Communication is getting easier, with ever more communications tools and channels connecting us to friends, family, colleagues and customers. With greater choice comes greater complexity. Whether social media, apps or smart meters...
The short answer is, until recently we didn’t know. Despite not having an adequate evidence base to inform public and private utilities of how many people or what skills were required, at national level the water, sanitation and...
My communications team at The Nature Conservancy regularly hears from reporters that they don’t want to receive reports, not even a press release about a report. Reports aren’t newsworthy; reports don’t make headlines. This ...
Responding to a drought of historic severity, California has started pilot programs installing smart water meters that detect leaks and optimise the use of water at household level. At the same time, they are using sensors for sma...
Recent extreme droughts and floods have forced an evaluation of how water infrastructure impacts other sectors, highlighting the need for a multi-disciplinary, cross-sectoral approach to balance environmental, social and economic ...
The MENA region is one of the driest in the world. Water resources are deteriorating while demand for water is increasing due to the rapid population growth. Irrigated agriculture consumes the largest volume of water resources as ...
New scientific findings indicate that investing in watershed conservation is cost-effective for one in four cities worldwide A new analysis of more than 2,000 drinking sources (rivers, forests and other ecosystems from which water...
We live in a world that is rapidly changing, one where water management, or to be more accurate, ‘mismanagement’, is likely to define future human health and wellbeing, environmental sustainability, regional stability and econ...
The Middle East and North Africa, a region beset by conflict and instability, faces unparalleled water scarcity. Solving water security problems in each country could be the driver for greater regional cooperation and peace buildi...
Cooperation over shared waters in the Middle East and North Africa region is not well developed. The majority – well over 60% – of the available freshwater resources in the region is of transboundary nature and cooperation...
