Adaptation in water and coastal areas in Puglia: released the report
It is now available online the final report of the Pilot Study Adaptation in water and coastal areas in Puglia, Italy, drafted by CMCC with the OrientGate project. The core of Pilot Study was an...
View ArticleWhite drop: water, sustainability and energy nexus
“White drop – Water as Medium. The strategic use of water for transportation, energy, industry” is the second edition of the series of focus groups and workshops of “Pianeta acqua”, an event...
View ArticleExtreme events, changes in precipitation and temperature. A new study on Po...
How the climate in Po river basin will change in the next decades. Changes in precipitation and temperature, with the frequency of extreme events and a reduction of water availability in summer...
View ArticleWater and economic instruments
Irrigation represents 70% of total water withdrawals worldwide and climate change is expected to make things worse by increasing the frequency and intensity of drought events. This video lecture...
View ArticleThe EWRI 2017 Best Paper Award announced
Prof. Donatella Spano, researcher and Senior Member of the Strategic Council of the CMCC Foundation, won the EWRI 2017 Best Paper Award, for a paper published on Journal of Irrigation and Drainage...
View ArticleHow to find money to improve our cities (and protect them from climate change)
Climate change costs. Or rather, there are infrastructures, action and tools of urban planning to make our cities more resilient and able to cope with present and future impacts of climate change. At...
View ArticleThe water of the future: learning how to manage it
The dam of Pedra e’ Othoni in Sardinia, on what depends water scarcity and how we can cope with it. The Apulia on the road to become a “climate smart” region for a better water management for different...
View ArticleXVI World Water Congress “Bridging Science and Policy”
Dionisio Perez, researcher at the CMCC Foundation – RAAS Division, will take part in the upcoming XVI World Water Congress “Bridging Science and Policy”, from May 29 th to June 3rd 2017, in Cancun,...
View ArticleCopernicus Marine Week
The Copernicus Marine Week 25/29 SEPTEMBER 2017 – BRUSSELS Registration deadline: 31/08/2017. COPERNICUS is the EU Earth Observation and Monitoring Programme. It aims to achieve an autonomous and...
View ArticleWater management: from panaceas to actual solutions
On 12th – 13th October, CMCC offices in Venice will host the workshop on “Efficiency oriented water management in agriculture: from panaceas to actual solutions”. Three keynote lectures will be...
View ArticleAssessing mitigation strategies from forest ecosystems
Forest ecosystems have a key role in the mitigation of climate change. In the last decades, forests absorbed more than 30% of yearly global CO2 emissions as organic carbon, in the different organic...
View ArticleDrinking Europe: the path of water towards sustainability
It’s a problem that concerns all 500 million Europeans. Floods, droughts, water scarcity have dramatically increased in number and intensity in the UE due to climate change. How we can protect and...
View ArticleThe great thirst: science, innovation and business for optimizing the use of...
It’s one of the manufacturing sectors that requires more water: how we can combine productivity and a more sustainable use of natural resources? Some answers arose from the collaboration between...
View ArticleWater Grabbing, the blue-gold rush
A book, a multimedia project, a journey to reveal what is happening behind the scarcity of water resources, and how climate change plays a decisive role. Blue-gold: this the words we are getting used...
View ArticleWater, climate and agriculture: the case study of Puglia region
Over the past 60 years increasing water demand, population growth, urban expansion, and intensive agricultural practices in many areas have exacerbated the impact of water scarcity and droughts for...
View ArticleAgriculture in Southern Italy: planning ahead to address water risk
Agriculture in the Mediterranean area is among the sectors most at risk due to the impacts of climate change. Climate models estimate a likely decrease in seasonal and annual rainfall across...
View ArticleWater management: innovative ways to assess precipitation distribution
Precipitation has a direct impact on both the ecosystem and the human society, it affects groundwater and reservoirs, and constitutes a major environmental hazard. The accurate evaluation of the...
View ArticleImpacts assessment in marine areas: a multi- disciplinary approach supporting...
Europe’s seas are facing increasing threats and degradation due to a range of human activities, impairing marine ecosystems and their services for human wellbeing. Climate change is likely to further...
View ArticleScience and stakeholder dialogue to improve water governance: an Indian...
CMCC’s researchers describe some of the outcomes and the follow-up developments of the European project BRAHMATWINN, with a special focus to the analyses carried out to identify governance gaps with...
View ArticleClimate change goes underground: Implications for groundwater
It supplies fresh potable water to nearly half the global population, it preserves and fosters aquatic ecosystems and it is essential for economic growth and agriculture. It is a critical resource...
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