Greenpeace to monitor Angat levels
Angat Dam, Bulacan, PHILIPPINES — Greenpeace today set up a “Water Watch” camp in Angat Reservoir, Metro Manila’s main water source, to highlight the urgent threat to the country’s water...
View ArticleNot enough water: food production, carbon sequestration and climate change
A new study has found that there is not enough freshwater to meet the anticipated competing demands of water for food production for the global population of about 9 billion by 2050 and water for...
View ArticleDrought will worsen some day somewhere
By Tim Radford - Climate News Network. An international research team says many more people will go short of water as the world warms. But who will be affected, and where, remains uncertain.LONDON, 28...
View ArticleIndia innovating with solar PV, poised to become a global solar leader
India is building solar canals: Image meme by GreenpeaceYesterday I saw an image shared on my Facebook timeline. It was of solar PV panels installed over an irrigation canal in India. This has the...
View ArticleAmazon forest loss threatens five states
By Paul Brown - Climate News Network. Water, food supplies and energy production are all in jeopardy as the Amazon forest is felled for profit, campaigners say - and the damage is spreading beyond...
View ArticleWater supply will struggle to meet demands of thirstier world in a warming world
Irrigation CanalBy Jacob Schewe, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact ResearchThere are already many countries where the scarcity of water affects people’s lives. While water for drinking may be first...
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