A 3-D lens on water and migration
A review by the United Nations University Institute for Water and Health offers guidance on the role of water in migration. Lis Stedman reports.
The...
A decade of extremes
By Erika Yarrow-Soden
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) report The Global Climate 2011-2020: A Decade of Acceleration punctuated the close of 2023 with the second...
The physical certainties of climate change
With COP26 underway, The Source reviews key IPCC messages on the physical science of climate change
The IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) on the ‘physical...
Sector opportunities for methane emission action
The pledges and action plans to cut carbon emissions emanating from COP26 indicate that there is top-level recognition of the urgency of the climate...
The systemic switch for surviving drought
By Keith Hayward
Highlighting drought as an “existential threat to many parts of the world”, the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, in its ‘GAR...
Conflict or peace? Making water a power for good
By Erika Yarrow-Soden
The United Nations World Water Development Report (WWDR) 2024, Water for Prosperity and Peace, was launched on 22 March, marking World Water...
The path to better valuing of water
By Keith Hayward
The focus of this year’s UN World Water Development Report, the eighth in what has become a series of annual, thematic reports,...
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...
The planet’s deepening waters
By Erika Yarrow-Soden
The UN’s technical brief Surging seas in a warming world: The latest science on present-day impacts and future projections of sea-level rise...
Tackling the AMR threat
By Erika Yarrow-Soden
‘Global research agenda for antimicrobial resistance in human health’ is the World Health Organization’s (WHO) latest research agenda aimed at providing guidance...
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Charting the next wave of transformation in Istanbul
IWA's next Digital Water Summit will take place in Istanbul on 24-26 November. Samuela Guida plots the rise of the Summit.
IWA’s Digital Water Summit...
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UK’s first wastewater monitoring pilot
The UK’s first pilot wastewater monitoring centre has been launched at the University of Bath.
Researchers at the Excellence Water-Based Early-Warning Systems for Health Protection...
