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Closing the water loop through through reuse
Water scarcity, population growth and climate change are putting unprecedented pressure on freshwater resources worldwide. As industries and municipalities look for sustainable ways to...
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Opinion
From first flush to rain schools
Ahead of IWA’s Conference on Rainwater Harvesting & Management on 1-6 September, Mooyoung Han highlights the next evolution of WHO rainwater guidance.
In June 2026...
Rain for resilience
Mooyoung Han explains how community-led rainwater innovations can be scaled to respond to the impacts of climate change.
In a world facing intensifying climate extremes,...
Analysis
European temperatures on the rise
By Erika Yarrow-Soden
The European State of the Climate 2025 report highlights record heatwaves from the Mediterranean to the Arctic, with glaciers shrinking and snow cover declining across Europe. The report also warns of record...
Tackling the climate-energy nexus in the drive for net zero
By Erika Yarrow-Soden
‘2024 Year in Review: Climate-driven Global Renewable Energy Resources and Energy Demand’, published by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), released in January 2026 and now...
The climate action emissions evidence
By Erika Yarrow-Soden
The United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) 16th edition of the Emissions Gap Report makes worrying, but not unexpected reading. It finds that available new climate pledges under the Paris Agreement have only...
2024 – a year of extremes
By Erika Yarrow-Soden
The State of Global Water Resources 2024 report, an annual publication by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), documents 2024 as an extraordinary year, shaped by record heat, climate extremes and widespread water-related...
Parched Earth
The latest United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) report ‘Drought Hotspots Around the World 2023–2025’, produced jointly by the UNCCD and the US National Drought Mitigation Center, identifies the regions of the world...
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