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WATER-L Digest for Thursday, March 06, 2014.

1. Water Update - 6 March 2014 - Water Policy & Practice

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A compilation of items recently posted to the Water Policy & Practice knowledgebase Latest News - 6 March 2014 FAO NENA Conference Pledges Cooperation on Water, Food Waste 28_February 2014: The 32nd UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) regional conference for the Near East and North Africa (NENA) saw the adoption by country delegates of a regional strategy on food security and nutrition, expansion of the FAO regional Initiative on Water Scarcity. continued...   UNECE, UNDP Facilitate Water Cooperation in Chu and Talas River Basins 27_February 2014: The UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and Kyrgyz authorities have organized meetings aimed at promoting water cooperation between Kyrgyzstan and Kazakstan in the transboundary Chu and Talas Rivers. continued...   IPCC Releases GHG Inventories Methodology Reports 28_February 2014: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released two methodology reports, prepared by the IPCC's Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (TFI), which is responsible for assessing and developing scientifically-sound inventory methods and practices. continued...   EEA Highlights Decoupling Water Pollution from Growth 24_February 2014: The European Environment Agency (EEA) released new data demonstrating the decoupling of levels of some pollutants from agriculture and manufacturing from the economic productivity of these sectors and population growth. continued...   February 2014 Sustainable Energy Finance Update February_2014: Throughout the month of February, the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the European Investment Bank (EIB), the Global Environment Facility (GEF), and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) undertook a number of activities and approved funding for sustainable energy projects in a range of countries, including: Pakistan, India, Nepal, Turkey, Ukraine, Poland, Croatia, Brazil, and in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region. continued...   Water Policy & Practice Calendar: Current & Upcoming Events Latin American Workshop on Law of International Waters Bogota, Distrito Especial, Colombia 3 Mar - 7 Mar Workshop on the Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystems Nexus Assessment in the Sava River Basin Zagreb, Grad Zagreb, Croatia 4 Mar - 6 Mar Nexus 2014: Water, Food, Climate and Energy Conference Chapel Hill, NC, US 5 Mar - 8 Mar Official World Water Day Celebration: The Water-Energy Nexus Tokyo, Japan 20 Mar - 21 Mar World Water Day worldwide 22 Mar Tenth Session of the Open Working Group on SDGs New York City, US 31 Mar - 4 Apr Third International Conference on the Use of Space Technology for Water Management Rabat, Rabat-Sale, Morocco 1 Apr - 4 Apr UNECE Water Convention Joint Bodies Workshop Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland 9 Apr - 10 Apr Eleventh Session of the Open Working Group on SDGs New York City, US 5 May - 9 May Third Meeting of the Implementation Committee of the UNECE Water Convention Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland 15 May - 16 May International Conference on Sustainability in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany 19 May - 20 May Hidroenergia 2014: International Congress and Trade Fair on Small Hydropower Istanbul, Turkey 21 May - 23 May UNECE Water Convention Workshop on benefits of Transboundary Water Cooperation Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland 22 May - 23 May 46th GEF Council Meeting and GEF Assembly Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico 25 May - 30 May Seventh GEOSS Asia-Pacific Symposium Tokyo, Japan 26 May - 28 May    Subscribe to our iCalendar and your computer will gain access to all the events listed in our Water Policy & Practice Calendar ( Learn More | Subscribe ) Please send suggestions for articles to Alice Bisiaux at alice@iisd.org Funding for Water Policy & Practice has been provided by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation Global Program Climate Change

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