The world’s rapid transition to urbanization contributes greatly to the pressure on water, food security, and energy, as the World Water Week Workshop on Securing Water and Food in an Urbanising World explored. We cannot simply look at urbanization …
By Abby Waldorf “Don’t let gender equality become ‘lip service,’” -Mercy Dikito-Wachtmeister, Global Water Partnership How can we translate gender strategies and indicators into on the ground action? This question rang throughout Stockholm …
Today was the first day of Stockholm World Water Week 2012. This is the 4th time I am attending SWWW, having attended it in 2003, 2006 and 2009. I love SWWW, not only because I get to meet all my water friends from around the world, but also because I …
By Fred Pearce With droughts on three continents triggering rising food prices, Malthusian fears are growing about the world’s ability to feed a fast-growing population. Do we have enough land? What about climate change?
World Water Week is just two days away. In a recent interview, Simon Cook, Director of the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems, talks about Water for wealth and food security- a new report by the AgWater Solutions project which was ju…
