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Water pollution; and, Water resources. [1] The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works is also charged to "study and review, on a comprehensive basis, matters relating to environmental protection and resource utilization and conservation, and report thereon from time to time." [1]
Prince Sultan Research Center for Environment, Water and Desert: Outstanding scientific contributions related to surface water, ground water, alternative (non-traditional) water resources, and water conservation [54] Singapore: President's Award for the Environment: Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources
A major outcome of the XVI World Water Congress was IWRA's Cancun Declaration - A Call for Action to Bridge Science and Water Policy-Making for Sustainable Development. [9] This Declaration calls for urgent mobilization of knowledge generators, governments, donors, professionals and civil society to join their efforts to achieve the 2030 Agenda ...
10 January: a summary from the Copernicus Climate Change Service stated that 2024 was the warmest year since records began in 1850, with an average global surface temperature reaching 1.6 °C above pre-industrial levels, surpassing for the first time the 1.5 °C warming target set by the Paris Agreement.
The first UN World Water Development Report, called “Water for People, Water for Life” was presented at the third World Water Forum in Japan in 2003. The report provides an assessment of the globe’s water crisis and assesses progress in 11 challenge areas (health, food, environment, shared water resources, cities, industry, energy, risk ...
In 1998, the Sixth Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development stated that there was a need for regular, global assessments on the status of freshwater resources. In response to this the World Water Assessment Programme was founded in 2000 to coordinate the production of the UN World Water Development Report (UN WWDR), and to report on ...
Water Resources Development Act of 2016, WRDA 2016, included as part of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (WIIN Act), Pub. L. 114–322 (text) Water Resources Development Act of 2022 , WRDA 2022, included as part of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (NDAA 2023).
These ten resolutions including: (i) assessment of water resources, (ii) community water supply, (iii) agricultural water use, (iv) research and development of industrial technologies, (v) the role of water in combating desertification, (vi) technical co-operation among developing countries, (vii) river commissions in international river basins ...