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A Roundtable Meeting on Financing Agricultural Water, hosted by the UN-FAO and the OECD, will be held on 27 – 28 January 2021.
Click the link below to register:
https://meetoecd1.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0rdOGgrjgqG9Yec1iOq0zsV4wE979QQgm5
International Journal on Irrigation and Drainage Online Issue 69.5, December 2020 published.
Click for direct access
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1531-0361
'Water Heritage for Climate Adaptation' during the Climate Adaptation Summit on 25th and 26th of January 2021 can be watched free online on the website of the Climate Adaptation Summit:
https://www.cas2021.com/
ICID's Important Events Rescheduled
Due to prevailing Covid-19 conditions worldwide, in consultation with the host National Committees and the Central office, the Management Board decided to reschedule ICID's upcoming events as follows.
72nd IEC Meeting and 5th African Regional Conference (AFRC): The 72nd IEC meeting and 5th African Regional Conference (AFRC) will be held during 22-29 September 2021 in Marrakesh, Morroco. Young Professional's Training Program (YP-TP) will be held along with the 5th African Regional Conference. Exact dates and further details will be announced as and when available.
73rd IEC Meeting and 24th ICID Congress: 73rd IEC meeting and 24th ICID Congress will be held from 30 May to 6 June 2022 in Adelaide, Australia, hosted by Irrigation Australia Ltd., & Irrigation Australia's Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (IACID). For more information, please contact Mr. Bryan Ward, Chief Executive Officer, Irrigation Australia Limited (IAL) (Incorporating IACID); Email: bryan.ward@irrigation.org.au, info@irrigation.org.au, http://www.irrigationaustralia.com.au/
74th IEC Meeting and 4th World Irrigation Forum (WIF4): 74th IEC Meeting and 4th World Irrigation Forum (WIF4) will be held during 16-22 April 2023 in Beijing China.
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75th IEC Meeting and 25th ICID Congress
75th IEC Meeting and 25th ICID Congress will be held in November 2023, Visakhapatnam (Vizag), Andhra Pradesh State, India
10th International Micro Irrigation Conference (10MIC):10th International Micro Irrigation Conference (10MIC) will be held in September 2022 in Agadir, Morocco, as a stand-alone event. Final Dates to be announced later.
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Climate change will cause a shift in earth's tropical rain belt threatening water and food supply for billions - study
24 January 2021
Madagascar is already seeing the devastating impacts of continuous drought. Half of the region's population has been impacted by several years of drought - UN.
Half of those surveyed are unaware of the link between climate change and diseases like COVID-19
20 January 2021 Measures such as improved surveillance of infectious diseases in wildlife and humans, and greater protection of the natural environment, could help reduce the risk of future outbreaks.
Climate change will be sudden and cataclysmic & we need to act fast 19 January 2021 The potential collapse of the West Antarctic ice sheet is seen as a key tipping point, as its loss could eventually raise the global sea levels by 3.3 meters with important regional variations.
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Extreme droughts may hit twice as many people by century's end
20 January 2021 They predict a large reduction in natural land water storage in two-thirds of the world, caused by climate change will exacerbate the issue.
UN seeks $76 mn in emergency aid for Madagascar, hit by 'worst drought in a decade'
20 January 2021 The assistance would help improve food security for 1.1 million people, provide water access for over 400,000 people, and give nutritional support to 300,000 children under the age of five.
The ongoing collapse of the world's aquifers
19 January 2021 As the growing human population and more intense droughts brought on by climate change are putting ever more stress on water supplies.
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Cyclone Eloise brings floods to Mozambique's second city Beira 24 January 2021 Parts of central Mozambique have been flooded after Cyclone Eloise struck near the port city of Beira with wind speeds of up to 160km/h.
More than 260 airports at risk of getting submerged due to sea-level rise, coastal flooding:
study
22 January 2021 Sea level rise is fueled by ocean warming and higher atmospheric temperatures that cause ocean water to expand and glaciers and ice sheets to melt, according to NOAA.
NJ municipalities warned they will need to take a bigger role in climate planning 22 January 2021 Municipalities need to start planning their budgets to include set-aside stores for future climate-change needs.
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Asia and the Pacific regional overview of food security and nutrition 2020 20 January 2021 UN agencies warn the economic impact of COVID-19 and worsening inequalities will fuel malnutrition for billions in Asia and the Pacific.
Research finds that multinational land deals harm local food security
19 January 2021 Following a global food crisis during the early 2000s, foreign investors purchased more than 220 million acres of land in middle-income and developing countries, according to the study.
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Malawi: world bank rejects Lilongwe-Salima drinking water projects
22 January 2021 World bank concern about the feasibility of this project whose objective is to reduce water shortages in Lilongwe.
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Coastal reservoirs – A paradigm shift in the development of water resources
19 January 2021
Agriculture is also facing a grave situation in spite of the availability of several water supply sources such as surface storage reservoirs and river systems.
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IUCN World Conservation Congress Conference
IUCN World Conservation Congress Conference schedule 3 – 11 September 2021 in Marseille, France
The fifth session of the UN Environment Assembly
The fifth session of the UNEA schedule 22 -26 February 2021, Nairobi, Kenya
Hellenic Open University presents meeting on Sustainable Waste Technology Management
Patras Greece, March 2021
2022 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 28)
The 28th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 28) to the UNFCCC is expected to take place from 7-18 November 2022, at a location to be determined.
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Increasing the benefits and sustainability of irrigation through the integration of fisheries
FAO, WorldFish, and IWMI
This guide jointly published by FAO, the International Water Management Institute, and WorldFish, focuses on how to sustainably optimize and broaden the range of benefits from irrigation development - not only economic but also social and environmental benefits. http://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/cb2025en
Status of environmental surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 virus
World Health Organisation
Environmental surveillance by testing of wastewater for evidence of pathogens has a long history of use in public health, particularly for poliovirus1 and more recently antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Engineers use electricity to clean up toxic water
The powerful electrochemical process destroys water contaminants, such as pesticides. Wastewater is a significant environmental issue. Researchers say the technology could be readily applied to the wine industry, paper processing, and pharmaceutical manufacturing.
New series of FAO & UN
Policy and Field Guides to improve water productivity in small scale agriculture
The case of Burkina Faso, Morocco & Uganda
UN World Water Development Report
Water & Climate Change
The 2020 edition of the United Nations World Water Development Report (UN WWDR 2020) entitled ‘Water and Climate Change’ aims at helping the water community to 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.
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