UN-World Bank panel calls for ‘fundamental shift’ in water management
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Child drinks water from a water-pipe. (file)
AGRICULTURE
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CLIMATE CHANGE
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- Global Energy transition must accelerate to thwart climate change
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- Belarus builds forest resilience to climate change with World Bank support
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DROUGHTS
- Droughts leave kids too short, too thin in various districts of Karnataka: UNICEF
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- Scientists use ancient trees and climate models to understand past and future drought in Mongolia
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FLOODS
- 15 killed in Kenya floods, scores of families displaced
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FOOD SECURITY
- US extends P100-m aid to boost food security
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- China’s top food company goes global to feed 1.4 bln at home
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IRRIGATION
- Pipes to replace canal system for irrigation: India
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WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
- UN-World Bank panel calls for ‘fundamental shift’ in water management
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- 19 cities in world rely on precipitation for water supply: Study
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LATEST PUBLICATION(S)
- Water Saving in Irrigated Agriculture in Egypt: Case Studies and Lessons Learned, November 2017
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