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Climate change 2001: Impacts, adaptation and vulnerability
The third IPCC assessment report, Climate Change 2001, includes this section on the links between climate change and health. It offers a detailed look at how variations in climate, such as temperature or rainfall, could affect vector-borne disease. In particular, it evaluates computer models that...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: 2003 | EN
Nanotechnology, water and development
This report, written for the Meridian Institute by a team of scientists from South Africa and Sri Lanka, describes the general issues facing projects aimed at improving access to clean water in the developing world, as well as the specific challenges facing nano-based projects. The authors...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: 2006 | EN
Overview and comparison of conventional and nano-based water treatment technologies
This paper from the Meridian Institute describes a range of well-known and field-tested conventional approaches to removing contaminants from water as well as the current crop of nanotechnologies that could enhance existing -- or develop new -- water treatment technologies. For each approach or...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: October 2006 | EN
Nanotechnology and water treatment
This feature article from Nanowerk, written in collaboration with scientists, provides a short introduction to the role nanotechnology could play in resolving water shortage and quality issues. The authors describe how nanotechnologies are being used in water filtration, especially...
KEY DOCUMENT | EN
Nanotechnology and the challenge of clean water
This commentary, by South African scientists Thembela Hillie and Mbhuti Hlophe, examines nanoscience's potential to solve the technical challenges associated with removing pollutants from water. The authors describe a range of nano-based water treatment technologies already in the marketplace and...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: November 2007 | EN
Water in a changing world
This report, prepared by the World Water Assessment Programme under UNESCO (UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), assesses global freshwater resources including what drives the pressures facing them, how water is used, climate change's future effects on water supplies and options...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: March 2009 | EN
A global green new deal
This report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) calls for international action to combat the global economic crisis with a stimulus package based on clean energy and environmental protection. The author -- Edward B Barbier from the University of Wyoming -- argues that while stimulating growth...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: February 2009 | EN
Coping with water scarcity: What role for biotechnologies?
This report combines a background paper and summary report from a moderated email conference held by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization in March 2007. The background paper outlines the current and future challenges for water availability. The authors discuss options for dealing with water...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: 2008 | EN
Reducing West Africa's Vulnerability to Climate Impacts on Water Resources, Wetlands and Desertifica
This report published by the IUCN (The World Conservation Union) is based on participatory consultations with stakeholders and provides a comprehensive and in-depth account of West Africa's vulnerability to climate impacts on water resources, wetlands and desertification. The report contains two...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: 2004 | EN
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Missed the Global Health Forum 2009?
Our blog, by SciDev.Net columnist Priya Shetty, will fill you in, as will our interview with the Global Forum's Gill Samuels
