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UN study calls for action on antimicrobial resistance

A new study by the UN calls for action on pollution that it says is causing millions of deaths annually due to resistance to...

Track, trace and target – the water sector and emerging viruses

New viruses continue to emerge and spread. Joan B Rose, Rosina Girones, Marta Rusiñol Arantegui, Veronica Beatriz Rajal, Ramiro Poma, Maronel Steyn, Bettina Genthe,...

Water’s role in the loss and damage climate debate

The climate change political agenda has been focused mainly on mitigation and adaptation, without addressing the extent to which impacts are felt by developing...

Intelligence-driven supply performance

Alessandro Bettin explains the benefits of a data-driven water management system, especially in helping manage or avoid intermittent water supply.   The management of a...

The water-energy nexus – a toolkit for innovation

Laurent Bellet, Corinne Trommsdorff and Alex Alix, editors of a new book aiming to help the water sector reduce its emissions of greenhouse gases,...

Reducing emissions – China’s plan to go green

Xiaodi Hao, Ranbin Liu, Yu Wenbo and Shuang Li describe how new guidelines are helping China meet its ambitions for carbon reduction. As an important...

Water and… health

The vital nature of water is evident in the frequency with which we deploy the word ‘and’ when talking about it. This is the...

The US agenda on global water security

By Erika Yarrow-Soden The US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the US Department of State have launched the 2022-2027 US Global Water Strategy to...

The wisdom of taxi drivers

Many years ago, I was in Perth, Western Australia, on business. Perth has often been described as the ‘canary in the coalmine’ when it...

Advancing African water sector action on gender diversity

The winner of the IWA 2022 Gender and Diversity Award, Annabell Waititu, tells Erika Yarrow-Soden how Big Five Africa is helping water companies in...