Water Lilies

The aim of the India-UK Water Centre (IUKWC) is to promote cooperation and collaboration between NERC-MoES water security research in order to establish a platform for, and legacy of, long-term partnerships and dialogue between Indian and UK water researchers, water policy-makers and water businesses.

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Open Call to participate in Grassroots Field Exposure Session (GFES) & User Engagement Initiative (UEI) - Call Extended

Sectoral focus: Water resource management and supply
Theme: Building cross-sectoral collaborations to understand the dynamic interactions across the water-energy-food nexus
Regional Focus: Central India
Venue: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
17th October 2018: Call opens
20th November 2018: Deadline for submission of application webform
3rd December 2018: Applicants notified of outcome

IUKWC workshop aims to advance drought monitoring, prediction, and management capabilities in India

An IUKWC Science Workshop, held between 18th and 20th September at Lancaster University in the UK, brought together leading Indian and UK scientists to consider the issues around drought monitoring, prediction and management.

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Drought and Water Scarcity: addressing current and future challenges
DROUGHTS THREATEN SOCIETIES, ECONOMIES AND ECOSYSTEMS WORLDWIDE
They are costly natural hazards, feature on global risk registers, and are expected to become more severe due to the influence of climate change and pressure on water resources from economic and demographic changes.
Venue : 20 and 21 March 2019, Oxford University, UK
Themes:
*    Climatology
*    Impacts
*    Governance & planning
*    Community responses
*    Risk communication
Deadline for Abstracts: 31 Dec 2018
Review & Feedback: 15 Jan 2019
Register your interest  or submit an abstract: http://bit.ly/2pObsSH
Contact: Info@aboutdrought.Info
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