OECD-Principles-on-Water-Governance-brochure. "The Economics of Climate and Water" Video Series. 13/05/15 Filed in: Video Series In May 2014 Kathleen Dominique of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) was interviewed at length by the Secretariat Coordinator of AGWA, John Matthews.
During this discussion, the two of them examined the role of economics in climate adaptation. Here are a couple of the installments. To view more of these brief videos in the series, click "Read More" below. The interview has been broken up into a number of topics covering everything from an economic paradigm shift all the way to the social aspects of economic analysis as well as the role of economics in the past, present, and future with regards to climate change. If you'd like to learn more about OECD and the work they are doing in water resources management or climate adaptation, check out these two publications: GWP/INBO Handbooks - PUBLICATIONS - TOOLBOX - Root. Seaweed cultivation project promises higher yields - Eco-innovation Action Plan. AT~SEA Duration: April 2012-July 2015 Partners: Sioen Industries (Belgium), Bexco (Belgium), Centre Scientifique & Technique de l'Industrie Textile Belge (Belgium), Devan-Micropolis (Portugal), Eurofilet (Morocco), Hortimare (Netherlands), Norsk Marinteknisk Forskningsinstitutt (Norway), Oceanfuel (Ireland), Scottish Association for Marine Science (United Kingdom), Stichting Energieonderzoek Centrum (Netherlands), Tecnologia Redera (Spain).
Budget: €4,661,996 (EU contribution €3,399,793) Further information: Seaweed cultivation could soon be scaled up however, thanks to a Belgian company which has experimented with textile sheets that can be seeded and stretched across frames and used for seaweed cultivation. Similar to rope-based cultivation, the seaweed attaches to the sheets and grows quickly. The sheets are treated with bio-based coatings that can provide an anchor for seaweed plants, while not attracting other plants or molluscs. WSC_L. World Water Day 2015: Home. The Oceans 2015 Initiative, Part I An updated synthesis of the observed and projected impacts of climate change on physical and biological processes in the oceans. Studies N°02/2015.
Iddri, 2015. 52 p. L'objectif de cette étude est d'analyser les connaissances scientifiques publiées à la suite de la parution du 5e rapport d'évaluation du Groupe d'experts intergouvernemental sur l'évolution du climat (GIEC), volumes 1 et 2, et ainsi de mettre à jour notre compréhension des impacts observés et projetés du changement climatique sur les écosystèmes marins. L'étude souligne notamment les relations entre moteurs anthropogéniques et climatiques de ces impacts. The oceans have absorbed approximately 93% of the excess heat caused by global warming. Warming increases stratification, limiting the circulation of nutrients from deep waters to the surface. The ocean ecosystems are responding to the changing environment, but at different rates and magnitudes and with interspecific and geographic variation in responses.
The interaction of multiple drivers can amplify or alleviate each other’s effects. Web-unep-dhigroup-green-infrastructure-guide-en-20140814.pdf. Web-unep-dhigroup-green-infrastructure-guide-en-20140814.pdf. FAQs about ocean acidification : OCB-OA. CEPA Programme. The Ramsar Convention strongly encourages the establishment of education centres at Ramsar Sites and other wetlands as they are important places for learning and training about wetlands.
In order to provide advice on the design and management of wetland centres to Ramsar Contracting Parties and other partners, the Ramsar Secretariat cooperated with the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Korea and the Environmental Ecosystem Research Foundation (ERF), an independent not-for-profit organization based in Seoul (R.O. Korea), to produce the Handbook on Best Practices for the Design and Operation of Wetland Education Centres.
During an international workshop in November 2013 in the Republic of Korea, sponsored by Seosan City and organized by ERF and the Ramsar Secretariat, partners started collecting and discussing information for the Handbook. The Ministry of Environment (R.O. Korea) generously sponsored its production and translation into Korean language. Download the handbook: Infographic: Marine Pollution and Why We Should Care. Guest post by Kendal Yoakum, Marketing Coordinator at Natural Habitat Adventures I’ll admit it…marine polution isn’t an uplifting topic.
TEEB_WaterWetlands_Report_2013.pdf. World Business Council for Sustainable Development. The Drugs We Wash Away: Pharmaceuticals, Drinking Water and the Environment. Catch Share Design Center. Each of the manuals, guides, reports and infographics listed on this website are listed below for quick, individual download.
