The Un-Water workplan for the 2008-2009 period is now available online. Established in 2003, UN-Water is an entity composed of the
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The latest IPCC Technical Paper on Climate Change and Water will be presented at World Water Week, scheduled to take place from 17-23 August 2008, in Stockholm, Sweden.

The Co-operative Programme on Water and Climate, the German Federal Ministry of Environmental Cooperation and Development, the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, the Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, the Stockholm International Water Institute and other participating organizations will organize a two-day Water more...

The European Project on Ocean Acidification (EPOCA) was launched on 10 June 2008. This EU research project is a consortium of over 100 scientists from 27 organizations in nine countries to address ocean acidification. Its goal is to document ocean acidification, investigate its impact on biological processes, predict its consequences for the next 100 years, and advise policy-makers on potential thresholds or tipping points that should not be exceeded.

The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commi more...

Properly addressing these dimensions of water is a complex challenge. By 2030, the world economy is projected to double and the world population to increase by one-third – another two billion people. To feed them, crop production will need to increase by 50%. Growing pressures from agriculture, energy production and industries are imperilling our water resources. We see pollution, misallocation among different competing uses of water, and too many people without safe drinking water.

The World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Director-General, Pascal Lamy, addressed the High-Level Conference on World Food Security, which met in Rome, Italy, from 3-5 June 2006, where he highlighted climate change’s impacts on agriculture, including the potentially greater scarcity of water, and called attention to the water-saving potential of international trade, by preventing the unnecessary growth of agriculture in countries without access to sufficient water resources.

Lamy emphasized th more...

This case study emphasizes that, despite uncertainties around quantitative assessments of climate change impact and water resource management, climate change will have an effect on water resources. Focusing on the economic consequences of water resource scarcity on poor and small municipalities, the study aims to assist municipal planners to develop appropriate strategies to ensure the sustainability and affordability of long term water supplies

This technical report presents the result of five years of monitoring of sea turtles in Gabon by the NGO Ibonga-ACPE in collaboration with WWF and his partners. After presenting the geographical context, the report describes the different conservation activities, provides the final results and analyzes them to end with suggestions for future activities

Against a continuing background of diminishing and over–exploited marine resources, aquaculture has been widely held up as a panacea to the problem of providing a growing world population with ever-increasing amounts of fish for consumption. With the expansion of the industry,however, the tendency has been for methods of production to intensify, particularly in the production of carnivorous species. This has resulted in many serious impacts on the environment and human rights abuses. This repo more...

The BioEnergy List is an extensive blog that provides links to equipment, resources, discussions, evaluation, and organizations promoting carbon neutral fuels. It contains links to many case studies in developing countries funded by major donors and NGOs to support the use of biomass fuels, including this link to energy-efficient stoves for burning biofuels instead of petroleum.

The nations of the OECD—the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, who account for 56% of the planet’s energy consumption, are desperately in need of a liquid fuel replacement for oil. Worldwide petroleum extraction rates are expected to peak this year, and global supply will likely dwindle significantly in the next fifty years. There is also a great need to find substitutes for fossil fuels, which are one of the major contributors to global climate change through the emissio more...