Research & Policy Publications

April 2021
By Pierre van Rensburg and Cecilia Tortajada, Frontiers in Climate.
This paper offers a review of the 2015–2017 drought in Windhoek and the responses that were implemented during it, with a focus on engagement with the public, industries, and public institutions to achieve water-saving targets.
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April 2021
By Cecilia Tortajada and Hongzhou Zhang, Global Food Security, 29, 100518.
One of the crucial but overlooked aspects of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is the food and agricultural cooperation.… Read More

March 2021
By Ramesh Ananda Vaidya, David James Molden, Arun Bhakta Shrestha, Nisha Wagle and Cecilia Tortajada, International Journal of Water Resoruces Development, Volume 37, Number 3, pages 367–391.
With rising energy demand in Asia, the high potential for hydropower development and the need for low-carbon energy development, hydropower would seem to have a significant role in South Asia’s energy future… Read More

March 2021
By Asit K. Biswas, International Journal of Water Resources Development, Volume 37, Number 3, pages 359-361.
An important reason as to why water is not a priority item in the political agenda of any country for an appropriate length of time is because the way the water profession has framed its discussion… Read More

January 2021
By Kris Hartley, Nicole Sher Wen Lim and Cecilia Tortajada, Water Economics and Policy.
Progress in water conservation is dependent as much on human behavior as on the promise of new technologies. Digital feedback-based interventions present an opportunity to bring these two factors together… Read More