And an agreement reached by Senegal, Mauritania, Guinea and The Gambia in the 1970s over the Senegal Basin has enabled them jointly to finance and build infrastructure that distributes water to all four countries. Even when political tensions reign between the countries, Koeppel said, "this coop...
The largest changes are projected to occur in the Senegal basin, Gambia basin and the Sahelian part of the other river basins. The negative trends are steepest after 2050 and in the higher greenhouse gas forcing scenario. Therefore, in a business-as-usual world, reduced water availability ...
(2018)Compendium of community and indigenous strategies for climate change adaptation with focus on addressing water scarcity in agriculture. However, for instance, there have been instances when indigenous populations are excluded from decisions concerning water that impact them directly (Jackson and ...
Water and soil pollution has caused serious global concerns due to their detrimental effect on ecological security and health risks. Remediation of the contaminated water and soil to rehabilitate their ecological functions is urgently needed to ensure su
(WWF) has estimated that freshwater economic value reached $54 trillion in 2021 (i.e., 60% of global GDP).7 Urgency of the global water crisis Growing water scarcity has become one of the most pressing challenges for sustainable development due to decades of inadequate management, ...
I grew up alongside beautiful Lake Washington in Seattle, so abundant water was always around us. It was only when I went to Northern China during my college years that I encountered an arid landscape. Experiencing the impact of water scarcity first-hand deeply impacted me. That juxtaposition ...
We aim to have water management plans in place by 2030 for all plants in regions affected by water scarcity, limited accessibility, poor water quality and climate-related physical water risks. 1 Heidelberg Materials CDP Water Security Questionnaire 2023 10 August 2023 Our updated 2030 Sustainability...
First, using WRI Aqueduct, we make a global assessment of all of our operational sites globally and the respective level of water stress or scarcity in the geography in which each site operates. Additionally, using our Business (Plant) Level Water Risk Assessment Tool, we conduct a detai...
the need to increase water use efficiency in all sectors, achieve sustainable withdrawals of freshwater resources, implement integrated water resources management, protect the quality of lakes, rivers, wetlands, and aquifers, and substantially reduce the number of people impacted by water scarcity [6]...