Climate Change & Water Crisis Around The WorldRidhimaThakkur
Climate change is affecting every aspect of life on the planet. The world urgently needs to make the shift to a low-carbon future to avoid irreversible damage to our planet like water scarcity, severe air pollution, etc.
Climate Change & Water Crisis Around The WorldRidhimaThakkur
Climate change is affecting every aspect of life on the planet. The world urgently needs to make the shift to a low-carbon future to avoid irreversible damage to our planet like water scarcity, severe air pollution, etc.
Presented by Daniel Zimmer (Director Innovation, Climate KIC, Former Director of the World Water Council) at the International Forum on Water and Food (IFWF), South Africa, 14-17 November 2011.
The International Forum on Water and Food (IFWF) is the premier gathering of water and food scientists working on improving water management for agricultural production in developing countries.
The CGIAR Challenge Program for Water and Food (CPWF) represents one of the most comprehensive investments in the world on water, food and environment research.The Forum explores how the CPWF research-for-development (R4D) approach can address water and food challenges through a combination of process, institutional and technical innovations.
Flooding is a natural process which, that can occur in any part of the world during the volume of water reaches beyond the holding capacity of the drainage system. In whatever the case flooding has a major impact on the economic, social and environmental condition of the victim areas
Among the many water-related challenges worldwide, the crisis of scarcity, deteriorating water quality, the linkages between water and food security, and the need for improved governance are the most significant in the context of gender differences in access to and control over water resources.
Poverty and the environment, Deforestation, Future: water crisis, Environmental refugees, Global warming, Greenhouse effect, Acid rain, Bioterrorism, Common global challenges
Main messages It is 20 years since the report of the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED), Our Common Future, emphasized the need for a sustainable way of life which not only addresses current environmental challenges but also ensures a secure society well into the future. This chapter analyses the evolution of such ideas as well as global trends in relation to environment and socio-economic development.
The following are its main messages: The world has changed radically since 1987 – socially, economically and environmentally. Global population has grown by more than 1.7 billion, from about 5 billion people. The global economy has expanded and is now characterized by increasing globalization. Worldwide, GDP per capita (purchasing power parity) has increased from US$5 927 in 1987 to US$8 162 in 2004. However, growth has been distributed unequally between regions. Global trade has increased during the past 20 years, fuelled by globalization, better communication, and low transportation costs.
Technology has also changed. Communications have been revolutionized with the growth of telecommunications and the Internet. Worldwide, mobile phone subscribers increased from 2 people per 1 000 in 1990 to 220 per 1 000 in 2003. Internet use increased from 1 person per 1 000 in 1990 to 114 per 1 000 in 2003. Finally, political changes have also been extensive. Human population and economic growth has increased demand on resources. The World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) recognized 20 years ago that the environment, economic and social issues are interlinked. It recommended that the three be integrated into development decision making.
In defining sustainable development, the Commission acknowledged the need for both intra- and intergenerational equity – development that meets not only today’s human needs but also those of more people in the future. Changing drivers, such as population growth, economic activities and consumption patterns, have placed increasing pressure on the environment. Serious and persistent barriers to sustainable development remain. In the past 20 years, there has been limited integration of environment into development decision making.
Environmental degradation is therefore undermining development and threatens future development progress. Development is a process that enables people to better their well-being. Long-term development can only be achieved through sustainable management of various assets: financial, material, human, social and natural. Natural assets, including water, soils, plants and animals, underpin people’s livelihoods. Environmental degradation also threatens all aspects of human well-being. Environmental degradation has been demonstrably linked to human health problems, including some types of cancers, vector-borne diseases, emerging animal to human disease transfer, nutritional deficits and respiratory illnesses.
Presented by Daniel Zimmer (Director Innovation, Climate KIC, Former Director of the World Water Council) at the International Forum on Water and Food (IFWF), South Africa, 14-17 November 2011.
The International Forum on Water and Food (IFWF) is the premier gathering of water and food scientists working on improving water management for agricultural production in developing countries.
The CGIAR Challenge Program for Water and Food (CPWF) represents one of the most comprehensive investments in the world on water, food and environment research.The Forum explores how the CPWF research-for-development (R4D) approach can address water and food challenges through a combination of process, institutional and technical innovations.
Flooding is a natural process which, that can occur in any part of the world during the volume of water reaches beyond the holding capacity of the drainage system. In whatever the case flooding has a major impact on the economic, social and environmental condition of the victim areas
Among the many water-related challenges worldwide, the crisis of scarcity, deteriorating water quality, the linkages between water and food security, and the need for improved governance are the most significant in the context of gender differences in access to and control over water resources.
Poverty and the environment, Deforestation, Future: water crisis, Environmental refugees, Global warming, Greenhouse effect, Acid rain, Bioterrorism, Common global challenges
Main messages It is 20 years since the report of the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED), Our Common Future, emphasized the need for a sustainable way of life which not only addresses current environmental challenges but also ensures a secure society well into the future. This chapter analyses the evolution of such ideas as well as global trends in relation to environment and socio-economic development.
The following are its main messages: The world has changed radically since 1987 – socially, economically and environmentally. Global population has grown by more than 1.7 billion, from about 5 billion people. The global economy has expanded and is now characterized by increasing globalization. Worldwide, GDP per capita (purchasing power parity) has increased from US$5 927 in 1987 to US$8 162 in 2004. However, growth has been distributed unequally between regions. Global trade has increased during the past 20 years, fuelled by globalization, better communication, and low transportation costs.
