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15 Feb 2022 EDINBURGH, United Kingdom
The Road To New York 2023
The 9th World Water Forum in Dakar 21-26 March and the Dushanbe Water Process 6-9 June 2022 will set the stage for the major UN Conference on water to be held in New York in 2023. It will be the first since Mar del Plata in 1977.
14 Feb 2022 ROME, Italy
Drought Threatens Millions In Horn Of Africa
Twelve to 14 million people affected; mounting livestock losses; donor community has committed only 2 percent of requirements.
11 Feb 2022 EDINBURGH, United Kingdom
Diplomacy Talks -- Trends In Food Security During Climate Change
Diplomacy Talks and The water Diplomat Voices are a series of guest columns written by participants in different parts of the international water community.
Dr. Renee Martin-Nagle, special correspondent to The water Diplomat, highlights facts about agricultural production and how it might change given evidence of climate change.
Martin-Nagle is a globally recognized water expert and consultant focusing on surface water, groundwater, unconventional water resources, contaminants, climate change, and oceans. She currently has several affiliations: Treasurer of the International Water Resources Association; President and CEO of A Ripple Effect; Special Counsel at Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC; Visiting Scholar at the Environmental Law Institute; Secretary and Chair of the Governance Committee of the Mount Aloysius College Board of Trustees, and Member of the Ebensburg Municipal (water) Authority. She is also an Expert Reviewer of the UN IPCC Sixth Assessment Report.
11 Feb 2022 LONDON, United Kingdom
Legal Challenge To Utility Immunity
The English Appeals court has permitted Manchester Shipping Canal Limited to pursue its claim against United Utilities' right to discharge untreated storm water. Environmental Law Foundation and the Good Law Project have intervened in support of the decision.
10 Feb 2022 BRUSSELS, Belgium
EU Commission Establishes Drinking Water "Watch List"
New "watch list" is further development of Drinking Water Directive of 2021 and aims to ensure safe tap water is available in all EU countries. Additional benefit is to reduce reliance on bottled water.
10 Feb 2022 ROME, Italy
FAO Report: State Of Worlds' Land And Water Resources
Current agricultural practices are neither sustainable nor appropriate for today’s farming challenges and failure to apply technological developments could result in failure to provide food for an estimated additional two billion people by 2050.
2 Feb 2022 EDINBURGH, United Kingdom
Trillion Ton Iceberg Melts: Impacts Unpredictable
Scientists closely observe melting of A68a as it breaks off Larsen-C Ice Shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula and travels towards Argentina. Fears for flora and fauna unrealized.
16 Jan 2022 STOCKHOLM, Sweden
Toxic Forever Chemicals “Boomerang” From Ocean To Shore
Crashing ocean waves found to emit “forever chemicals” into the air. New evidence that sea spray aerosol can be an important source of PFAS in the atmosphere.
15 Jan 2022 STOCKHOLM, Sweden
Mind The Gap: Women Underrepresentd In Water Resources Management
New report from GWP concludes that, although gender has been integrated into policymaking in several countries, there is still a wide gap between policy and practice, and a long way to go before gender equality is achieved in water resources management.
7 Jan 2022 COPENHAGEN, Denmark
Excessive Levels Of Pesticides Found In European Waters
European Environment Agency’s (EEA) new indicator aims to track Europe’s progress in reducing pesticides in waters. Excessive levels of pesticides in large share of freshwater bodies.
6 Jan 2022 LONDON, United Kingdom
Rio Tinto Expands Lithium Production
Metals and mining giant adds assets to its lithium portfolio in anticipation of rising demand for lithium used in EV production.
5 Dec 2021 GLASGOW, United Kingdom
Also Available Here: COP26 Special Issue, The Water Diplomat (5 November)
Water-Related news from the Glasgow climate conference (a Special Issue of The Water Diplomat, 5 November, 202/