Dr Cecilia Tortajada on COP26 climate commitments
October 21, 2021
Interview by Channel News Asia… Read More
COP26, climate change and human development
October 26, 2021
COP26 will start in Glasgow, 31 October to 12 November 2021. The event will bring together governments to accelerate actions to achieve the goals that were unanimously agreed to in the Paris Agreement during COP21, in 2015.… Read More
Roles of hydropower and dams in society, including mitigation and adaptation to climate change
Properly planned and managed hydropower dams will play an increasingly important role during the post-2020 world.… Read More
Adaptation and Resilience in ASEAN: managing disaster risks from natural hazards
Renaud, F.G., Chardot, L., Hamel, P., Cremin, E., Ng, D.K.S., Balke, T., Lallemant, D., Friend, R., Shi, X., Lee, J.S.H., Ng, L.Y., Andiappan, V., Le, H., Djalante, R., Tortajada, C., Ebeler, L., Horton, B.P. (2021) Adaptation and Resilience in ASEAN: Managing Disaster Risks from Natural Hazards (p30). UK Government, UK-Singapore COP26 ASEAN Climate Policy Report Series.… Read More
Climate change, extreme weather events and the future of humankind
October 19, 2021
Globally, extreme weather events are becoming more frequent due to a warming planet which is changing climates. While scientifically it is still not possible to say if a specific climatic event was intensified by global warming, and, if so, by how much, the overall trajectory of available scientific evidence during the last two decades is becoming increasingly clear.… Read More
Water Security Under Climate Change
Edited by Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada, 2022, Springer, Singapore, 380 pages.… Read More
Opportunities and challenges facing China
October 8, 2021
China has proven all the doomsayers wrong. It has not slid into stagnation like Japan or the Republic of Korea, as the doomsayers had predicted, because of two key factors.… Read More
Future of Urban Water and Wastewater Management: Views on Singapore International Water Week
By Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada, 2021. Article published in International Journal of Water Resources Development, Volume 37, Number 5, pages 753-757.… Read More
Henan floods spark questions over early warnings
July 23, 2021
Issues raised by netizens include why TV station failed to provide public safety info.… Read More