November 7, 2023
For almost as long as India has been independent, its north-eastern region (NER) has struggled with issues of disasters and development, often looked at separately. The region has seen a range of complex issues related to earthquakes, floods, riverbank erosion, distress migration, violence and poverty.… Read More
This is the fifth webinar of the University of Glasgow’s Water Webinar Series, Tuesday 26th September 2023, 4.00pm (UK Time).… Read More
August 18, 2023
In the ever-changing landscape of global climate, China finds itself grappling with a relentless series of extreme weather events, say water and environment experts Asit K Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada.… Read More
August 3, 2023
China has made the right policy decision to expeditiously increase its economically efficient and eco-friendly hydropower capacity, which will boost the country’s long-term efforts to shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy.… Read More
June 16, 2023
Scotland is well-endowed with water and its water environments are in relatively good ecological condition compared to neighbouring countries. However, if Scotland is to become a true ‘Hydro Nation’, it needs to go beyond the current mindset of sustainable water management and focus on how its immense water wealth can be used as an engine for economic growth and regional welfare.… Read More
June 14, 2023
In recent years, global warming caused by increasing greenhouse gas emissions has been changing the climate, and the Earth is becoming progressively hotter, as cities and regions from Shanghai to Siberia witness record maximum temperatures.… Read More
March 20, 2023
Countries across the world are facing major problems which are too complex for any single country, no matter how powerful, to solve them alone. So all countries, big and small, should first agree to a common solution and then endeavour to achieve it and collectively contribute to realizing common prosperity.… Read More
March 22, 2023
Providing safe water supply and proper wastewater management to the urban dwellers of India is not rocket science. India had enough water, investment funds, management and engineering expertise and technology to provide clean water and proper wastewater management since 1980. … Read More
Hydro Nation International Centre – World Water Day, 22nd March 2023, Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC), with live stream.… Read More
March 14, 2023
Harold Wilson, a former British Prime Minister, once remarked that ‘a week is a long time in politics’. If this is true for politics, then it has been an eternity since the first UN Water Conference. It took place in 1977 over 11 days in Mar del Plata, Argentina while the second UN water Conference is scheduled 46 years later, over three days in March 2023, in New York City.… Read More