/channels/news_feeds/all/term/water%20security/rss en /channels/channels/news/water-preserving-precious-commodity-330150 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>To mark World Water Day (March 22), Bioresource Engineering Professor <b>Chandra Madramootoo</b> a member of the steering committee of the Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture – expands on the theme of this year’s World Water Day: Valuing Water, and describes the goals of the federal government’s Canada Water Agency, which is in the process of being created. He is contributing to this effort<b>.  </b></p> <p><strong><a href="https://reporter.mcgill.ca/water-preserving-a-precious-commodity/" target="_blank"><i>±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Reporter</i></a></strong></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/chandra-madramootoo-2.jpg?itok=JU99WP_Y" width="160" height="120" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">31 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2021</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 31 Mar 2021 14:54:38 +0000 webfull 169581 at /channels /channels/channels/news/rural-alaskans-struggle-access-and-afford-water-330148 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Water scarcity in rural Alaska is not a new problem, but the situation is getting worse with climate change. Lasting solutions must encourage the use of alternative water supplies like rainwater catchment and grey water recycling.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/alaska-village.jpg?itok=7CuFRYHI" width="160" height="107" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">31 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2021</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 31 Mar 2021 14:36:08 +0000 webfull 169579 at /channels /channels/channels/news/new-isid-policy-brief-water-key-driver-sustainable-growth-303801 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Why is access to water a crucial issue in the Middle East and North Africa?  Because water matters for people, water matters for the economy, water matters for the environment, and water matters for equality.   In ISID's most recent policy brief, Professor of Practice Jamal Saghir discusses this issue from a water-security perspective.  Read it online now!</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/pb-2019-07_saghir.jpg?itok=WSdI1gtm" width="160" height="207" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">3 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2020</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 03 Jan 2020 19:24:02 +0000 webfull 156904 at /channels