The United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS), as a key global event in 2021, is pivotal to understanding and supporting food systems transformation at local to global scales, and recognizing the dire importance of food security to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This is particularly important for…
The Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN), a partner in the Groundwater Solutions Initiative for Policy and Practice (GRIPP), is undertaking an accelerated open Roadmap exercise to strategize and plan how the network can evolve over the coming 10 years – to better achieve its overarching vision of sustainable rural water…
Due to rapid population growth and the impacts of climate change in many African countries, there is increasing focus on the development of groundwater as a reliable and drought-resilient source of water for multiple uses, including urban water supply and sanitation as well as irrigated agriculture. The role of groundwater…
The Centre for Sustainable Solutions in Practical Hydrogeology (CSSPH) is a new think tank that was established recently. CSSPH is dedicated to the sound governance of land, water and ecosystems with the aim of supporting critical and practical action in the cross-section between hydrogeology and eco-hydrology. CSSPH is spearheaded by…
There is increasing attention in academia and elsewhere to the stewardship of Earth’s freshwater endowment, in general, and the problem of the complex legal and institutional dimension of it, in particular. In this context, the stewardship of groundwater found in aquifers underground that are crossed by the international boundary lines…
The International Water Resources Association (IWRA) held an Online Conference under the theme Addressing Groundwater Resilience under Climate Change on October 28–30, 2020. The conference attracted more than 1,400 participants from 131 countries. This successful, innovative event was organized with support from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization…
Many of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) depend on an adequate quantity and quality of water. These include SDG 6 (‘clean water and sanitation for all’), in particular, and also many other goals related to, for example, health and well-being (SDG 3) and food security (SDG 2), as…
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) region and the rest of the African continent experience water and food insecurity. In recognition of this fact, the SADC – Groundwater Management Institute (SADC-GMI) in collaboration with other regional and international partners hosted the 3rd Annual SADC Groundwater Conference under the theme ‘Enhancing…
Groundwater is a critical component of the hydrological cycle, the environment, and the coupled human and natural system with expressions both above and below the Earth’s surface. Understanding the role of groundwater in these often very complex and interlinked systems at various scales is at the core of sustainable management…
Groundwater in the North China Plain, where half of the country’s grain is produced, is heavily overexploited. Water tables have dropped over, at least, the last three decades, with rates of decline up to 1 m per year. China is actively addressing its groundwater depletion problems, e.g., through water permits…
