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Scoping the Water-Energy-Pollution Nexus in Urumqi and Qingdao
A Preparation of China's Ministry of Environmental Protection Co-Control Program - by Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Energy Live News // UN calls on nations to adopt drought policies
Michel Jarraud, WMO Secretary-General said: "Climate change is projected to increase the frequency, intensity and duration of droughts, with impacts…
AlertNet // The Battle for Water - Feeding the thirsty: Why we need integrated thinking on water and food security
The World Water Week 2012 will focus on food security and the global water situation. To bring some perspectives to that debate Stockholm…
SIWI // Feeding a Thirsty World
The World Water Week 2012 in Stockholm will zoom in on food security and the global water situation. This is warranted not least from the perspective…
nature // Farmers Deplete Fossil Water in World's Breadbaskets
Irrigation has helped farmers feed a population that has now reached 7 billion people. But in many places farmers have overused underground aquifers…
Arab Innova // ACWUA joins the Middle East and North Africa-Network of Water Centers of Excellence (MENA NWC)
The Arab Countries Water Utilities Association (ACWUA) has been chosen to join the MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA-NETWORK OF WATER CENTERS OF…
The Guardian // China's coal expansion may spark water crisis, warns Greenpeace
China's plan to rapidly expand large coal mines and power plants in its arid northern and western provinces threatens to drain precious water supply…
AlertNet // Experts mull global system to monitor water resources
A global system to monitor management of water resources would help governments secure food and water supplies for the future, a U.N. expert due to…
The Guardian // The world is closer to a food crisis than most people realise
Unless we move quickly to adopt new population, energy, and water policies, the goal of eradicating hunger will remain just that. Time is running…
The Guardian // Poo power celebrated as solar toilet wins sanitation prize
Human waste attracts less funding than other development projects but Reinvent the Toilet challenge recognises that better hygiene can cut healthcare…
World Water Week News // WASH Media Award: Six journalists win prestigious media awards geared towards improving reporting on water, sanitation and hygiene
Media in general and journalists in particular are key partners for sanitation, hygiene and water sector professionals in their awareness raising,…
The Guardian // To solve climate change, let's move beyond climate change
Water, energy, food - these three issues are the essential holy trinity of environmental sustainability. They are maddeningly intertwined and their…
Ghana Business News // AfDB approves EUR 690,000 African Water Facility grant for Kenyan pastoralists
The Kenya project is one of six case studies conducted in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda designed to evaluate the performance of rainwater…
Money Morning // Economist Richard Duncan: Civilization May Not Survive "Death Spiral"
Richard Duncan, formerly of the World Bank and chief economist at Blackhorse Asset Mgmt., says America's $16 trillion federal debt has escalated into…
New York Times // Corn for Food, Not Fuel
The price of corn is a critical variable in the world food equation, and food markets are on edge because American corn supplies are plummeting. The…
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