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ICID FORTHCOMING EVENTS
25th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage & 74th IEC Meeting with Theme:- Tackling Water Scarcity in Agriculture, will be held during 1 - 8 November 2023, Visakhapatnam (Vizag), Andhra Pradesh, India. https://icid25congress.in/index.html
14th International Drainage Workshop, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 23-25 May 2024. Contact:
Gbahrom_75@mal.ru
1st Middle East Regional Conference, 26-28 February 2024, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Contact: Saudi Arabian National Committee of ICID, Email: a.almajed@sio.gov.sa, ma.alomair@sio.gov.sa
76th International Executive Council Meeting and 4th World Irrigation Forum (WIF4), 7-13, September 2025, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Contact: mancidmalaysia@gmail.com
26th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage and 77th International Executive Council Meeting, 12 - 18 October 2026 - Marseille, France. Contact: sami.bouarfa@inrae.fr
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
Call for papers for 25th International Congress - The 25th International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage and the 74th International Executive Council meeting is being organized by the Indian National Committee of ICID (INCID) on the theme ‘Tackling Water Scarcity in Agriculture’ from 01-08 November 2023 in Vishakhapatnam (Vizag), Andhra Pradesh, India. For complete information please click the link:
INVITATION TO JOIN ICID MEMBERSHIP
International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID), established in 1950 is the leading scientific, technical and professional international organization, which focuses on irrigation, drainage, and flood management. Click the link for more information:
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Afghanistan: Amid intense drought, Afghan farmers in fear drop in crop yield
9 April 2023
Kabul: With a severe drought ravaging large parts of Afghanistan, farmers in several districts have expressed concerns over the drought and the low yield of their crops.
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These refill innovations are stemming the flood of single-use plastics
7 April 2023
Currently, the world produces 400 million tonnes of plastic every year, a figure that is forecast to reach 1.1 billion tonnes by 2050, according to the UN Environment Programme.
Singapore climate actions a guide for Asia, says former World Bank economist
6 April 2023
For Asia as a whole, the region must make rapid and dramatic changes to policies and investments to green its economies and tackle growing threats from climate change.
In Maps: What the future holds for our warming world
6 April 2023
Climate change will affect up to one-third of the world’s population, but the impact will not be equal across countries.
Climate change mitigation: reducing emissions
4 April 2023
Mitigating climate change means reducing the flow of heat-trapping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. This involves cutting greenhouse gases from main sources such as power plants, factories, cars, and farms.
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March 2023 was world’s second hottest on record, antarctica sea ice reached second-lowest extent: Report
7 April 2023
The report outlined that Antarctic sea ice extent was at its second lowest point ever, drooping to 28% below March's average.
Famine creeps in southern Ethiopia as worst drought in decades set to continue
6 April 2023
In Somalia, which has been hit the hardest, an estimated 43,000 people died because of the drought last year, researchers said last month.
El Niño is forecast to return in 2023. Here’s what it means for extreme weather and global warming
4 April 2023
El Niño pushes warm water in the Pacific Ocean eastwards, causing the Pacific jet stream to move south of its neutral position.
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World bank approves $150 million grant to help Chad reduce flood risk
6 April 2023
The World Bank said in a statement that flooding in the capital demonstrated the need for investment in protective infrastructure, improved urban drainage systems and emergency response.
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How to mitigate the effects of climate change on global food security
6 April 2023
Rising temperatures are negatively impacting food supplies through extreme weather events, natural disasters, economic and social disruption.
Scientists claim this diet is the best for supporting biodiversity and food security
5 April 2023
The global population is forecast to rise to 10.9 billion by the end of the century. As such, food production must increase by almost 50 per cent to meet supply demands, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates.
EU grant supports Egypt’s food security
4 April 2023
This funding for Egypt, the third-largest nation in Africa with about 109 million people, comes within the framework of the “EU-KAFI Contribution Agreement Under the EU Food Facility” program, funded by a grant of 100 million euros.
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Making China’s water data accessible, usable and shareable
6 April 2023
Water has been central to the development of China’s ancient civilization and to its contemporary development and industrialization, and will shape its path to an ecological civilization—an aspirational, more sustainable mode of human interaction with the environment.
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From abundance to scarcity: The changing value of water
10 April 2023
Two-thirds of the world’s population may experience water shortages by 2025, with severe ramifications for agriculture, energy production, and human health, according to a report by the World Wildlife Fund.
World Water Day: the role of youth
7 April 2023
On the occasion of the World Water Day 2023, UNESCO Campus focused on the importance of preserving freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources.
Talking population at the UN Water Conference
4 April 2023
Two billion people still lack safe drinking water in 2023 and half of medical facilities in the Least Developed Countries worldwide lack clean water for hygiene. 2.3 billion people live in “water-stressed” countries, where supply cannot always meet demand. 733 million live in high and critically water-stressed countries.
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3rd International Baghdad Water Conference on Theme - Water Scarcity, the Marshes of Mesopotamia, and the Shatt Al-Arab Environment is Everyone's Responsibility; Royal Tulip Al-Rasheed Hotel, Iraq; 6 - 7, May 2023. https://icid-ciid.org/event/detail/17
XVIII World Water Congress on Theme "Water for All: Harmony between Humans and Nature", hosted by International Water Resources Associations (IWRA) and Ministry of the Water Resources of the People's Republic of China, at Beijing, China, 11 - 15 September, 2023.
Climate and Energy Summit: Building a Grand Coalition to Keep 1.5 ºC Within Reach - Organiser - International Energy Agency (IEA); 02 Oct 2023; Madrid, Spain
Cairo Water Week 2023 - The sixth edition of the Cairo Water Week 2023, will take place from 29th October to 2nd November 2023 in Cairo Egypt. This year the theme of the conference is "Action on Water Adaptation for Sustainability". https://www.cairowaterweek.eg/cww2023/
Preparatory meeting for the United Nations Conference
Preparatory meeting for the United Nations Conference on the Midterm Comprehensive Review of the Implementation of the Objectives of the International Decade for Action "Water for Sustainable Development", 2018–2028." https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1z/k1zx4ipa4x
40th International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR), Vienna-Austria, 21 - 25th August 2023, Theme - Rivers Connecting Mountains & Coasts
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