Water
- Climate-change mitigation and adaptation in small island developing states: the case of rainwater harvesting in Jamaica
- Marilyn Waite / Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy, 2012
- This essay looks at climate change impacts on small island developing states (SIDS). It argues that climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies must be developed to cope with changes such as shifting precipitation patterns, in...
- Water Supply of Dhaka City: Murky Future The Issue of Access and Inequality
- A.F.M.A. Uddin / Unnayan Onneshan, 2011
- To address the existing problems of water demand and supply, and to draw future scenarios, the current study has employed both qualitative and quantitative research techniques. Particular attention has been given to elucidate access a...
- UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education (UNESCO-IHE)
- UNESCO-IHE is an international institute for water education.
- Global Water Forum
- The Global Water Forum is a knowledge sharing platform focusing on current water challenges.
- University of Malawi (UNIMA)
- Teaching and research university. Departments include: Centre For Reproductive Health (CRH) Centre For Social Research (CSR) Education Research And Training (CERT) Gender Studies Unit Language Studies Unit (CLS) Research Support Centre (RSC) Water, Sanitation, Health And Appropriate Technol...
- Safe drinking water: who is willing to pay the price?
- C. Chapoy (ed); C. Null / International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2012
- This briefing, the second issue of the Evidence Matters series, distills policy relevant evidence from a recent 3ie systematic review ‘Willingness to pay for cleaner water in less developed countries". The review summarises rese...
- GRAIN — Squeezing Africa dry: behind every land grab is a water grab
- GRAIN, 2012
- Food cannot be grown without water. In Africa, one in three people endure water scarcity and climate change will make things worse. Building on Africa’s highly sophisticated indigenous water management systems could help resolve ...
- Assessment of the most important environmental goals and objectives
- United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2012
- The fifth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-5) analyses the state, trends, outlook and responses to environmental change. It assesses progress towards meeting internationally agreed goals and identifies gaps in their achievement. ...
- Potential impact of low carbon electricity generation technologies on water resources
- A. Fencl; V. Clark; V. Mehta / Stockholm Environment Institute, 2012
- This report examines the potential impact of low carbon electricity generation technologies on water resources and how these water considerations might shape renewable generation choices. The report argues that water requirements for ...
- How water management practices must adapt in the Americas
- Water and Climate Change in the Americas, 2012
- This solutions document, a product of the Regional Policy Dialog (RPD) on Water and Climate Change Adaptation in the Americas (comprised of 21 different agencies), seeks to address the ways in which water management practices must cha...
- GRAIN — Squeezing Africa dry: behind every land grab is a water grab
- GRAIN, 2012
- Food cannot be grown without water. In Africa, one in three people endure water scarcity and climate change will make things worse. Building on Africa’s highly sophisticated indigenous water management systems could help resolve ...
- Assessment of the most important environmental goals and objectives
- United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2012
- The fifth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-5) analyses the state, trends, outlook and responses to environmental change. It assesses progress towards meeting internationally agreed goals and identifies gaps in their achievement. ...
- Potential impact of low carbon electricity generation technologies on water resources
- A. Fencl; V. Clark; V. Mehta / Stockholm Environment Institute, 2012
- This report examines the potential impact of low carbon electricity generation technologies on water resources and how these water considerations might shape renewable generation choices. The report argues that water requirements for ...
- How water management practices must adapt in the Americas
- Water and Climate Change in the Americas, 2012
- This solutions document, a product of the Regional Policy Dialog (RPD) on Water and Climate Change Adaptation in the Americas (comprised of 21 different agencies), seeks to address the ways in which water management practices must cha...
- The interlinked nature of water security challenges requires comprehensive solutions coordinated among diverse stakeholders
- D. Waughray (ed) / World Economic Forum, 2011
- Water security links together food, energy, climate, economic growth and human security threats. This publication sets out the challenge the world faces if nothing is done to improve water management in the next two decades. In nine c...
- Reefs at Risk Revisted
- L. Burke / World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 2011
- Like the original Reefs at Risk, this study evaluates threats to coral reefs from a wide range of human activities. It also includes an assessment of climate-related threats to reefs. In addition, Reefs at Risk Revisited includes a gl...
- Highlighting the need and potential for adaptation to climate change in African international river basins
- M. Goulden (ed); D. Conway (ed); A. Persechino (ed) / Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, 2008
- Africa’s fresh water resources, which are under pressure, are vital to the support of livelihoods, food security and power generation, as well as growing domestic and industrial needs. This paper reviews literature on climate ch...
- Water and energy dynamics in the Greater Himalayan region: opportunities for environmental peacebuilding
- M. Renner / Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre, 2011
- The water crisis in the Greater Himalayas constitutes an enormous challenge for the region and a growing, if still under-reported, concern in the West. Elements of the crisis include floods and droughts, unpredictable changes in the t...
- National water mission - vol I
- India Water Portal, 2009
- Draft proposal prepared by the Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India. With water scarcity projected to worsen as a result of climate change, the plan sets a goal of a 20% improvement in water use efficiency through pricing ...
- National water mission - vol II
- India Water Portal, 2008
- Draft prepared by the Ministry of Water Resources. It estimates that currently about 83 percent of developed water resources is used by Irrigation sector alone in our country. This may get progressively reduced to about 75 percent in ...
- Eldis Environment Resource Guide
- An Eldis resource guide on environmental issues
- Research-inspired Policy and Practice Learning in Ethiopia and the Nile Region (RiPPLE)
- A focus on water supply and sanitation challenges in Ethiopia
- UN-Water
- UN mechanism focusing on water-related issues
- Integrated Water Resource Management
- The Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) website provides resources, documents and guidelines relating to the IWRM programme, which was initiated in 2000 by the South African Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF), with the assistance of the Royal Danish Government (DANIDA),. The programme aims to pilot Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) approaches in three water managem...
- International Water Centre (IWC)
- The International WaterCentre (IWC) is a joint venture business centre that was established to provide quality skills, services and products in addressing and managing the world's water resources, waterways and catchments.
- Water Demand Initiative in the Middle East and North Africa (WaDImena)
- Initiative to promote the management of water demand in the Middle East and North Africa
- African Centre for Water Research (ACWR)
- South African research centre promoting sustainable water management in southern Africa
- Kerala Research Programme on Local Development
- Developing scientific research capability in Kerala
- United Nations University International Network on Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH)
- Academic institution supporting water management capacity
- Amazon Watch
- Defending the environment and indigenous rights in the Amazon
