Research / Water

Ocean of Solutions: Protecting biodiversity in the blue economy
Marine biodiversity is in a monumental crisis. Despite more attention to understand the impacts of anthropogenic-driven climate change on land and marine biodiversity in recent years, the effects of climate …
The Global Sustainable Competitiveness Report 2020
GDP and other economic measurements do not fully reflect current state of affairs and future development potential. Based on 127 quantitative data indicators, the Global Sustainable Competitiveness Index evaluates performance …
Building a digital water management system for Thailand
Effective water management is crucial for both Thailand's large agricultural sector and for its fast developing high-tech manufacturing sector. Cloudasset's Digital Solution for Water Management integrated over 40 databases and …
SIWW 2018 Blue Paper: What will drive the next era of water management?
Countries will be confronted with an increasingly complex challenge over the next 15 years. Major risks such as poorly managed urbanisation, climate change, and unequal rather than inclusive growth in …
State of the World's Birds 2018—taking the pulse of the planet
With the tagline "Taking the Pulse of the Planet", State of the World's Birds is a major global assessment that uses bird species to measure the health of our ecosystems …
CDP Hong Kong and South East Asia Report 2017
This report focuses on environmental disclosure by companies based or listed in Hong Kong and South East Asia. Every year, CDP requests the world's largest companies, by market capitalisation and …
Flood Controls in Southeast Asia
As the nations of Southeast Asia underwent rapid economic and population growth from the latter part of the last century, they also experienced rapid change to their traditional ways of …
Smart Water Roundtable 2016
Against the backdrop of a shake-up in water supply and nascent technologies, how can governments and the water industry bridge the supply-demand gap and deploy systems to meet social needs …
Lessons from REDD+ for achieving water, energy and food security in Indonesia
Indonesia has already made notable strides to develop climate mitigation strategies that ensure the protection of its forests, notably through its high-level support for efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation …
How can Indonesia achieve water, energy and food security?
This briefing note outlines the challenges and opportunities for Indonesia to achieve water, energy and food security targets in ways that align with its long term development strategy. A water-energy-food …
2nd White Paper Tourism and Water: From Challenges to Solutions
This second White Paper, From Challenges to Solutions, maps water stress and scarcity in the Asia Pacific region against tourism water use.
GLASA 2015 Apparel Sector Water Report and finalists announced
The State of the Apparel Sector Water report for the Global Leadership Award in Sustainable Apparel (GLASA) 2015 has been launched for open consultation.
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