Compare and contrast: Nature-based solutions in municipal stormwater management in Sweden: costs, co-benefits, responsibilities and policies
Prevention Web Research: This report focuses on sustainable stormwater management in Swedish municipalities and aims to further understanding of the planning and policy context for the implementation of nature-based solutions […]
Compare and contrast: ‘Dam for a dam’: India, China edge towards a Himalayan water war
Al Jazeera Last month, China approved the construction of its most ambitious – and the world’s largest – dam over the Yarlung Zangbo, in Tibet’s Medog county, right before it […]
Compare and contrast: Widespread flooding, 180 000 without power as severe storm hits Sao Paulo, Brazil
The Watchers A severe storm struck the city of Sao Paulo at approximately 15:30 local time (LT) on Friday, January 24, causing severe flooding across the region and destroying several […]
Compare and contrast: Anglian Water passed thousands of pollution tests at sewage plants that weren’t carried out
The Guardian In some cases the flows from the sewage plants stopped for just an hour or two, meaning samples could not be taken. But despite no test being carried […]
Compare and contrast: ‘We are crying for rain’: Suriname’s villages go hungry as drought bites
The Guardian The drought in Suriname began in early 2023, with severe conditions reported by February last year; wildfires spread, posing a major health risk. By August, the drought had […]
Compare and contrast: UK approaches potential administrators for Thames Water, FT reports
Reuters The British government has approached consultancies regarding taking the role of special administrators for Thames Water, in a sign that ministers are bracing themselves for imminent renationalisation, the Financial […]
Compare and contrast: X-ray of the earth: Confidential oil data shows where vital water sources lie in Africa
EuroNews Green Unlocking seismic data could aid the search for fresh groundwater in Africa, where water scarcity affects two-thirds of the population. Click here to read the story.
Compare and contrast: ‘Drinking PFAS’: water providers call for broad ban on ‘forever chemicals’ amid proliferation fears
The Guardian Australian experts and water providers have called for a broad ban on so-called “forever chemicals” at an Australian Senate inquiry into PFAs, warning of environmental harm and increasingly […]
Compare and contrast: ‘Chaos agent’ Trump revives California water wars as experts warn of turmoil
The Guardian In a memorandum titled “Putting People over Fish: Stopping Radical Environmentalism to Provide Water to Southern California”, Trump directed the agencies to reprise the efforts of his first […]
Compare and contrast: Weather tracker: Floods and landslides in Indonesia leave at least 20 dead
The Guardian Heavy rain across Indonesia has caused major flooding. On Java, the country’s main island, flooding caused a landslidethat has killed more than 20 people, with several more missing. […]