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A framework and tools for tackling water theft

By Lis Stedman The theft of water is an under-explored issue, but it is clear that legality or illegality is extremely complex and not always...

Groundwater: Nature’s hidden gem

Published in June, the World Bank’s global groundwater report, The Hidden Wealth of Nations: The Economics of Groundwater in Times of Climate Change, highlights...
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Assessing Europe’s progress with the UN Sustainable Development Goals

By Lis Stedman The new European Environment Agency (EEA) report on progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) across the European Union and EEA cooperating...

A decade of extremes

By Erika Yarrow-Soden The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) report The Global Climate 2011-2020: A Decade of Acceleration punctuated the close of 2023 with the second...

The path to better valuing of water

By Keith Hayward The focus of this year’s UN World Water Development Report, the eighth in what has become a series of annual, thematic reports,...
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The systemic switch for surviving drought

By Keith Hayward Highlighting drought as an “existential threat to many parts of the world”, the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, in its ‘GAR...

The physical certainties of climate change

With COP26 underway, The Source reviews key IPCC messages on the physical science of climate change The IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) on the ‘physical...

Sector opportunities for methane emission action

The pledges and action plans to cut carbon emissions emanating from COP26 indicate that there is top-level recognition of the urgency of the climate...

Groundwater: the many challenges of a hidden resource

Billions of people’s lives depend on groundwater sources that are polluted and overexploited or at risk. Some of the damage is irreversible and, according...

Desalination and the drive for progress with unconventional resources

By Keith Hayward Use of desalination to produce fresh water has escalated dramatically over recent years. The aim of the global assessment by the team...

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Toronto Water – serving the host city of the World Water...

Toronto Water has transformed the city’s water management. Ahead of IWA’s World Water Congress & Exhibition in the capital of the Canadian province of...

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UNU report warns on tipping points if environmental risks not addressed

A new report released by the United Nations University (UNU) has found that drastic changes to fundamental socioecological systems are likely if environmental risks...