Interviews
Catalyzing Water for Sustainable Development and Growth
We are delighted to republish the “Catalyzing Water for Sustainable Development and Growth” report from United Nations Office for Sustainable Development (UN OSD) and United Nations University...
#CRISISMAPPING FOR RECOVERY: CRISIS CLEAN UP - A COLLABORATION TOOL
A truism in emergency management is that after a disaster thousands of people want to volunteer–the more high profile the event the more show up, sometimes creating a second disaster. Having a system...
DIGITAL HUMANITARIANS: FROM HAITI EARTHQUAKE TO TYPHOON YOLANDA
We’ve been able to process and make sense of a quarter of a million tweets in the aftermath of Typhoon Yolanda. Using both AIDR (still under development) and Twitris, we were able to collect these tweets...
Water: At the center of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus
The nexus of water, energy and food issues is at the heart of many global problems that have proved difficult to solve. Collective action around water can play an important role in identifying solutions...
Strengthening Urban Water Systems in Developing Countries
As future water supplies become increasingly threatened by climate change – characterised by increased flooding in some areas and drought in others – it will be even more critical for cities...
REDUCING FOOD WASTE TO HELP TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE
It is a sobering fact of modern life that while in some countries food is scarce, others collectively waste food with a total value of about US$1 trillion (€ 735 billion). There is a clear opportunity...
ROLE OF EMERGING COUNTRIES IN CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE
Agriculture is extremely vulnerable to climate change, and the sector, together with forestry and land-use change, accounts for roughly one-third of global GHG emissions. Agriculture provides enormous potential...
COMBINING RADIO, SMS AND ADVANCED COMPUTING FOR DISASTER RESPONSE
I’m headed to the Philippines this week to collaborate with the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on humanitarian crowdsourcing and technology projects. I’ll be based in...
Water Security and Climate Change Challenges in Developing Countries
Ghana and its Volta River, which supports the livelihoods of millions in six West African countries, is under stress from climate change and increasing water demands – impacts that are especially...
THE SCOPE FOR CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE
Dealing with food insecurity is among the greatest global challenges over the next decades. Food security will be achieved when all people, at all times, have access to safe, sufficient and affordable nutrition....
