially in rural areas, say experts.
Each year, communities face an increasing number of natural hazards with 185 floods recorded since 2010, compared to 32 between 2001 to 2009, according to the National Disaster Management Directorate (NDMD).
O…
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Brussels - The European Climate Adaptation Platform (CLIMATE-ADAPT), an interactive web-based tool on adaptation to climate change, goes online today at the European Environment Agency (EEA) in Copenhagen. Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner for Climate Action, joined Ida Auken, Denmark's Minister for the Environment, and the EEA's Ex…
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Washington – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved US$87 million to support the Government of Mozambique’s efforts to develop a climate change-resilient economy and scale-up high impact nutrition interventions benefiting over one million Mozambicans.
The grant financing package from the International Development As…
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The USA accounted for a higher proportion of global natural catastrophe losses than usual in 2012, due to a series of severe weather-related catastrophes. Last year, natural catastrophes caused US$ 160bn in overall losses and US$ 65bn in insured losses worldwide. Some 67% of overall losses and 90% of insured losses were attributable to t…