Author: UNESCOPublisher: UNESCO
ISBN: 9231041096
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
The United Nations World Water Development Report – N° 3 - 2009 – Global Trends in Water-Related Disaster (an insight for policymakers)
Author: UNESCOPublisher: UNESCO
ISBN: 9231041096
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
The United Nations World Water Development Report – N° 3 - 2009 – Updating the international water events database
Author: De Stefano, LuciaPublisher: UNESCO
ISBN: 9231041207
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
The United Nations World Water Development Report 3
Author: World Water Assessment ProgrammePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136551603
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
The United Nations World Water Development Report, published every three years, is a comprehensive review providing an authoritative picture of the state of the world's freshwater resources. It offers best practices as well as in-depth theoretical analyses to help stimulate ideas and actions for better stewardship in the water sector. It is the only report of its kind, resulting from the collaboration and contributions of the 26 UN agencies, commissions, program, funds, secretariats and conventions that have a significant role in addressing global water concerns. The news media are full of talk of crises - in climate change, energy and food and troubled financial markets. These crises are linked to each other and to water resources management. Unresolved, they may lead to increasing political insecurity and conflict. Water is required to meet our fundamental needs and rising living standards and to sustain our planet‘s fragile ecosystems. Pressures on the resource come from a growing and mobile population, social and cultural change, economic development and technological change. Adding complexity and risk is climate change, with impacts on the resource as well as on the sources of pressure on water. The challenges, though substantial, are not insurmountable. The Report shows how some countries have responded. Progress in providing drinking water is heartening, with the Millennium Development Goal target on track in most regions. But other areas remain unaddressed, and after decades of inaction, the problems in water systems are enormous and will worsen if left unattended. Leaders in the water sector can inform decisions outside their domain and manage water resources to achieve agreed socioeconomic objectives and environmental integrity. Leaders in government, the private sector and civil society determine these objectives and allocate human and financial resources to meet them. Recognizing this responsibility, they must act now! Two volume set: 336
The United Nations World Water Development Report – N° 3 - 2009 – Climate Change, Water Vulnerability and Possible Remedies for the Middle East
Author: UNESCOPublisher: UNESCO
ISBN: 9231041061
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
The United Nations World Water Development Report – N° 3 - 2009 – Water and Climate Change (Citizen mobilization, a source of solutions )
Author: Fluet, Marie JoëllePublisher: UNESCO
ISBN: 9231041193
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 13
Book Description
The United Nations World Water Development Report – N° 3 - 2009 – Building a 2nd Generation of World Water Scenarios
Author: UNESCOPublisher: UNESCO
ISBN: 9231041150
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
The United Nations World Water Development Report – N° 3 - 2009 – Institutional Capacity Development in Transboundary Waters
Author: Vollmer, RuthPublisher: UNESCO
ISBN: 923104107X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
The United Nations World Water Development Report – N° 3 - 2009 – Freshwater and International Law (the Interplay between Universal, Regional and Basin Perspectives)
Author: Boisson de Chazournes LaurencePublisher: UNESCO
ISBN: 9231041363
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
The United Nations World Water Development Report – N° 3 - 2009 – Water Adaptation in National Adaptation Programmes for Action (Freshwater in Climate Adaptation Planning and Climate Adaptation in Freshwater Planning)
Author: The United Nations world water development report 2020
Author: UNESCO World Water Assessment ProgrammePublisher: UNESCO Publishing
ISBN: 9231003712
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
The 2020 edition of the WWDR, titled 'Water and Climate Change' illustrates the critical linkages between water and climate change in the context of the broader sustainable development agenda. Supported by examples from across the world, it describes both the challenges and opportunities created by climate change, and provides potential responses - in terms of adaptation, mitigation and improved resilience - that can be undertaken by enhancing water resources management, attenuating water-related risks, and improving access to water supply and sanitation services for all in a sustainable manner. It addresses the interrelations between water, people, environment and economics in a changing climate, demonstrating how climate change can be a positive catalyst for improved water management, governance and financing to achieve a sustainable and prosperous world for all. The report provides a fact-based, water-focused contribution to the knowledge base on climate change. It is complementary to existing scientific assessments and designed to support international political frameworks, with the goals of helping the water community tackle the challenges of climate change, and informing the climate change community about the opportunities that improved water management offers in terms of adaptation and mitigation.