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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
Unparalleled economic growth is forcing the country’s hand into tackling its environmental issues. Asit K Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada POLICY FORUM | October ...
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
Abstract The rapid development of China’s market economy compels the adoption of water rights and associated market mechanisms to optimize the allocation of ...
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
Building resilience to extreme events is very complex. It involves consideration of climatic and non-climatic factors, human and natural environments and their ...
Agriculture Drought
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by Dr Cecilia Tortajada, Honorary Professor at the University of Glasgow, UK
Asit K Biswas, Udisha Saklani and Cecilia Tortajada POLICY FORUM | October 9, 2017 Indians are flocking to the country’s megacities in huge numbers. More ...
India
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by Yoshimi Yoshida, Environmental Consultant
Businesses and Investors alike are increasingly interested in climate risk in managing their assets. Bloomberg and Carbon Disclosure Projects (aka CDP) teamed ...
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
Asit K Biswas and Kris Hartley THE CONVERSATION | September 27, 2017 Facing declining markets in Western countries, multinational food companies are targeting ...
Food and Agriculture Public Health
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
The European Commission and China are to co-operate on water protection against pollution, wastage and climate change. They have signed a ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Denmark has signed an agreement to provide water purification technology to the thirsty coastal US state of California, in a deal that could bring millions ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Residents of Borrego Springs are reluctantly coming to grips with a problem that threatens the very existence of their community, one they have known about ...
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by Dr Cecilia Tortajada, Honorary Professor at the University of Glasgow, UK
Talks to renegotiate Nafta are intractable. Mexico and Canada are looking elsewhere for trade, which may hurt Trump's electoral base of farmers. Asit K. Biswas ...
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by Dr Cecilia Tortajada, Honorary Professor at the University of Glasgow, UK
Singapore’s sustainable water policy offers a useful model for sustainable development. In January 2016, the Singapore Exchange (SGX) announced that it would ...
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
Although renegotiations have begun in earnest, the Trump Administration will find it exceedingly difficult to get what it wants out of NAFTA, for both ...
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
The ballooning costs of attending high-end academic conferences are excluding early-career researchers. But we need their fresh perspectives. Julian Kirchherr ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
As China comes clean on water quality, the message to polluters is crystal clear. By Bao Hang Image source: Max PixelThe Ministry of Environmental ...
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
Under the auspices of Singapore International Water Week, some 200 water utility leaders are meeting in Singapore this week to discuss how best their ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
More than 1,400 new dams or water diversion projects are planned or already under construction and many of them are on rivers flowing through multiple ...
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
The countries of the Mekong Basin need to stop blaming each other for water woes and get on with creating a sustainable and coordinated plan for the region, ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
The world needs a consolidated voice to protect water as a human right, and this will require stronger leadership from governments, suggests research ...
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by Asit Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow
US Corn Belt economies may nosedive as Mexican farmers are incentivised to produce more even as the country is forced to mull food diversification. Mexico is ...
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Legislation on materials in contact with drinking water must be harmonised across the EU, an alliance of companies supplying products and materials for ...
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