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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
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, https://www.sio.gov.sa/EN
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
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EU sets out first-ever soil law to protect food security and slow global heating
6 July 2023
The European Commission has proposed the continent’s first soil law, intended to undo some of the damage done by intensive farming and mitigate global heating.
Improving soil could keep world within 1.5C heating target, research suggests
4 July 2023
Farming techniques that improve long-term fertility and yields can also help to store more carbon in soils.
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What makes South Asia so vulnerable to climate change?
8 July 2023
Some 750 million people in South Asia have been affected by at least one natural disaster, according to data compiled by the Washington-based World Bank.
Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture expected to increase by 7.5 pc in next decade
8 July 2023
The Outlook projects declining greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in North America and rising emissions in sub-Saharan Africa as crop and livestock production rises, underscoring the importance of transformative investments in the region’s agrifood systems.
UN says climate change ‘out of control’ after likely hottest week on record
7 July 2023
Various parts of the world have been experiencing heatwaves and on Thursday the EU’s climate monitoring service said the world had experienced its hottest June on record last month.
Spain is getting ‘hotter, drier and more flammable’ due to climate change, Greenpeace warns
6 July 2023
Spain is expected to reach 2℃ of warming within the next 20 years unless immediate and severe cuts are made to global greenhouse gas emissions. In the worst-case emissions scenario, this warming could reach 4℃ by the end of the 21st century.
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Heatwaves: Why this summer has been so hot
9 July 2023
That marine heatwave has been particularly pronounced around the coasts of the UK, where some areas have experienced temperatures as much as 5C above what you would normally expect for this time of year.
Spain is getting ‘hotter, drier and more flammable’ due to climate change, Greenpeace warns
6 July 2023
For every degree of global warming, Spain sees 1.5℃, according to the report. The effect is even more pronounced in inland areas of the country.
Will El Niño on top of global heating create the perfect climate storm?
3 July 2023
The El Niño climate pattern emerges when normal easterly winds weaken and warm water spreads across the whole Pacific.
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India floods: monsoon rains leave 22 dead in north as New Delhi sees wettest July day in decades
10 July 2023
The summer monsoon brings South Asia 70-80% of its annual rainfall, as well as death and destruction due to flooding and landslides.
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Developing a global nitrous oxide reduction policy for a food-secure future
7 July 2023
There are a number of opportunities for N2O reduction that could bring multiple climate, ozone, environmental, and economic benefits.
Why restoring nature is good for farmers, fisheries and food security
6 July 2023
In Europe, for instance, soil erosion affects 12 million hectares of land about 7 per cent of all farmland and costs farmers 1.25 billion euros annually in lost productivity, according to European Union data.
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Over 50% of world population to face water shortages by 2050: FAO urges countries to prepare for it
7 July 2023
Three billion people living in agricultural areas already experience high or very high levels of water scarcity. About 57 per cent of the global population would face water shortages by 2050 for at least a month every year, FAO highlighted during its 43rd session of Mnisterial Conference.
Managing rivers as systems to maintain irrigation and other benefits
29 June 2023
Accounting for approximately 40% of the world’s food production, irrigated cropland is essential to global food security.
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IAEA isotope hydrology symposium spotlights water resource solutions for climate change
6 July 2023
More than 300 participants from 90 countries are attending this week’s symposium from 3 – 7 July 2023, to review the state-of-the-science, practical applications, and research trends and needs in isotope hydrology.
UN-Water offers blueprint for accelerated action on water and sanitation
5 July 2023
The report draws on the five SDG 6 accelerators of the Global Acceleration Framework (GAF), launched by UN-Water in 2020, in identifying “blueprints for how to gain momentum for SDG 6 progress and implementation of the Water Action Agenda.”
Decades of less rainfall have cut replenishing of groundwater to 800-year low in WA
5 July 2023
In a world-first study, we have used caves to show the decades-long decline in rainfall in south-west Australia has reduced the replenishment of groundwater in the region to an 800-year low.
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8th 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 “Agro-industrialization and Sustainability” and especially 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 1.5ºC 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/
International Workshop on Sustainability of Agricultural Water Management and Digitalizing, Theme - Sustainability of Agricultural Water Management and Digitalizing as part of the 50th Anniversary of Dicle University - Diyarbakır City, Turkey; Oct 02, 2023 - Oct 06, 2023 http://www.dicle.edu.tr/
40th International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR), Vienna-Austria, 21 - 25th August 2023, Theme - "Rivers Connecting Mountains & Coasts"
Responsible Water Management and Circular Economy, Mar 03, 2024 - Mar 06, 2024, Email : info@rwc.iitr.ac.in https://www.iitr.ac.in/rwc/
AFRICA 2023 - WATER STORAGE AND HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT FOR AFRICA
The objective of the regional conferences for AFRICA, co-hosted by Aqua~Media International and ICOLD, in collaboration with the governments of Uganda, is to bring together a group of experts from all parts of the world to focus on issues of specific interest for Africa, in the field of water storage and hydropower development. https://www.hydropower-dams.com/africa-2023/ |
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ICID e-Bulletin is a weekly compilation of news items on ICID-related issues in the domain of Agriculture, Climate Change, Droughts, Floods, Food Security, Irrigation, and Water Resources Management that might be of interest to the ICID fraternity. The information contained in the BULLETIN does not purport to be exhaustive and is taken ''as it is'' from external sources and is freely available on the internet. No evaluation on the part of the ICID Central Office is being made in terms of the authenticity of the information that it may contain. ICID Central Office makes no guarantee, either express or implied, as to the accuracy of the information published. Your valuable feedback on the usefulness of the bulletin is solicited at icid@icid.org.
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