Thursday, December 6, 2012

As water risks rise, good infrastructure and governance are key - experts

AlertNet: Efficient infrastructure work and good governance will be key to reducing the impacts of worsening climate-linked flooding around the world, water experts and officials told a water management conference at the UN climate talks. Faulty construction and poor governance systems so far have multiplied the impacts of disasters, causing avoidable loss of lives and livelihoods, they said. Mats Eriksson, programme director at the Stockholm International Water Institute, said that decision-making,...

URL: http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/as-water-risks-rise-good-infrastructure-and-governance-are-key-experts
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