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    On target for people and planet: Setting and achieving water related Sustainable Development Goals

    International Water Management Institute, 2014
    This report cautions against an overly rigid approach to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which it argues could limit development options for poor countries, particularly in how they are able to manage critical water resources.
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    Is low-carbon together with pollution reduction? Calculation of CO2 emissions from municipal wastewater treatment plants

    Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning, 2011
    Municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) are recognized as an important source of carbon emissions. Previous studies have calculated the CO2 emissions in the operating process of WWTP in the sight of engineering technology and the CO2 emission which is driven by the pulling effect of investment in WWTP are ignored.
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    The status of agricultural water use, access, and productivity in the Limpopo Basin — opportunities for poverty alleviation

    Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network, 2010
    The Limpopo River Basin is home to 14,000,000 people, at least half of whom live in rural areas. Over ten million South Africans live in the basin - nearly 25% of the national population. The remaining population live in Botswana - one million people, nearly 60% of the national population - Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
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    PACC Demonstration Guide: Improving the public water supply system in Majuro, Marshall Islands

    Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 2014
    On all islands in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) rainwater is the primary source of freshwater, putting the country at high risk from droughts. The water sector was therefore chosen by the RMI Government to benefit from the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) project which has been working since 2008 to increase the country’s resilience to drought events.
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    Climate change in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas: The state of current knowledge

    International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2011
    The Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region is one of the most ecologically sensitive and fragile areas in the world. In all likelihood, the effects of climate change will become evident here first and with the greatest intensity. This report synthesises the present knowledge about the consequences that climate change could have for the region.
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    Water wars: enduring myth or impending reality

    African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes, 2000
    Within the context of the South, water security does not simply translate into economic development, but also food security, and the very survival of states and their citizens. Under these circumstances, it is hardly surprising that the World Commission on the Environment and Development (WCED) has concluded that such resource conflicts are likely to increase as those resources become scarcer.
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    Resource manual on flash flood risk management – Module 3: Structural measures

    International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2012
    This publication, the third module of a resource manual to support the training of planners and practitioners in managing flash flood risk, deals with structural measures. It presents bioengineering techniques, physical measures for slope stabilisation and erosion control, and physical measures for river training.
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    Towards a framework for achieving food security in the mountains of Pakistan

    International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2014
    This working paper outlines a mountain-specific framework for addressing food security in the mountains of Pakistan. It builds on efforts by ICIMOD together with the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) and the National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC) to understand the special issues of food security and find solutions in the mountain areas of Pakistan.
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    Environmental livelihood security in Southeast Asia and Oceania: a water-energy-food-livelihoods nexus approach for spatially assessing change

    International Water Management Institute, 2014
    This document addresses the need for explicit inclusion of livelihoods within the environment nexus (water-energy-food security). The authors present a conceptualisation of ‘environmental livelihood security’, which combines the nexus perspective with sustainable livelihoods.
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    Water considerations in selecting energy technologies

    Energy Research Centre, 2014
    This paper highlights that while water is scarce in South Africa, the exploitation of energy technologies requires water and choices of energy technologies should take into account water scarcity. It argues that water requirements are not well integrated into decision-making processes for selecting energy technologies.

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