Cape Town promised alternative water sources with the ongoing drought being declared a disaster. Its main strategy is water rationing but climate models are also being used.
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Nigeria is rich in water resources. but poor management has led to water scarcity in the country.
Windhoek can teach Cape Town on dealing with drought. Technology alone is not enough.
There is an increasing demand for water in cities like Cape Town. The current drought exacerbates this. But there are ways to use and save water sustainably.
Scientists have found a way to pull water from the air using only energy from the sun.
Stormwater harvesting offers an alternative water supply source. It’s almost entirely untapped in South Africa and could ensure improved water security across the country.
The current climate talks in Morocco are a golden opportunity for making strides on the adaptation of African agriculture. African countries need the tools necessary to do so.
Intelligent trade policies can help limit the threats, including food security, that come with an uneven distribution of water resources across the globe.
Can we predict where in the world will be water-stressed? Using a more fine-tuned model, researchers find there is no global water crisis, just local ones.
Water footprinting is meant to help countries use water more efficiently. But it may cause more problems than it solves.
California’s drought is dragging on into its fifth year. What can the state learn from Australia’s 15-year millennium drought?
The water crisis in South Africa could have been avoided through better planning.
The current drought in southern Africa is as a result of a powerful El Niño event. Better planning and forecasting could help mitigate the effects.
Top contributors
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Executive Co-Director, Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), United Nations University; Technical University of Hamburg
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Global Change Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior lecturer, Nelson Mandela University
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Visiting Adjunct Professor, School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Professor of Law, Texas A&M University
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Professor, University of the Witwatersrand
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Deputy Director of the United Nations Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), United Nations University
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Senior research scientist, Stellenbosch University
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Adjunct Professor of Environmental Studies, Tel Aviv University
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Associate Professor of Water Resources, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Former Director of the Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), United Nations University
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Professor of Aquatic Ecosystem Ecology, University of Calgary
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Associate professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and interim Director of the Future Water research institute at the University of Cape Town, University of Cape Town
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SA Research Chair in Climate Change, University of Cape Town