Tag: climate change
NASA’s Earth Observation project goes ‘Open Access’
NASA has announced that outputs of its OPERA Earth Observation project are now freely available.
Managed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, with partners from NASA’s...
Why water should take centre stage in climate discussions
By Maurice Hall
The recent UN IPCC report offers stark warnings about fast-rising temperatures. San Francisco’s Global Climate Action Summit unsurprisingly focused on reducing emissions....
The water you already have is the cheapest and most abundant...
By Mona Grieser
Water resource challenges in the Philippines
For many people in the Philippines, water through heavy rains has always been an abundant resource. More...
A smart approach towards climate change
By Raul Glotzbach
A week after about 179 people were killed in deadly floods in the western part of Japan in July, the country experienced...
Beyond urban water security: the vulnerability of intermittent water supplies
By Hassan Aboelnga
Many cities today are at risk of running out of water, with water availability now cited as one of the greatest risks...
What will be the leading edge water solutions of the 21st...
By Hong Li, Science & Technology, and Specialist Groups Manager at IWA
Throughout history, securing a reliable and safe water supply, and dealing with wastewater, have been...
England to face water shortages by 2050
Climate change, population growth and land use are exerting stress on England’s water supply and could result in shortages by 2050, the country’s Environment...
Hydroelectric power and the water-energy nexus
By Devon Hardy
Climate change can no longer be ignored. Despite the current US Administration downgrading the threat of climate change in its National Security...
Five cities chosen to develop water resilience framework
Cities from five continents have been selected to contribute to the development of a global framework for water resilience. The City Water Resilience Framework,...
Water and sanitation companies must be socially responsible
By Marco Antonio Cevallos*
The Public Water and Sanitation Company of Quito, EPMAPS Agua de Quito, has been providing water and sanitation services to Ecuador’s capital...