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7 Dec 2020 LONDON, United Kingdom

New Tool Helps Countries Track Changes In Surface Water Supply

A new tool from the United Kingdom's Office for National Statistics (ONS) will enable countries around the world keep track of changes in surface water supply.The tool uses processed imagery from the Global Surface Water Explorer dataset, developed by the United Nations, the European Commission Joint Research Centre and Google, transforming information into tables and maps, which can be used by governments to create clear measurements to show changes over time...

4 Dec 2020 WASHINGTON DC, United States

Reactions To John Kerry As New US "Climate Czar"

United States President-elect Joe Biden’s appointment of John Kerry as “climate czar” has been met with praise as Kerry is a leading architect of the Paris (2015) climate agreement. In addition, former Secretary of State Kerry is viewed to have the experience and stature to negotiate with other state leaders when the US rejoins the agreement in 2021...

29 Sep 2020 PARIS, France

International Network of Basin Organisations: Webinar 13 October

Current environment crises such as wild forest fires in California and the Brazilian Pantanal, drought in the lower Mekong River, and floods in Senegal are all examples of disasters that are warnings about the dramatic consequences of climate change.Global funding to implement adaptation measures is insufficient...

2 Sep 2020 RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil

Latin American Countries Cooperate In Innovative Plan To Tackle Climate Change In Arid Regions

A new project was launched in August to enable people in the semiarid regions of Latin America to work together to share knowledge, address the climate crisis, and find more sustainable and humane ways to live.The DAKI-Semiárido Vivo Project (or Dryland Adaptation Knowledge Initiative), launched in August, will focus on three dry areas of Latin America most vulnerable to the effects of climate change: Gran Chaco Americano (in Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia), the Central American Dry Corridor and the semiarid region of north-eastern Brazil...

1 Sep 2020 SANA'A, Yemen

Rain And Flash Floods Leave 300,000 Homeless In Yemen

Three months of torrential rain and flash floods have left an estimated 300,000 people homeless in war-torn Yemen, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said 28 August.Many of those people newly displaced by the floods had already been forced to flee their homes because of the ongoing conflict in the country...

26 Mar 2019 NAIROBI

Google, UNEP Partnership Will Make Water Data Globally Accessible

Water scarcity is widely considered to be the next major issue impacting the world over the coming years. One way to start tackling the problem is by getting a better understanding of current conditions. Google has partnered with UN Environment and others to provide free and open data on the natural resource around the world...

18 Feb 2019 TAINAN CITY

Google To Build Its First Floating Solar Project In Asia

Google, a subsidiary of Alphabet, recently became the first company to make a purchase under the 2017 Taiwan Electricity Act, which allows non-utility companies to purchase renewable energy. For the 10-megawatt solar array in Tainan City, Taiwan, Google will install poles, with solar panels at the top of them, above fishing ponds.

24 Apr 2018 WARRENTON, VA

Now It’s The Water – Porn Nexus

Mashable reports that pornography hub RedTube hopes to encourage people to think about the water crisis with its "Save Water Challenge." An app available on Google Play — and out soon on iOS — tracks the length of your daily showers. The shorter the shower, the more points you'll get. If you meet a certain number of points, RedTube will award you with a week of its premium subscription so that you can watch all the porn you want...

14 Dec 2016 ISPRA

New Global Surface Water Exploration Tool

The European Commission Joint Research Centre, in cooperation with Google Switzerland GmbH, have developed a new water dataset in the framework of the Copernicus Programme. This maps the location and temporal distribution of water surfaces at the global scale over the past 32 years and provides statistics on the extent and change of those water surfaces...

12 Aug 2016 DENVER, CO, United States

OOSKAnews Voices: Harnessing the Power of the Crowd -- Who Reinvents the Water Sector?

OOSKAnews Voices is a series of guest “opinion columns” on water, written by senior participants in different parts of the international water community. The columns provide a global platform for organizations and individuals to promulgate their views and messages.Will Sarni, Director and Practice Leader Water Strategy at Deloitte Consulting LLP, calls for 21st Centry Solutions to water challenges...

23 Feb 2016 ALEXANDRIA, VA, United States

OOSKAnews Voices: Real-Time Precipitation Estimates in Data-Sparse Regions

OOSKAnews Voices is a new series of guest “opinion columns” on water, written by senior participants in different parts of the international water community. The columns provide a global platform for organizations and individuals to promulgate their views and messages.In this piece, William S Logan, PhD, Deputy Director of the International Center for Integrated Water Resources Management (ICIWaRM), discusses the tools being developed to help individuals and water managers in developing countries with precipitation estimation and flood and drought monitoring and forecasting...

17 Jun 2015 WASHINGTON, DC, United States

New PPP to Promote Climate Change Resilience in Developing Countries

The American Red Cross, the US government and eight other organizations have launched a new public-private partnership to promote climate change resilience in developing countries.The Climate Services for Resilient Development initiative is starting off with $34 million USD in funding from participating partners...

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