Heard, Read, Seen by Water Diplomats This Week

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A list of news and blog posts and other web items we stumbled upon in the past week… Taps Start to Run Dry in Brazil’s Largest City (The New York Times) – details the drastic situation in São Paulo where an unprecedented situation has officials warning that water service many only be offered two days a […]

Keeping Iceland’s Water Safe at the National Level

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Safe drinking water is essential for the health of all people and ensuring safe water at the national level requires a framework comprised of regulation and responsible actors. A new analysis of the current national framework in Iceland explores the interplay between various safe drinking water actors on a national level was recently published in […]

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A list of news and blog posts and other web items we stumbled upon in the past week… Water: The high price of cheap (Marketplace) – a collection of articles concerning all aspects of water, highlighted by a water-use calculator. Governments Will Forge First Treaty Protecting Global Oceans (Environment News Service) – delegates to the United Nations have […]

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A list of news and blog posts and other web items we stumbled upon in the past week… The countries most vulnerable to climate change, in 3 maps (The Washington Post) – maps assembled by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index indicate the vulnerability of countries to climate change, and how ready they are to adapt to the change. […]

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A list of news and blog posts and other web items we stumbled upon in the past week… Scientists, General Public Have Divergent Views of Science, Report Says (NPR) – Discusses and links to a new Pew Center report sharing results from a U.S. survey (see below). Public and Scientists’ Views on Science and Society (Pew Research […]