GWP Provides Expertise to WMO HydroConference
15 May 2018 | GWP
GWP co-organised the recent World Meteorological Organization (WMO) HydroConference – the Global Conference for Prosperity through Hydrological Services – in Geneva, Switzerland. The event set out to create better interfaces between the providers of hydrological services and the users who need such services for a wide range of decision-making.
UN Forum to Coordinate Efforts to Address Global Water Shortages
10 May 2018 | ThisDayLive.com
With extreme weather costing hundreds of billions a year and fears that by 2050, one in four people will be living in a country affected by severe water shortages, a global conference has been convened by the United Nations meteorological agency to manage the precious resource more sustainably.
UN Struggles to Address Worsening Water Shortages
9 May 2018 | Financial Tribune
With extreme weather costing hundreds of billions a year and fears that by 2050, one in four people will be living in a country affected by severe water shortages, a global conference got underway on Monday convened by the United Nations meteorological agency to manage the precious resource more sustainably.
WMO Press Release: HydroConference: urgent need to improve water management
9 May 2018 | WMO
The state of the planet’s water resources is recognized as one of the greatest global challenges faced by our rapidly transforming world. A three-day conference on hydrological services therefore sought to address the urgent need to improve forecasting, management and use of water supplies and to tackle the problem of too much, too little or too polluted water.
UN Forum to Coordinate Efforts to Address Global Water Shortages
8 May 2018 | AllAfrica
With extreme weather costing hundreds of billions a year and fears that by 2050, one in four people will be living in a country affected by severe water shortages, a global conference has been convened by the United Nations meteorological agency to manage the precious resource more sustainably.
UN News: UN forum to coordinate global efforts to address worsening water shortages
7 May 2018 | UN News in English, French, Kiswahili, Portuguese and Spanish
With extreme weather costing hundreds of billions a year and fears that by 2050, one in four people will be living in a country affected by severe water shortages, a global conference got underway on Monday convened by the United Nations meteorological agency to manage the precious resource more sustainably.
WMO: 1 in 4 people to live with water shortages by 2050
7 May 2018 | Loop News Barbados
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said, “it is estimated that by 2050 at least one in four people is likely to live in a country affected by chronic or recurring shortages of fresh water.”
UN-Forum koordiniert globale Bemühungen in Reaktion auf zunehmende Wasserknappheit
7 May 2018 | UNRIC
Wegen extremen Wetters mit jährlichen Folgen in Milliardenhöhe und Befürchtungen, dass in 2050 einer von vier Menschen in einem Land mit starker Wasserknappheit leben wird, wurde am Montag eine globale Konferenz von der Weltorganisation für Meteorologie (WMO) einberufen, um die wertvolle Ressource nachhaltiger zu verwalten.
WMO Press Release: HydroConference: from data to decision
7 May 2018 | WMO, ReliefWeb, Tiempo.com
A global conference on hydrological services will address the urgent need to improve forecasting, management and utilization of water resources in an era of growing water stress, pollution and hazards like floods.