New World Bank book on Water Management
10 May 2016 The World Bank recently published a new book on water management “Earth Observation for Water Resources Management: Current Use and Future Opportunities for the Water Sector”. The scope of ...
Webinar: Securing a Sustainable Water Future in an Ever-Drier World
The World Resources Institute and Thomson Reuters invite you to a webinar on Securing a Sustainable Water Future in an Ever-Drier World on Wednesday, March 9, 2020 at 9:00-10:00 a.m. EST. A parched ...
New World Bank report: High and Dry
18 May 2016 In a new report, the World Bank argues that water scarcity could cost some regions up to 6% of their GDP by 2050. The new report “High and Dry: Climate Change, Water and the Economy” by ...
Kick-off meeting African Centres of Excellence
26 May 2016 In Cape Town, South Africa, the European Commission (EC) & NEPAD are convening to kick-off the second phase of the African Centres of Excellence (CoE) in Water Science and Technology ...
Wetsus Congress 2021
During the Wetsus Congress on October 4 and 5, 2021, you can meet your network in person again! After the announcement of the relaxation of the COVID regulations in The Netherlands, the Wetsus ...
Launch of Online Platform for the Technology Facilitation Mechanism – 2030 Connect
During the 2020 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), the UN launched its new online platform for information on existing science, technology and innovation initiatives ...
AfriAlliance in CAAST-Net Plus Magazine
8 August 2016 The Q&A covers how and why AfriAlliance came about. Furthermore, project director Uta Wehn explains the AfriAlliance objectives, impact and structure. CAAST-Net Plus is a network of 26 ...
Opportunities for optimization of in-field water harvesting to cope with changing climate in semi-arid smallholder farming areas of Zimbabwe
In-field water harvesting for improved crop yields in the semi-arid regions is one approach that has been used to adapt to changing the climate. ...
Fog and Mist Harvesting
Fog harvesting: An alternative source of water supply on the West Coast of South Africa. Various methods have been used to select the sites and design of fog water collection systems, with high ...
FIGARO
FIGARO (Flexible and Precise Irrigation Platform to Improve Farm Scale Water Productivity) is an EU-funded project, focused on significantly reducing the use of fresh water on farm level through ...
WaterNet Symposium and Brokerage event in Zambia
20 September 2018 During the WaterNet Symposium, AfriAlliance will organize its 3rd Brokerage event on “Monitoring of water availability in terms of quantity & quality for food security” on Wednesday ...
Report: Demand-driven Research & Innovation Outlook – Analysis of local needs related to water and climate challenges
12 February 2018 In order to better prepare African stakeholders for climate change challenges in the short, medium and long term, AfriAlliance tries to match their knowledge needs with existing ...
Drought pushing food prices up sharply in East Africa
25 April 2017 Drought throughout East Africa has sharply curbed harvests and pushed the prices of cereals and other staple foods to unusually high levels, posing a heavy burden to households and ...
Weather Modification
Weather Modification: weather modification “is taken to mean artificially produced changes in the composition, motion, or dynamics of the atmosphere, whether or not such changes may be predictable ...
Central African nations to set up Regional Climate Centre
5 October 2016 A new Regional Centre to better record, predict and utilise weather and climate information will be set up in Cameroon after ECCAS member states signed the Kigali Declaration on the ...
Common Roadmap for scaling up weather, water and climate services delivery in Africa
1 June 2017 The emerging work area broadly labeled as “weather, water and climate services” is gaining momentum as a critical instrument for informing adaptation efforts in Africa, which has been ...
Meteo Rwanda and TAHMO sign MoU
29 June 2017 The Director General of Rwanda Meteorology Agency (MeteoRwanda), Mr John Ntaganda Semafara, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Director of The Trans-African Hydro ...
WISER webinar: Lessons in Co-Production of Climate Services from African Case Studies
The WISER programme will be hosting its first public webinar, focused on sharing learning on how to co-produce climate services in Africa. The webinar will provide a glimpse of some of the initial ...
