Celebrating World Water Day with our latest water security collection

[Lewis Collins- One Earth]

Valuing water

Can't see this email properly? Click here to view an online version Valuing water This year’s World Water Day focuses on valuing water and asks us all to consider: what does water mean to you? Given the fundamental role of water in lives and livelihoods, there are some 7.8 billion different answers to this simple question. Those answers have everything to do with how freshwater is managed, valued, and even studied around the globe. Although we are all stakeholders in sustainable water resource management, an estimated 2.2 billion people lack access to safe water. In celebration of World Water Day, we’re pleased to share highlights from the One Earth collection of articles focused on water security, management and equity. Read the collection   Feature Article Climate variability impacts water-energy-food infrastructure performance in East Africa C. Siderius, S. Kolusu, M. Todd, A. Bhave, A. Dougill, C. Reason, D. Mkwambisi, J. Kashaigili, J. Pardoe, J. Harou, K. Vincent, N. Hart, R. James, R. Washington, R. Geressu, and D. Conway   Christian Siderius Uncharted Waters Research, Sydney, Australia, and Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment “Our analysis highlights the need for climate risk assessments to incorporate a long-term perspective of climate variability. Infrastructure design should take into consideration the potential for changing patterns in variability and recognize possible bias if only short time series of observations are available, or where future climate projections do not reliably simulate drivers of climate variability.”     David Mkwambisi Associate Professor of Environment and Development, Malawi University of Science and Technology, MUST Institute of Industrial Research and Innovation “Malawi depends on hydropower and the supply has been affected due to availability of water in the Shire River. In some cases, flooding as a result of climate change has damaged irrigation systems. Droughts have resulted in poor crop productivity and reduced pasture for livestock. Several wetlands are no long providing the ecosystem services due to climate-change-related disturbances such as drought.” Read more Highlights from the collection A Water-Function-Based Framework for Understanding and Governing Water Resilience in the Anthropocene Malin Falkenmark et al. Precipitation Characteristics and Moisture Source Regions on Mt. Everest in the Khumbu, Nepal L. Baker Perry et al. Transforming Cities through Water-Sensitive Principles and Practices Tony H.F. Wong et al. Advancing Water Equity Demands New Approaches to Sustainability Science Bonnie L. Keeler et al. The Water Planetary Boundary: Interrogation and Revision Tom Gleeson et al. Read the collection The interdisciplinary home to unite natural, social, and applied sciences in a joint effort to address environmental grand challenges. There's only one planet we call home. There's only One Earth.   Read the latest issue   Contact Us Homepage   Aims and scope   Submit   Get the next issue Special Content - Newsletter & Updates is a communication type sent to you by Cell Press Unsubscribe or change your communication preferences Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Limited All rights reserved. | Elsevier Privacy Policy Elsevier Limited, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB UK