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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
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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Climate change causing reduced crop yields in India, heatwaves globally: UN
21 April 2023
The WMO's annual State of the Global Climate report, which tracks climate indicators and impacts, cited a record high for ocean heat content in 2022.
Agriculture and food system
20 April 2023
Agriculture, fisheries and the food system are also key drivers of biodiversity and habitat loss through land conversion, soil degradation, overfishing, water abstraction, and chemical and nutrient pollution.
Wheat blast: A fungus that spread to three continents can threaten food security globally
18 April 2023
Wheat crops around the world are susceptible to the fungus, the researchers warned in the study. The pathogen is also resistant to fungicides. The biggest concern is that this fungus has the potential to affect not only wheat but also other major food crops.
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Six ways to lower your carbon emissions quickly
22 April 2023
Tackling climate change on a global level is an immense challenge – but some small, easy actions are accessible to most people.
Human, economic, environmental toll of climate change on the rise: WMO
21 April 2023
The relentless advance of climate change brought more drought, flooding and heatwaves to communities around the world last year, compounding threats to people’s lives and livelihoods, the UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Friday.
‘We are moving in the wrong direction’: New UN report highlights the scale of global climate change
21 April 2023
In the State of the Global Climate 2022 report released ahead of Earth Day, the UN agency highlighted the concerning trends marking the progression of climate change.
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Report: Climate change sets new drought, flood, and heatwave records
21 April 2023
A new report by the World Meteorological Organization finds many records linked to climate change were broken last year—none of them good.
El Niño is forecast to return in 2023 and it could set a new temperature record
20 April 2023
After three years of the La Niña weather pattern, Australia's Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) analysis suggests that sea surface temperatures will cross the El Niño threshold by August.
Northeastern Spain on the verge of 'drought emergency', Catalonia limits water use
19 April 2023
The 7.7 million people who live in Catalonia, which is in the northeast of Spain, are dealing with the repercussions of a 32-month drought.
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In South Sudan, a new front line of climate change after historic flooding
19 April 2023
The country, home to one of the world's largest swamp lands, and its people would move with the seasons.
Cyclone damage shows New Zealand’s beekeepers are unprepared for climate change
21 April 2023
The storm came just a fortnight after record floods in Auckland, and followed declarations from insurers that 2022 had been the most costly on record for climate-related weather claims in New Zealand, a country that has 15,000km of coastline and is vulnerable to rising and heating seas.
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A threat to global food security
21 April 2023
In Argentina, for example, the drought led to a declaration of a state of emergency and agricultural disaster in 33 municipalities of the province of Buenos Aires in December 2022.
West Africa and Sahel: Food insecurity, malnutrition, set to reach 10-year high
18 April 2023
Food insecurity and malnutrition in West and Central Africa are on track to reach a 10-year high by June as the crisis expands to coastal countries, UN agencies warned on Tuesday, citing latest data.
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Strengthening water and irrigation management project launched in Tajikistan
20 April 2023
Investments in irrigation and water management infrastructure will include rehabilitating and modernizing canals, pump stations, and water distribution and measurement systems.
This innovative model links corporations with farmers to improve water security in Latin America
18 April 2023
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6), which aims to achieve global water security, has been the focus of global events this year, including the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting in Davos and the UN Water Conference.
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Imminent risk of a global water crisis, warns the UN World Water Development Report 2023
20 April 2023
Globally, 2 billion people (26% of the population) do not have safe drinking water and 3.6 billion (46%) lack access to safely managed sanitation, according to the report, published by UNESCO.
Billions still lack access to safe drinking water – this is a global human rights catastrophe
19 April 2023
Climate change and related droughts, hurricanes, floods and other extreme weather events are making it harder to access water for human consumption.
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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
Gerald Lacey Lecture 2023 - Theme: Using the SDGs to Improve the Design Performance of Water Projects Contact : Mr. Ian Tod, Chair IWF, The Irrigation and Water Forum; British National Committee of the, International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage ( IWF/ICID .UK ) C/o The Institution of Civil Engineers, One Great George Street, Westminster, London SW1P 3AA. Email:iantod@icloud.com; https://www.ice.org.uk/events/latest-events/gerald-lacey-lecture-2023
International Agriculture Innovation Conference (IAIC) is an annual conference that has been running since 2016 organized by International Association for Agricultural Sustainability (IAAS). The IAIC conferences are devoted to presenting and examining various issues that are related to current problems seen in agriculture. The 8th IAIC 2023 will take place on 1-2 August, 2023. The conference will be held under the theme of “Agro-industrialization and Sustainability” and specially address the key themes on “Vertical Farming”, “Forest-Industrialization” and “Regenerative Agriculture”. https://iaic.iaas.org.sg/
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/
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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