#water security News
Water tests from the Kok and Sai rivers near Thailand’s border with Myanmar have revealed elevated arsenic levels, leading Thai officials to warn citizens to avoid contact with river water.
Communities are campaigning against the arrival of AI-powered data centres that they say bring negative environmental impacts.
India unilaterally suspended the 1960 Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan, citing cross-border terrorism amid longstanding calls for updates to address climate change and population growth.
Food & Agriculture
Global wheat yields would be 10 per cent higher without climate change
Global yields of wheat are around 10 per cent lower now than they would have been without the influence of climate change, according to a new study.
#water security Opinion
Local communities and traditional Islamic boarding schools are pushing back on renewable energy projects that prioritise technical and economic benefits over social and ecological considerations.
Policy & Finance
Revisiting the Indus Water Treaty in turbulent times
India's suspension of the treaty should not be seen as a weaponisation of water, but a reasoned assertion of sovereignty in the face of sustained aggression. It is a clear signal that cooperation cannot exist in a vacuum devoid of trust.
The danger of the Indus Water Treaty collapsing is less about India cutting off water flows and more about the erosion of trust, transparency and data sharing, affecting neighbours including Nepal and Bangladesh. Weaponising water is a perilous strategy that may backfire.
Policy & Finance
Indigenous forest peoples can finally control nature finance
At COP30, Brazil will launch the Tropical Forest Forever Facility to fund communities on the frontlines of the nature crisis.
Policy & Finance
Central banks must stem the nature crisis
#water security Videos
Watch: Singapore researchers are trying to give banana skins and coconut husks a new lease of life in water purification kits that can be used in disaster situations. They could one day also be used in the manufacture of batteries.
Do children ask the toughest questions? This World Oceans Day, we get renowned oceanographer Dr Sylvia Earle, founder of Mission Blue, to field questions from curious kids on the mysteries of the deep.
Green Buildings
Getting our urban environment to net-zero
EB Studio
Our urban infrastructure is responsible for almost 40 per cent of global carbon emissions. Climate solutions need to include the biggest energy guzzlers, clean energy and retrofitting old buildings.
Worldwide, 100 million families are stuck in a cycle of poverty and disease because of the lack of access to clean water. What would it take to slake humanity's thirst for water in a sustainable way?
#water security Podcasts
Food & Agriculture
‘We revised the standard because we should’: What RSPO’s new rules for sustainable palm oil mean for people and planet
EB Studio
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil has released new criteria for certifying responsibly grown palm oil. What's changed and how does RSPO respond to criticism that the new standard lowers the bar for deforestation?
#water security Press Releases
Imagine H2O Asia
Announcing Imagine H2O Asia’s 6th cohort of water entrepreneurs
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Resilience rising: Targeting transformative disaster risk reduction in Asia-Pacific subregions
#water security Research
SolAbility
Laos leads the Natural Capital Index 2021
Centre for Asian Philanthropy and Society (CAPS)
Public-private partnerships for social good
SolAbility Sustainable Intelligence
The Global Sustainable Competitiveness Report 2020
Singapore International Water Week
SIWW 2018 Blue Paper: What will drive the next era of water management?
