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Learning across boundaries: More about AGWA
02/04/13 14:00
Many water-related publications and blogs have noted that this is the International Year of Water Cooperation. For such a fluid molecule, cooperation seems to be an enormous challenge, with conflict seemingly more likely to be an outcome than friendship and sharing. However, even in the Colorado River there have been some positive signs of late. I wanted to share a group I helped form and that I help run. We just received a major external recognition, so I feel very proud of group’s work to date.
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Climate-water technical capacity: some political recognition?
23/03/13 18:09
In Celebration of World Water Day and their 1st anniversary, the US Water Partnership (USWP), founded by Sec of State Hillary Clinton to mobilize water expertise from public, private, research, and NGO circles, announced the addition of two new Signature Initiatives. One of these is focused on developing technical capacity on climate adaptation and resilient water management.
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Revenge of the Nerds: Climate Change and Water at the World Water Forum
21/03/12 14:05
Three years ago, I attended my first World Water Forum in Istanbul. These meetings occur every three years, with each Forum in a different country. For me, Istanbul marked the beginning of several key alliances and initiatives. It was the Forum that happened before the Copenhagen COP in particular, and climate change discussions were already at a fever pitch by March and contained a strongly optimistic view of what might happen that year on mitigation policy. This was also the first period when we saw the extended water community begin to discuss adaptation in a more serious, sustained way.
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