Source: The World Bank A new World Bank report estimates that ten emerging global seaweed markets have a potential growth of up to $11.8 billion by 2030. This monetary value comes with seaweed's ability to sink carbon, sustain marine biodiversity, employ women, and unlock value chains. The Global Se...
Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Mocha, May 2023, Myanmar: Global Rapid Post-Disaster Damage Estimation (GRADE) Report (June 29, 2023)
Source: reliefweb Given the fragile and conflict-affected situation with limited access in Myanmar, the World Bank has adopted the Global Rapid Post-Disaster Damage Estimation (GRADE) methodology to estimate damages arising from Cyclone Mocha. GRADE is a remote, desktop analysis to estimate damage t...
UNCTAD report: How technology can help solve the water and sanitation crisis
Source: UN Water The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has released a report stressing the importance of science, technology and innovation (STI) in solving the global water and sanitation crisis. With billions of people lacking safely managed water and sanitation services,...
Report: The essential drop to reach Net-Zero: Unpacking Freshwater's Role in Climate Change Mitigation
Source: Stockholm UniversityNew research presented at COP27 shows that water is much more important in mitigating climate change than previously believed. Better management of water is critical to tackling today's food and energy crises, both of which are exacerbated by climate change.The repor...
UNESCO finds that some iconic World Heritage glaciers will disappear by 2050
Source: The Ocean Decade - New UNESCO data highlight the accelerated melting of glaciers in World Heritage sites, with glaciers in a third of sites set to disappear by 2050. But it is still possible to save the other two thirds, if the rise in global temperatures does not exceed 1.5°C compared ...
Irrigated Agriculture and Groundwater
Source: International Association of Hydrogeologists What is the socioeconomic context of irrigation? IAH has just released another title in our Strategic Overview Series (IAH/AIH SOS) which summarises the development of irrigated agriculture, discusses how it has produced great economic b...
Climate change impacts on the water, food and energy sectors in Myanmar’s Sittaung river basin
Source: SEI - The Sittaung river basin (SRB) remains one of the least studied basins of Myanmar in terms of the assessment of the impact of climate change. As several reservoirs already exist in the basin, much research is needed to understand how projected climate change impacts rainfall, temp...
Report: State of the world's drinking water
Source: UN Water - On 24 October 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), and the World Bank, launched the report State of the world's drinking water: An urgent call to action to accelerate progress on ensuring safe drinking water for all. The r...
Urban WaterGuide: A guide for building sustainable and resilient cities
The Australian Government, Australian Water Partnership and the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities partnered to develop a framework to improve water outcomes in international cities and towns, based on Australia's urban water experience. The result is the Urban WaterGuide, which ...
Digital Water Book: A Strategic Digital Transformation for the Water Industry
Source: International Water Association - The pressing need to address the challenges of the global water sector continues to be the driving force behind the digital transformation. In addition to rapidly changing demographics, intensified and prolonged natural disasters, and ageing infrastruct...
The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2022
Source - UNWATER - The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2022 is the only United Nations official report that monitors global progress on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This annual report is prepared by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), in ...
FAO technical guide on land tenure, combating desertification, land degradation, and drought
Source - United Nations - A new technical guide from the secretariats of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) addresses the integration of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of T...
New FAO guidelines on calculating agriculture water use efficiency
Source - UN Water - A new publication, "Guidelines for the calculation of the agriculture water use efficiency for global reporting", by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is now available. These guidelines are intended to assist countries in understanding and com...
Assessment of large-scale seasonal river morphological changes in Ayeyarwady River using optical remote sensing data
Source - SEI - by Thanapon Piman, Senior Research Fellow SEI Asia - Dhyey Bhatpuria, Research Associate SEI Asia - Theara Tha, Research Associate SEI Asia - The web-based monitoring system simplifies the application of freely available remote sensing data over the large spat...
GEMS/Water: A 50 year History
Source - UN Environment Programme - This document presents the mission, activities and achievements of GEMS/Water during its 50 years history, summarizing reports and studies published at international level and by institutions and scientists in participating countries. It also looks ahead to s...