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New publication: Water rights in a changing world
03/11/11 07:29
The landscape of rights of access and management of water resources is changing rapidly, both for hydrological and political reasons. The UN has recently weighed into this debate, and this blog and many other sources have documented the shifts that are occurring in terms of water timing, quality, and quantity. The intersection of this debate is extremely sensitive — and basically agua incognita. A new publication from Hydrology.nl explores these issues in a compelling way. Read More...
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African freshwaters: emerging threats and challenges
09/06/11 11:28
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UK infrastructure and climate change report
18/05/11 08:21
This series of reports is just out from the UK government. I believe it highlights well where the global emerging issues are around adaptation and development strategies: infrastructure design, operations, and management. The US government’s executive branch is moving rapidly in this direction as well, right behind the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, and now the UK. China and South Africa are beginning to move in this direction. India and Brazil are a bit farther behind. The environmental community should care because most of the landscapes we care about – at least terrestrial and freshwater landscapes – are usually caught in a web of existing or planned infrastructure, most of which will last decades to centuries. In the view of this blog, infrastructure (especially water infrastructure) is the key battleground for conservation and sustainable development for this century, and how we engage with that debate and process will determine how both humans and ecosystems respond to climate change and synergies between climate and other forces over the long haul. —JHM
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Guest blog: Freshwater book award
11/05/11 12:21
Dr. Ian Harrison is Freshwater Species Assessment and Program Fundraising Manager at Conservation International. A book he co-authored on freshwater ecosystems was recently awarded a major book prize. Read More...
Flowing Forward: Managing infrastructure in a shifting climate
08/09/10 03:44
The impacts of climate change are most visible in the dramatic changes occurring to the planet’s freshwater resources, says a new report written by WWF for the World Bank. The report, Flowing Forward and available at FlowingForward.org, finds both “visible” water such as rivers, lakes, precipitation, glaciers and snowpack, and water used for crops and livestock, health and sanitation services, hydroelectric and nuclear power as well as manufacturing and business are heavily influenced by climate change.
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The Future of Climate-Water Talk: WWW's Conclusions
21/12/09 18:59
World Water Week has come up several times here. Every August, the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) hosts what is probably the most important water event of the year — certainly one that’s more fun and focused than World Water Week, which is ridiculously large. This week, SIWI has just pubbed their year-end review of World Water Week’s “results,” compiled by the rapporteur teams for each subject area. For 2009, I was the one of six rapporteurs for the 
climate change theme, which felt like a great honor to me. Our part of the report has what I think are some interesting implications for the state of the water and climate change policy dialog internationally. Which might be an encouraging contrast to the more disappointing news from Copenhagen. Some highlights:
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