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Water is at the crux of several development challenges, from health impacts related to poor sanitation and drinking water, to food and energy shortages caused by poor water management. We’ve also heard...
View ArticleLessons Learned from Water Cooperation in the Nile Basin
This year’s World Water Day (March 22) focuses on cooperation around water, so it’s a good time to reflect on lessons that those of us working on cooperation in international waters can learn from the...
View ArticleFor Water and non-Water Wonks: A World Water Day 2013 (not comprehensive)...
Given that World Water Day, March 22, is not even underway in a large part of the world, at the time of this writing, the amount of World Water Day coverage is no small thing. Here is how World Water...
View ArticleNew Ways to Measure Heat on Earth's Surface Could Revolutionize Agricultural...
Yesterday, on the eve of World Water Day, NASA and the United States Geological Survey released the first images from the thermal imaging band of its latest launch of the LANDSAT satellite. The...
View ArticleWater Cooperation at the National Level: The Case of Kenya
Dr. Robert Kibugi is a Legal/Institutional Expert for Ministry of Water and Irrigation in Kenya and a lecturer at the Centre for Advanced Studies in Environmental Law and Policy (CASELAP), University...
View ArticleCirque Du Soleil: Protecting the Long, Quiet River
Guy Laliberté is the Founder of Cirque du Soleil and the President of One Drop, a non-profit striving to ensure that water is accessible to all. One Drop is one of the many innovative organizations the...
View ArticleInnovation and Partnership Lie at the Heart of Cooperation in Water
The world commemorated World Water Day on March 22 with events around the globe focusing on ways to make international cooperation happen in the water. Events held in celebration of the Day covered all...
View ArticleAhead of World Water Day: Let’s Talk about … Energy?
For the last six years, a power plant in San Luis Potosi, Mexico has bought water from a nearby wastewater treatment plant to use in its cooling towers (instead of using freshwater). This operation,...
View ArticleIn Photos: Why Talk about Energy on World Water Day?
The theme of this year’s #worldwaterday focuses on water and energy. And for good reasons.
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