Water security (global, regional)

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Title: Google search results for water security
Source/publisher: www via google
Date of entry/update: 2017-12-13
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Language: English (+?)
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Title: Global Food and Water Security Alerts
Description: "A panel of US national security, military and intelligence experts released a report on 24 February that examines the potential security implications of two future warming scenarios. It concludes that: Even at scenarios of low warming [1-2°C], each region of the world will face severe risks to national and global security in the next three decades. Higher levels of warming will pose catastrophic, and likely irreversible, global security risks over the course of the 21st century. In terms of global food and water security, it suggests that: …increasing global temperatures, melting glaciers, and prolonged drought conditions will put new pressure on freshwater sources, dwindling supply at a moment of increasing human demand. These stresses will be acutely felt in arid regions with low water quantity and large populations, where water use is already heavily regulated to prevent competition… Diminished water resources for irrigation, higher temperatures, and decreased soil fertility already impair crop yields, particularly in the global south. For coastal and island communities dependent on local aquaculture for their diets, rising ocean temperatures, migrating and diminishing fish stocks, and dying coral reefs put intense strain on these important natural sources of food and economic activity. Such agricultural stressors have been linked not only to nutritional deficiencies and food insecurity among households, but an increase of local social insecurity and political tension where development is low. The relationship between food insecurity and increase instances of riots or violence depends on how governments respond to the situation, and the history of inequality preceding the food shortage..."
Source/publisher: Future Directions International
Date of publication: 2020-02-26
Date of entry/update: 2020-02-27
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Title: Myanmar, China sign MoU on cooperation in water resource management
Description: "Myanmar and China signed a memorandum of understanding on water resource management in the water resource sectors of both countries, according to the Ministry of Transport and Communications. At the invitation of Union Minister for Transport and Communications Thant Sin Maung, a 11-member delegation led by Jingping, Minister of Water Resources of the People's Republic of China, called on the former in Nay Pyi Taw on November 5. Both sides signed the MoU on cooperation in water resource sectors. The agreement signing ceremony was also attended by the Chinese ambassador to Myanmar and officials and Deputy Minister for Transport and Communications Kyaw Myo and departmental officials. The MoU includes drawing water resource development strategic policy and plans, multi-purpose management cooperation in water resources, management of natural disasters such as flooding and drought, assessment and prediction of water data, water resource management and technological training..."
Source/publisher: "Eleven Media Group" (Myanmar)
Date of publication: 2019-11-07
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-15
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Title: earthrise - Water: Save every drop
Description: "Estimates say that by 2030, if we carry on as we are, the world will only have 60 percent of the water it needs. In India's Ladakh, rising temperatures are leading to glacial melt and water shortages in the mountains of the Himalayas. The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is also sturggling as it experiences severe drought. earthrise travelled to both Ladakh and Jordan to understand the local solutions being applied to help ease the increasingly worrying water problems. Ladakh's Ice Stupas All life depends on snow in Ladakh, with the high-altitude desert region receiving only 50mm of rainfall a year. Agriculture and survival depends mainly on the water that comes from snow and glacial melt, but with rising temperatures and changing weather patterns, most villages in the area are experiencing severe water shortage. Since 1980, the average temperature has increased by over 2 degrees with huge impact on the local environment. The glaciated area in Ladakh has been lost, meaning that glaciers are much smaller and in some areas have disappeared altogether. Sonam Wangchuck has been on a mission to help villagers adapt to the changing climate through his ice stupa concept. The ice stupa builds upon a simple idea - by directing glacial melt or water traveling downstream through a pipe to a location nearby. This water is then channelled vertically, freezing and forming cone like structures in temperatures reaching minus 20 degrees celcius. Russell Beard travels to Ladakh to join Wangchuck in building an ice stupa and explores how this innovative solution is helping the local community. Water Wise Women Jordan is going through a severe drought. Pressure on water supplies is being aggravated by the presence of two million refugees who have fled the conflict in neighbouring Syria. Groundwater reserves are being depleted at an alarming rate and, on top of that, around 40 percent of the water distributed to homes across the country is lost through illegal wells and faulty pipes. Through the Water Wise Women's initiative, local ladies are being trained to be plumbers. They are now able to deal themselves with any leakages in their own homes and communities, thereby saving water in a more timely manner. Amani Zain visited Jordan to learn about the water initiative that is putting women at the heart of efforts to combat water scarcity..."
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Source/publisher: "Al Jazeera English"
Date of publication: 2017-05-16
Date of entry/update: 2019-09-07
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Title: Myanmar: Objections to Myitsone Dam project - (video)
Description: "The controversial Myitsone Dam project in Myanmar's Kachin state has been suspended for over two years now and stop-work costs, amounting to millions of US dollars, are mounting. But no resolution seems to be in sight for this China-contracted project. The company, China Power Investment, may be facing losses, but local Myanmar citizens want the government to scrap the development entirely. In this exclusive report, Channel NewsAsia's May Wong, had the rare opportunity to visit the project site and speak with those involved..."
Source/publisher: Channel News Asia (CNA)
Date of publication: 2013-08-29
Date of entry/update: 2019-05-07
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Language: English
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Title: Planet Ocean (video)
Description: "Planet Ocean" is an international documentary directed by Yann Arthus-Bertrand and Michael Pitiot. It has won "Best Cinematography Award, Blue Ocean Festival", "Audience Award, UK Green Film Festival" and "Monterey Bay Film Festival".
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Source/publisher: Hope Productions
Date of publication: 2014-06-02
Date of entry/update: 2018-04-27
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Title: Asia-Pacific Water Summit opens in Yangon
Description: Reports on the meeting on 12-13 December, plus text of "Third Asia-Pacific Water Summit: Water Security for Sustainable Development Yangon Declaration: The Pathway Forward"
Source/publisher: "The Global New Light of Myanmar" 12-13 December, 2017
Date of publication: 2017-12-13
Date of entry/update: 2017-12-14
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Size: 1.13 MB
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Title: Water Justice Toolkit
Description: 17 March 2016 "Water Justice organisations from around the world jointly produced an online water justice toolkit to consolidate our knowledge base and support local campaigns against the corporate takeover of water."
Source/publisher: Transnational Institute (TNI)
Date of publication: 2016-03-17
Date of entry/update: 2017-10-05
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Language: English
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