Water

8% GDP loss by 2050 foreseen due to water crisis: Global Commission on the Economics of Water

Global Commission on the Economics of Water, Paris An international group of leaders and experts warns that unless humanity acts with greater boldness and urgency,

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UN: Bottled water masks world’s failure to supply safe water for all, can slow sustainable development

UNU-INWEH: UN University Institute for Water, Environment and Health), Hamilton, Canada The rapidly-growing bottled water industry can undermine progress towards a key sustainable development goal:

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Large dams’ capacity seen dropping 26% by 2050 due to sediment: UN

UNU Institute For Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada Trapped sediment has robbed roughly 50,000 large dams worldwide of an estimated 13% to 19% of

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The abundance of diverse “unconventional water sources”

UNU Institute for Water, Environment & Health, Hamilton, Canada Tapping a fraction can help meet fast-growing global freshwater needs UN and partner water experts say

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UN: 500 million live in 19 African nations deemed water insecure

United Nation University Institute for Water, Environment & Health 1st assessment of water security in Africa is based on 10 indicators Despite global Sustainable Development

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A Clean Ocean by 2030: United Nations Panel of Experts Charts the Most Direct Course

Clean Ocean Int’l Expert Group, New York Reducing marine debris by 50-90% and a globe circling, high-tech system of monitors are two essential aims among

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New UN Mapping Tool Reveals Global Floods Since 1985 to Aid Disaster Planning

United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada See also: “Popular Science Magazine: UN’s World Flood Mapping Tool is One of 2021’s

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Ageing dams pose growing threat: UN

United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada Increasingly expensive to maintain, experts foresee a trend to decommissioning dams By 2050, most

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Vast amounts of valuable energy, nutrients, water lost in world’s fast-rising wastewater streams

UN University – Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton Canada Enough energy to power all households in the USA and Mexico; enough nutrients to

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UN University compares technologies that remove arsenic from groundwater

UN University – Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton Canada At least 140 million people in 50 countries have been drinking water containing arsenic

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UN warns of rising levels of toxic brine as desalination plants meet growing water needs

UNU-INWEH, Hamilton Canada World’s ~16,000 desalination plants discharge 142 million cubic meters of brine daily — 50 percent more than previously estimated; Enough in a

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Canada in the global water world: A UN analysis of capabilities

UN University – Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada Several avenues to elevate Canada’s role on the global water stage are recommended Hamilton,

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Where the Water Is

UN University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton Canada (op-ed published by Project Syndicate)   Sustainable Development Goal 6 calls for universal access to clean water

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Scientists track fish migration using DNA in water samples

Rockefeller University, Program for the Human Environment, NY Naked DNA in water tells if fish have arrived Scientists demonstrate harmless, economical new way to log

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Exploring vast ‘submerged America,’ marine scientists discover 500 bubbling methane vents

Nat’l Ocean Exploration Forum – New York 19 Oct 2016 Mysterious purple orb — likened to a disco ball — may prove to be a new-to-science

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Experts warn booming seaweed industry

United Nations University – Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada Beyond sushi wrap: Expanding number of valuable uses drives astonishing growth of seaweed

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Powerful new global arena needed to confront coming water challenges, elite UN board warns

UN S-G’s Advisory Board, Water & Sanitation 18 Nov 2015 Blunt valedictory report from Secretary-General’s water and sanitation advisory board suggests routes to next generation world water

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Vast energy value in human waste

United Nations University – Institute for Water, Environment and Health — Hamilton, Canada 3 Nov 2015 Safe, systematic collection of human waste in low-resource countries

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Water problem hotspots demand effective new approaches to international cooperation

UN University – INWEH, Hamilton 1 Oct 2015   Importance of water cooperation grows as climate changes advance; Tajikistan Foreign Minister honored for water-related leadership

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World loses trillions of dollars worth of nature’s benefits each year due to land degradation

UN University – INWEH, Hamilton, Canada 15-SEP-2015 To better inform the tradeoffs involved in land use choices around the world, experts have assessed the value

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Achieve international water goals to preempt looming conflicts born of desperation: UN

United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton CANADA 22-FEB-2015 Corruption, siphoning 30 percent of water sector funding, must end for world development

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Vulnerability to dengue virus: UN University publishes 1st global maps

UN University INWEH (Institute for Water, Environment & Health ), Hamilton CANADA 23-DEC-2014 Large Parts Of Europe, South America Face Rising Vulnerability The first-ever maps of

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