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Newsletter
No. 03 – May 2021
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Our ICWRGC newsletter regularly informs on news in the field of hydrology dealing with research, data, networks, education and training as well as events at a national and international level.
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vEGU21: Our participation and perceptions
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The annual General Assembly of the European Geoscience Union 2021 lies behind us, and ICWRGC has participated not only in scientific discussions, but also with presentations and convener responsibilities. ...
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Online consultation on WMO Action Plan for Hydrology open until 25 May 2021
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Based on previously identified goals and outcomes, the WMO Hydrological Coordination Panel (HCP) held a consultation with its members and the hydrological community in September 2020. ...
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“Eine Frage des Klimas” (A Matter of Climate) - Podcast of the “Berliner Stiftungswoche”
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“Eine Frage des Klimas” (A Matter of Climate) – this year‘s podcast issued by the Berliner Stiftungswoche (Berlin Foundation Week) addresses the key issue »Eine Frage des Klimas«. ...
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Online Hydrology Day 2021
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This year's German Hydrology Day (TdH) will be held in two parts due to the Corona pandemic. For the first time, there will be an online event with presentations on current hydrological issues for the World Water Day on March 22, 2021. ...
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World Water Development Report 2021 "Valuing Water"
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Water must be given a higher priority - this is what this year's United Nations World Water Development Report "Valuing Water" calls for. The report is produced annually by UNESCO's World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) for UN-Water and is traditionally released on March 22 - the World Water Day. ...
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New Status Report on the Progress of SDG 6
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The UN-Water Integrated Monitoring Initiative for SDG 6 (IMI-SDG6) has compiled a new summary on the state of implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6, water and sanitation for all). ...
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GEMStat: New water quality data from Germany
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New water quality data from Germany has reached the GEMStat database. The total submission contains 1,663,872 samples covering 167 parameter classes and 1666 stations between 2008-2018. ...
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2nd Announcement for the 29th Conference of the Regional Cooperation Hydrology of the Danube Countries (IHP Danube) - Call for Papers
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The Regional Cooperation Hydrology of the Danube countries is part of the Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP) of UNESCO. Contributions are requested to this valuable transboundary river network that has been existing for about 60 years and continues to provide fundamental hydrological knowledge. ...
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New master thesis: “Analysis of the global variation in river discharge-sediment transport relationship”
Ram Mani Dahal from Leibniz University Hannover has written his MSc. Thesis in collaboration with ICWRGC on the topic: “Analysis of the global variation in river discharge-sediment transport relationship”.
He successfully defended his thesis at Leibniz University Hannover on 10 February 2021. ...
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Water Supply Strategies
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For the international arena, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) has published the “Water Strategy – Key to the Implementation of Agenda 2030 and the Climate Agreement in 2017”. In 2019, the latter was followed by the strategy paper “Agenda 2030 concrete. ...
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Expert network MedECC is awarded North-South Prize by Council of Europe
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Dr. Marianela Fader from ICWRGC is coordinator of the Water Group and member of the network’s Steering Committee on climate and environmental changes in the Mediterranean. ...
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Upcoming Events
- May 25 (2:00 - 5:00 p.m.)
ICWRGC/BfG: UNESCO-ISI: Online expert meeting on global river sediment databases - Part 1
- June 10 (2:00 - 5:00 p.m.)
ICWRGC /BfG: UNESCO-ISI: Online expert meeting on global river sediment databases - Part 2
- June 15-16
ICWRGC/BfG: GTN-H Panel meeting
- June 23
ICWRGC/RCUWM: High-level Kick-off Workshop-serial "Toward Survey and Completion of Essential Water Data in West and Central Asia” (Invited Officials only)
- September 6-10
ICWRGC/BfG: UNESCO ISI: International Training Workshop
- September 14-16
ICWRGC/RCUWM: 1st Workshop "Toward Survey and Completion of Essential Water Data in West and Central Asia ”
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