Drought Prediction Tool
Central University of Technology | Mozambique, South Africa, Kenya
Published on 30 Oct 2017
Wetlands wait to be saved
No wetlands have been notified in Delhi-NCR since the wetlands rules were brought out in 2010. Meanwhile, draft wetlands rules are set to decentralise its management to states.
Published on 25 Sep 2017
Every drop that matters!
A short film provides insight into the water sector situation in the Marathwada region in Maharashtra.
Published on 25 Sep 2017
Does the GEF-supported TDA-SAP process help countries achieve SDG14 targets?
A recently published UNDP report “Large Marine Ecosystems and Sustainable Development: A review of Strategic Management Processes and Goals” suggests that there is an intrinsic alignment between the Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis-Strategic Action Programme (TDA-SAP) Process and achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal 14 Targets and Indicators.
Published on 30 Aug 2017
Twitter guideline
Twitter is an easy way to discover the latest news related to subjects you are interested. It is also a quick way to share what you are going with others.
Published on 26 May 2017
Blog guideline
The blog is all about personal perspectives that, by shining a light on complex issues, make the work of the organisation more understandable; it acts to put a human face to the organisation and the issues. The blog increases the amount of regular, good quality, original material that can be promoted through other channels, particularly social media.
Published on 26 May 2017
How the Rainbow Nation dried up
Can South Africa regain its adaptive capacity after suffering its biggest ever drought? By Tony Turton
Published on 24 May 2017
Drought and Water Crises Integrating Science, Management, and Policy, Second Edition
Over the past decade there have been extraordinary advances towards drought risk reduction with the development of new water-conserving technologies, and new tools for planning, vulnerability and impact assessment, mitigation, and policy. Drought and Water Crises: Integrating Science, Management, and Policy, Second Edition comprehensively captures this evolving progress as it discusses drought management in the light of present risks, global climate change and public policy actions.
Published on 22 May 2017
Webinar: The challenges and experiences in developing multi-objective basin plans
NEP-DHI Partnership in collaboration with DHI and the International Water Association (IWA) is organising a basin planning webinar on the 17th of May(13.00 CET) as part of a series of technical and thematic webinars focusing on innovative approaches to Floods and Droughts planning and management for basins and water utilities. The focus will be on basin planning within the context of climate change.
Published on 12 May 2017
Expert training for the water utilities in Bangkok
The focus on the technical training was on the catchment and basin aspect of the water utility through i) data and information availability through satellite data to supplement the existing observation network, ii) support to the WSP process through the web-based WSP tool and iii) catchment and basin assessments using the basin planning tool (still under development) enabling PWA to evaluate the impact on the water availability from different types of investments in the Chao Phraya basin.
Published on 02 May 2017
From data and information to planning
On the 5th and 6th of September, The Hydro-informatics Centre (HIC) organised a workshop with participants from Myanmar, Thailand (HAII), ESA and the UNEP Floods and Droughts Management Tools project (DHI/IWA). The aim of the workshop was to enhance the levels of understanding around the possibilities and need for data and hydroinformatics in assessments of impacts and risks of climate change, droughts and floods in Myanmar.
Published on 28 Apr 2017
EbA Road Map: The implementation of Ecosystem based Adaptation for Flood and Drought Management
Stakeholder participation are conducted to ensure the acceptance from the communities To foster the rather new concept of EbA in Thailand‘s Flood and Drought Management GIZ-ECOSWat developed together with Department for Water resources and the Royal Irrigation Department a so called “EbA Road Map” ( Read More ) to help water related organization to understand and apply the process of implementation of EbA measures into their flood and drought resp. Most of EbA measures need space for implementation and people mostly are not willing to give their land which can be the obstacle for the implementation of EbA
Published on 26 Apr 2017
New UNICEF/WHO publication on safely managed drinking water
UNICEF and WHO are pleased to announce the new Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation (JMP) 2017 Thematic Report: Safely Managed Drinking Water. The report considers the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target for universal, equitable access to safely managed drinking water and outlines JMP plans for enhanced monitoring of drinking water in the SDG era. It also examines the availability of data on safely managed drinking water services.
Published on 14 Mar 2017
Webinar: Water Safety Plans – a risk management approach from catchment to consumer
UNEP-DHI Partnership in collaboration with DHI and the International Water Association (IWA) is organising a Water Safety Plan webinar on the 15th of March (13.00 CET) as part of a series of technical webinars focusing on innovative approaches to Floods and Droughts planning and management for basins and water utilities.
Published on 14 Mar 2017
First of six webinars: Engendering International Waters
IW:LEARN Webinar Series – "Engendering International Waters", executed by the United Nations World Water Assessment Programme of UNESCO (WWAP) and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), held its first webinar on Gender Analysis and Mainstreaming in International Waters Projects.
Published on 14 Mar 2017
6th Africa Water Week
The project will participate in the Africa Water Week as part of a UNEP-DHI led session on Thursday the 21st of July.
Published on 28 Jun 2016