Technology has also changed. Communications have been revolutionized with the growth of telecommunications and the Internet. Worldwide, mobile phone subscribers increased from 2 people per 1 000 in 1990 to 220 per 1 000 in 2003. Internet use increased from 1 person per 1 000 in 1990 to 114 per 1 000 in 2003. Finally, political changes have also been extensive. Human population and economic growth has increased demand on resources. The World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) recognized 20 years ago that the environment, economic and social issues are interlinked. It recommended that the three be integrated into development decision making.
In defining sustainable development, the Commission acknowledged the need for both intra- and intergenerational equity – development that meets not only today’s human needs but also those of more people in the future. Changing drivers, such as population growth, economic activities and consumption patterns, have placed increasing pressure on the environment. Serious and persistent barriers to sustainable development remain. In the past 20 years, there has been limited integration of environment into development decision making.
Environmental degradation is therefore undermining development and threatens future development progress. Development is a process that enables people to better their well-being. Long-term development can only be achieved through sustainable management of various assets: financial, material, human, social and natural. Natural assets, including water, soils, plants and animals, underpin people’s livelihoods. Environmental degradation also threatens all aspects of human well-being. Environmental degradation has been demonstrably linked to human health problems, including some types of cancers, vector-borne diseases, emerging animal to human disease transfer, nutritional deficits and respiratory illnesses.
Talk presented at Codemotion 2015.
Although the Request/Response pattern has allowed to build applications that were inconceivable when HTTP was invented, there is an increasing demand of solutions that require to push information to browsers or mobile clients as soon as it is available, using technologies like WebSockets. This has applications in messaging, notifications, games, IoT and collaborative apps, among others.
In this talk we will present the solutions available like socket.io, Faye, Pusher, PubNub or Carotene, how to integrate such services with existent or new codebases, its advantages, the challenges we will find and how to succeed bringing realtime communications to the table.
Integrando React.js en aplicaciones Symfony (deSymfony 2016)Ignacio Martín
Introducción a React.js + técnicas y conceptos útiles, como aplicaciones universales (isomórficas) o cómo usar json schema para facilitarnos la vida al trabajar con formularios.
Keeping the frontend under control with Symfony and WebpackIgnacio Martín
Webpack tutorial with tips for Symfony users. Topics covered include: current frontend trends, setup, loaders, dev tools, optimization in production, bundle splitting and tips and tricks for using webpack with existing projects.
Symfony Munich Meetup 2016.
Water scarcity is the lack of fresh water resources to meet the standard water demand. There are two type of water scarcity. One is physical. The other is economic water scarcity.
The Asia Women's Conference on Environment
-by Irene Dankelman
Recommendations:
(a) Recognize and protect the human right to water.
(b) Ensure women’s access to and control of safe water and land.
(c) Ensure gender mainstreaming in all water and sanitation policies and institutions.
(d) Promote women’s participation and empowerment.
(e) Ensure corporate social and environmental accountability in water and sanitation.
Water Integrity Global Outlook 2016 : clean water needs clean governanceIRC
This presentation introduces the flagship publication of the Water Integrity Network (WIN): the Water Integrity Global Outlook 2016 (WIGO). It highlights WIGO's key messages and tools such as integrity risk management and the Integrity Wall. Presented by Frank van der Valk, Water Integrity Network, on 15 April 2016 at the WIN-IRC Event: "Water Integrity Global Outlook 2016: Launch in the Netherlands", The Hague, The Netherlands.
Environment means the surroundings or conditions of life, may be social, political, economic, cultural, natural etc.
Natural resources are used with other man made resources in order to produce goods in agriculture, industry or other spheres of economic activity.
2. CORRUPTION IN THE WATER SECTOR
• Water is linked with development
• Many opportunities for corruption
• Puts lives and livelihoods of billions at risk
• Slows development and poverty reduction
efforts
• Corruption exists everywhere
• Disproportionally affects the poor
• Intensifies regional water scarcity
3. COSTS OF CORRUPTION
• Waste of financial resources
• Distorts allocation
• Failure to lead by example
• Loss of natural resources
4. WATER INTEGRITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE
• Billions of $ of new investments, high
risk for corruption
• Corruption may render effect of
climate change even bigger
• Corruption becomes means of
gaining access to an ever scarcer
resource
5. WATER INTEGRITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE (II)
Impacts of corruption manifested through:
• Drinking water and sanitation systems
• Irrigation
• Hydropower
• Integrated Water Resource Management
6. WATER INTEGRITY AND GENDER EQUITY
1) Both women and men should be
represented in the climate change
discussions, as
2) Climate change affects women and
men differently, and
3) Women and men affect the
environment, thus also climate
change, differently
7. WATER INTEGRITY AND GENDER EQUITY (II)
• Climate change hits poor women the
hardest
• 98% of natural disasters hit third
world countries
• Climate change is not a gender
neutral phenomenon
8. WHAT CAN BE DONE?
• Anti-corruption platforms integrated
into policy agendas
• Corruption and environment policy
agendas streamlined
• Strengthening commitment and
monitoring
9. WATER INTEGRITY NETWORK- WIN
• Funded in 2006; coalitions and
partnerships are vital
• Brings together all actors in the
water sector as well as the leading
anti-corruption movement
• Advocating for Water Integrity on a
global level
• Country-based Water Integrity
activities (WI scans and
programmes)