The executing partners of the project (WMO, VBA and GWP-WA) are planning to select technicians from each country in the Volta Basin, who will take part in the capacity building process, data collection and production of flood and drought risk maps for the Volta basin led by the partner CIMA.
This conference (co-hosted by the Vatican and the Club of Rome) will reset the understood value and values of water by generating inspiring stories, educating and engaging an international audience, and heightening the urgency for action by policy makers, innovators, and the public.
In Shaanxi Province, groundwater is a critical source of fresh drinking water for the local citizens and also supplying for the irrigated agriculture. Groundwater is also important in sustaining streams, lakes, wetlands and associated ecosystems. In the meantime, climate change affects ground water resources and is closely linked to other global change drivers, including population growth, urbanization and land-use change, coupled with other socio-economic trends.
Based on the global theme "Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality" we ask some women how can the water sector step it up for gender equality.
