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Urban water use: policy brief
Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2012There has been a global shift in the way that water provision for urban water use is viewed. Governments are increasingly choosing to invest in environmental health. By protecting river systems, governments can reduce management costs.DocumentResearch Insights on Climate and Water in the Hindu Kush Himalayas
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2014This book presents seven research papers and a note drawing on the final technical reports of eight projects which support knowledge generation and dissemination on the rivers of the greater Himalayas. These are preceded by a synthesis of the key findings of the research papers.DocumentThe value of forest ecosystem services to developing economies
Center for Global Development, USA, 2014This paper assesses potential co-benefits for residents of developing countries of protecting forest ecosystems in order to mitigate climate change.DocumentFuture hydropower production in the Lower Zambezi under possible climate change influence
South African Water Research Commission, 2014Hydropower is highlighted as the most important energy source in Mozambique and many other countries in southern Africa. Substantial hydropower development is planned for the Lower Zambezi for the next decades, with regional importance due to integration into the Southern African Power Pool.DocumentThirsty, hungry and no power? : African resources in a global world
Nordic Africa Institute / Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Uppsala, 2014Water, food and energy are fundamental to African development. However, several crucial issues need to be addressed. Are African resources used to meet African needs or are they being exploited to satisfy the needs of other actors facing food and energy insecurity?DocumentNexus Nirvana or Nexus Nullity? A dynamic approach to security and sustainability in the water-energy-food nexus
STEPS Centre, Institute of Development Studies, 2014STEPS Centre working paper proposing a dynamic approach to security and sustainability in the water-energy-food nexus.DocumentDesign for improved water supply and water management in Hihifo district, Tonga
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 2014This report provides design details and costs for the proposed long-term improvements to the water supply system at Hihifo on the island of Tongatapu, Kingdom of Tonga. This is part of the demonstration project under the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) programme.DocumentDraft policy framework for efficient water use in energy production
Energy Research Centre, 2014This report proposes a policy framework which aims to enhance harmonisation of policies linked to water and energy. It is argued that this policy framework can assist in the development of new legal/policy instruments or review of existing instruments which direct the management of water, energy and other sectors.DocumentGuidelines for the design and implementation of community-managed water storage in Tuvalu
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 2014These guidelines were developed as part of the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) project which aims to build resilience to drought by improving the Tuvalu’s water resources management.DocumentThe Chinyanja Triangle in the Zambezi River Basin, Southern Africa: status of, and prospects for, agriculture, natural resources management and rural development
International Water Management Institute, 2014This paper, which focuses on the Chinyanja Triangle (CT), an area inside the Zambezi River Basin, characterises three distinct farming subsystems across rainfall gradients, namely maize-beans-fish, sorghum-millet-livestock and the livestock-dominated subsystem.Pages