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Content update - Water Resources Management on the Development Gateway
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20 new resources have been added to Water Resources Management on the Development Gateway
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/water
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1. SDI-Africa - GIS & remote sensing news in Africa - December 2007
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/water/rc/ItemDetail.do~1122421?intcmp=700
The December 2007 issue includes (among many other items):
http://www.gsdi.org/newsletters/SDIAfricav6n12.pdf
- Algeria ‘on track’ to launch second earth observation satellite
- National Water Information System in Tunisia
- Sudan Institutional Capacity Programme …
Contributed by Kate Lance on 1 December, 2007

2. 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/water/rc/ItemDetail.do~1122469?intcmp=700
Theme: Water Security: Leadership and Commitment
Organizers: Asia-Pacific Water Forum and Steering Committee of the 1st Asia-Pacific Water Summit
Dates: December 3 and 4, 2007
Expected Outcome Documents: Leaders’ Declaration and APWS Recommendation
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Contributed by John Daly on 3 December, 2007
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4. Global warming will push Asia into reverse says new report
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/water/rc/ItemDetail.do~1122554?intcmp=700
The biggest study yet from unique coalition of major poverty and environment groups reveals scale of climate impacts on international work  immediate action is needed before Asia goes ‘Up in Smoke’. A new report - Up in Smoke? Asia and the Pacific - with a foreword …
Contributed by Anuradha Bhattacharjee on 4 December, 2007

5. Head of IPCC and international experts voice climate concerns
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/water/rc/ItemDetail.do~1122565?intcmp=700
To mark the launch of the Up In Smoke - Asia and the Pacific report, the chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and others comment on the threats climate change poses to the region. “It has become clear that Asia would see some major changes as  …
Contributed by Anuradha Bhattacharjee on 4 December, 2007
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7. Global Water Initiative created in response to world water crisis
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/water/rc/ItemDetail.do~1122592?intcmp=700
A new partnership has been launched to address the declining state of the world’s fresh water supply and the lack of access to clean water services by the world’s poorest people. The Global Water Initiative (GWI) brings together a group of seven leading international …
Contributed by Anuradha Bhattacharjee on 4 December, 2007
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13. COP-13: United Nations Climate Change Conference
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/water/rc/ItemDetail.do~1122785?intcmp=700
The annual Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) brings together representatives of over 180 countries together with observers from intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations, and the media. This year’s COP …
Contributed by Anuradha Bhattacharjee on 5 December, 2007
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17. AFRICA: Safety Nets Help to Climate-Proof the Poor
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/water/rc/ItemDetail.do~1123250?intcmp=700
JOHANNESBURG, 5 December 2007 (IRIN) - A unique safety net programme being piloted in Ethiopia, which attempts to break away from the traditional humanitarian model, is being punted in the UN Development Programme’s Human Development Report 2007/2008 as a “bold  …
Contributed by Emmanuel Habumuremyi on 8 December, 2007
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20. “Political Will” Needed to Change Climate
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/water/rc/ItemDetail.do~1123260?intcmp=700
Officials stressed the need for “political will” to stem the impact of global warming as the United Nations Climate Change Conference got underway on the Indonesian island of Bali on 3 December. The joint meeting of the 192 Parties to the United Nations Framework …
Contributed by Emmanuel Habumuremyi on 8 December, 2007