Destructive droughts and heavy rains are causing harm, while melting snow and glaciers heighten flood risks and endanger long-term water security. The UN weather agency’s State of Global Water Resources Report 2022 emphasizes the need to better understand freshwater resources and urges a fundamental policy shift. It calls for enhanced monitoring, data sharing, cross-border cooperation,…
Montserrat Xilotl, a Regional Technical Advisor in Climate Change Adaptation for the UN Development Programme (UNDP), explains why. Montserrat Xilotl, Regional Technical Advisor in Climate Change Adaptation for the UN Development Programme (UNDP). “Forests are nature’s water filters and storage systems. When rain falls, the trees, and vegetation capture and absorb it, allowing it to…
“We must stop taking water for granted,” FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu said at the opening of the Rome Water Dialogue, focused on its critical role relating to soils, land, climate change, biodiversity and agriculture. With agriculture accounting for more than 70 per cent of the planet’s freshwater withdrawals, “by increasing efficiency, reducing negative impacts and…
Experts from the UN nuclear watchdog were present to monitor and assess that all relevant international safety standards were applied, as part of a multiyear review of a process that could last for decades. The decision to release the water into the sea has sparked criticism in Japan and the region. Long-term commitment The IAEA…
Over the past several weeks, 200 ships have been stranded in the Panama Strait due to low water levels. The Panama Strait connects the Pacific and Atlantic oceans and is one of the world’s major waterways. According to foreign media reports, Panama is experiencing an extraordinary drought, the Strait of Panama depends on rainwater, but…
World Water Week is taking shape from Monday in Stockholm, Sweden. This is an annual gathering of thousands of organizations and individuals – Government experts, UN officials, scientists and academics – who come together to rethink how water is being managed. Serious challenges loom Among them is the President of the General Assembly, Csaba Kőrösi,…
The purpose of placing reactor unit 4 in cold shutdown is to investigate the exact cause of the leak and carry out necessary maintenance to repair the affected steam generator, according to a statement by Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director General. There was no radiological release to the environment, the statement noted, adding that over…
Indian citizens are deprived of the ability to speak and listen, (Photo: Express) Lahore: An elderly Indian citizen who was swept away by the flood waters of the Sutlej River reached Pakistan. The Indian citizen is deprived of the ability to speak and hear due to which he is unable to tell his name and…
Moscow: 4 people died after a hot water pipe burst in a shopping mall in the capital of Russia. A hot water pipe burst in a shopping mall in western Moscow on Saturday, killing four people and injuring 10, according to foreign media reports. The city’s mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, described the incident as a tragedy,…
Vrimena Gowda shopping mall where the blast took place, file photo A hot water pipe burst in a shopping mall in western Moscow, killing four people and injuring several others. The mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin, said that the injured people were burned due to the explosion. He said that emergency services are working at…