If you want the entire toolkit, you can download a zip file with all of the documents listed below. Download the toolkit Catch share design manuals Whether you’re a manager, a fisherman, practitioner or any other fishery stakeholder, our catch share design manuals and supplemental guides will help chart your path to a more sustainable and profitable fishery. Life Linked to Ice: A guide to sea-ice-associated biodiversity in this time of rapid change.
Arctic Council The Ottawa Declaration of 1996 formally established the Arctic Council as a high level intergovernmental forum to provide a means for promoting cooperation, coordination and interaction among the Arctic States, with the involvement of the Arctic Indigenous communities and other Arctic inhabitants on common Arctic issues, in particular issues of sustainable development and environmental protection in the Arctic.
Arctic Council Homepage The scientific work of the Arctic Council is carried out in six expert working groups focusing on such issues as monitoring, assessing and preventing pollution in the Arctic, climate change, biodiversity conservation and sustainable use, emergency preparedness and prevention in addition to the living conditions of the Arctic residents. Generic framework for meso-scale assessment of climate change hazards in coastal environments. This paper presents a generic framework for assessing inherent climate change hazards in coastal environments through a combined coastal classification and hazard evaluation system.
The framework is developed to be used at scales relevant for regional and national planning and aims to cover all coastal environments worldwide through a specially designed coastal classification system containing 113 generic coastal types. The framework provides information on the degree to which key climate change hazards are inherent in a particular coastal environment, and covers the hazards of ecosystem disruption, gradual inundation, salt water intrusion, erosion and flooding.
The system includes a total of 565 individual hazard evaluations, each graduated into four different hazard levels based on a scientific literature review. The framework uses a simple assessment methodology with limited data and computing requirements, allowing for application in developing country settings. Untitled. EEA Highlights Findings of European Year of Water - Climate Change Policy & Practice. 27 December 2012: The European Environment Agency (EEA) has issued a press release reflecting on messages and outcomes of the 2012 European Year of Water.
Among the key findings is that European waters require protection from increasing pressures. The Global Public-Private Partnership for Handwashing (PPPHW) Green Water Defense - A New Approach to Water Resources and Flood Risk Management in East Asia. East Asia is home to a third of the world’s population.
Rapid economic growth coupled with urbanization and changes in demography and climates in the region poses enormous challenges to managing water resources for sustainable use and disaster risk reduction while protecting ecological systems. The Water Partnership Program (WPP) financed a two-part study called Green Water Defense in East Asia that aims to provide a new approach that supports green growth principles in addressing these challenges. 217165E.pdf (application/pdf-tiedosto) Postcardwwd12stockholmtall.pdf (application/pdf-tiedosto) Climate change, water stress, conflict and migration – new publication. The presentations during the conference on climate change, water, conflict and migration, held on 21 September 2011 in The Hague, the Netherlands, have been bundled as papers. The publication is freely available for download.
Climate change, water stress, conflict and migration Contents. Verkkokauppa. SWITCH Training Desk - Home. Europe needs to use water more efficiently. The report 'Towards Efficient use of water resources in Europe' from the European Environment Agency (EEA) makes the case for an integrated water management, starting with better implementation of existing legislation. "Water resources are under pressure in many parts of Europe, and it is getting worse," EEA Executive Director Jacqueline McGlade said.
"Agriculture, energy production, industry, public water supply and ecosystems are all important, and all competing for this limited resource. AQUASTAT - FAO's Information System on Water and Agriculture. Website updates 20/12/2016 - Since 2015, a section on "Women and irrigation" is added when updating country profiles. At present, already 53 out of the 147 country profiles available have such section included, which can be easily accessed through a dropdown menu from the "Water and gender" page. 30/11/2016 - Updated country profiles, maps and water and irrigation data are now available for an additional seven countries in Africa: Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria and United Republic of Tanzania. 10/11/2016 - To provide a quick overview of global, continental and regional values of some key variables and indicators, four summary tables showing global, continental and regional data on population, water resources, water use and irrigation have been updated. 10/08/2016 - To be able to enhance the service we provide to you, we would appreciate you taking 5 minutes of your time to respond to a quick AQUASTAT user survey.
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