Water is a multidimensional issue, involving water availability, access to freshwater, spatial and temporal … other aspects. The water security approach manages such complexity and proposes a comprehensive view of human security in … relation to the water-related issues. Consequently, the solutions developed in order to face this multi-faceted concept should …

This paper analyzes the economic impacts of changes in water availability due to climate change. We develop a new … modeling approach as an alternative to include water as a production factor within a global CGE model. We tailor the structure … of the ICES model to characterize the key features of the world economy with a detailed representation of the …

sector. In the majority of participating countries, agriculture sector is the greatest consumer of water (more than 65% of … total water consumption). Although the case from France where agriculture water use is only about 10% of total water … consumption and Italy with around 45%, but this may be due to the fact that most countries reporting for their agricultural water …

China’s emerging standing in the world demands a major rethinking of its diplomatic strategies. Given its population …. Tensions have been seen in areas such as transboundary air pollution, cross-border water resources management and resources …

Water resources are facing several stresses in terms of quantity and quality. These pressures are closely related to …, pollutant emissions, and water/wastewater treatment, among others. Considering the critical role that water plays for … agricultural production, any shock in water availability will have great implications for agricultural production, and through …

The current Water Abstraction License (WAL) regime in Italy is no longer flexible enough to cope with the challenges … of bottom-up conflict resolution mechanisms at a basin scale; a water pricing scheme that does not reflect the cost of … water conveyance and use, and does not encourage efficient water allocation; and the lack of a central WAL register, which …

objectives. However, climate analysis has indicated a possible weakening of the ocean carbon sinks - the largest in the world …