Tag: climate change
Asia and the Pacific most at risk from future flooding
Unabated climate change would bring devastating consequences to countries in Asia and the Pacific, which could severely affect their future growth, reverse current development...
Embracing a holistic approach to urban water
By Jerry Yudelson*
A mega-drought showed California’s cities could reduce water demand by 25 percent, at least temporarily. But as climate change accelerates extreme weather,...
New partnership to link water priorities with cities
C40 Cities and the International Water Association (IWA) are joining efforts to connect water professionals and city officials to better support, promote and enable...
Great Lakes mayors warn funding cuts will hit restoration efforts
Outgoing Chair of the Great Lakes and St Lawrence River Cities Initiative, Denis Coderre, Mayor of Montreal, has shared his disappointment about funding cuts...
Water quality from space: ‘A giant leap’ for public and environmental...
By Katherine Cross*
Satellites have a long history, with the American writer, Edward Everett Hale, writing speculative fiction containing the first known depiction of an...
Work starts on £11million flood scheme in northeast England
The Environment Agency has joined forces with local businesses to reduce the risk of flooding to the community and give wildlife a boost in...
Flooding threatening 4.2 million people on Caribbean and Pacific islands
A new study by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) estimates that 4.2 million people in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean and...
Can rainwater harvesting transform cities into water-wise cities?
By Mooyoung Han and Lisa Andrews*
Rainwater harvesting and management is nothing new. In fact, this technique has been used for thousands of years in...
FAO releases new tool to track water productivity in agriculture
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has released a new tool that offers water-scarce countries and river basins a way...
How to become an adaptive city
By Tatiana Gallego-Lizon*
Urbanisation has transformed Asia’s economies. But it has also generated environmental degradation and a rising demand for resources. Now comes the volatile flux...
