On the remote island of CharLata in Rangabali upazila of Patuakhali, where saline intrusion, water scarcity and climate ...

Human activity causes most changes in Earth’s surface water, so policies for its governance must become a priority. “Human nature is like water,” the US poet Wallace Stevens wrote. “It takes the shape ...

Canadians are among some of the most water-rich people globally, with access to about 20% of the world's freshwater supply and 7% of the world's renewable freshwater supply. As a result, Canadians are ...

Moody's assigns India its highest water-risk score, citing groundwater depletion, ageing infrastructure and fragmented water governance ...

Without proper support it’s hard for villagers in Namibia to manage water. Irene Kunamwene Most emerging democracies in Africa have implemented decentralisation in some form since the 1990s. In the ...

The traditional territories of Indigenous Peoples cover about one-quarter of land on Earth, equivalent to an estimated 38 million km 2. This land includes many important headwaters, water towers, ...

The 1992 Rio Earth Summit acknowledged women’s pivotal role in the provision, management, and safeguarding of water around the world. Over three decades later, women in India remain the unheralded ...

The Tibetan Plateau and the surrounding Hindu Kush-Himalayan regions, also known as the “Asian water tower,” is the source of 10 major Asian rivers. Abundant glacier ice reservoirs and alpine lakes ...

Moody's said allocation frameworks are becoming a more important determinant of economic resilience in water-stressed systems ...

A new report calls for new approaches to the governance of water in China BEIJING, November 7, 2018—Effective management of water resources is central to China’s economic prosperity. Despite ...