The newsletters of ICHARM, the International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management – operating under the auspicies of UNESCO and hosted by the Japanese Public Works Research Institute (PWRI) – are now online.
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IISD’s Earth Negotiations Bulletin reports on the UN Climate Change Conference (COP-15), that was held in Copenhagen, 7–19 December 2009.
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Global climate change will increase the risk of conflict over shared international freshwater resources. Treaties and other cross-border agreements can help reduce those risks, but existing agreements are inadequate for dealing with the impacts of climate change.
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