This report presents the results of one of the first practical applications of the Water Footprint Assessment methodology in the Central Asian region. The Water Footprint is a measure of the water used for the production of goods and services. The Blue Water Footprint refers to the consumption of surface and groundwater, while the green …
The Blue Peace Central Asia initiative has been promoting water as an instrument of peace and cooperation in Central Asia since 2016. Countries sharing this valuable resource across transboundary river basins are supported to build dialogue on water resources management on the basis of robust evidence and science, as well as through an inter-sectoral and …
This paper studies the effect of the 2018 drought on household consumption and poverty in Afghanistan, a semi-arid and conflict-affected country. The paper combines geolocated household data with remote-sensing weather data on precipitation, vegetation, and temperature. The findings show that drought-like conditions decreased monthly per capita consumption expenditures and hence increased poverty, with a highly …
In a recent study, scientists found that a previously unmeasured source – water percolating through soil and fractured rock below California’s Sierra Nevada mountains – delivers an average of 4 million acre-feet (5 cubic kilometers) of water to the state’s Central Valley each year. This underground source accounts for about 10% of all the water …
NASA Measures Underground Water Flowing From Sierra to Central Valley Read More »
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory While Alaska straddles the Arctic Circle and is covered by vast expanses of frozen land, the state also has a lot of liquid water. In fact, Alaska holds about 40% of U.S. surface water resources. This includes more than 12,000 rivers, thousands more streams and creeks, and hundreds of thousands of …
Water Mission to Gauge Alaskan Rivers on Front Lines of Climate Change Read More »
Water security is reviewed through an in-depth analysis of security and development-related factors.
The climate change situation will lead to inevitable detrimental consequences for Tajikistan through current glacier melting and water source issues. Serious economic issues and poverty are being currently experienced in Tajikistan, which takes the focus of the government’s monetary police away from climate centered projects.
The 2021 drought, which swept across Central Asia and strongly affected agriculture and livestock. The publication shows data since 1992 on Central Asian droughts and how they have influenced internal variability within the region. The findings introduce a promotion of climate policies to be made by in-region policy makers to remedy the situation.
Publications on climate change issues in the context of countries of Central Asia and the region as a whole
