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What Could The World Look Like In 2050
“The only way water reform will be successful,” warned OECD Secretary General Angel Gurría; “is if policy combines sustainable financing, effective governance and coherence. Without major policy changes, we risk high costs to economic growth, human health, and the environment.” This is the takeaway message from the latest OECD synthesis report, Meeting the Water Reform Challenge, that » read on
“Science Speak” to “Policy Speak:” Bridging the Gap to Solve Water-Related Issues
It is valuable to be multi-lingual, not just in formal languages but in the “languages” of different categories of people. In the field of water, which by nature requires the collaboration of scientists (whose language is Science Speak), policy-makers (whose language is Policy Speak), the public, and other stakeholders, it is necessary to translate information » read on
Too Much Water: Taiwan’s Water Burden
Dr. Yuei-An Liou is the Distinguished Professor and Director at the Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research at National Central University in Taiwan. He specializes in satellite remote sensing and atmospheric science and has published over 100 referral papers, and 200 conference papers. In this interview, Dr. Liou discusses one of Taiwan’s most serious water » read on
Japanese insights at WRF 2011
Finally I have enough time to sit down and give you the insights from Prof. Masafumi Maeda’s speech, as promised in my last post on him. He mentioned at the start of his presentation facts and numbers. An interesting plot presented by him showed a strong correlation between life expectancy and GDP per capita until a » read on
Exciting guest from the Far East: Prof. Masafumi Maeda, University of Tokyo
Europe has learned many times from Japan. In past decades Japanese business administration principles were adapted by European management consulting agencies, Japanese art of cooking found it’s way into our restaurants and even Japanese styles of bedding are popular in Europe. Tomorrow maybe we’ll have the chance to adopt Japanese resources management into our European concepts. Masafumi » read on
What Could The World Look Like In 2050
“The only way water reform will be successful,” warned OECD Secretary General Angel Gurría; “is if policy combines sustainable financing, effective governance and coherence. Without major policy changes, we risk high costs to economic growth, human health, and the environment.” This is the takeaway message from the latest OECD synthesis report, Meeting the Water Reform Challenge, that » read on
“Science Speak” to “Policy Speak:” Bridging the Gap to Solve Water-Related Issues
It is valuable to be multi-lingual, not just in formal languages but in the “languages” of different categories of people. In the field of water, which by nature requires the collaboration of scientists (whose language is Science Speak), policy-makers (whose language is Policy Speak), the public, and other stakeholders, it is necessary to translate information » read on
Too Much Water: Taiwan’s Water Burden
Dr. Yuei-An Liou is the Distinguished Professor and Director at the Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research at National Central University in Taiwan. He specializes in satellite remote sensing and atmospheric science and has published over 100 referral papers, and 200 conference papers. In this interview, Dr. Liou discusses one of Taiwan’s most serious water » read on
Japanese insights at WRF 2011
Finally I have enough time to sit down and give you the insights from Prof. Masafumi Maeda’s speech, as promised in my last post on him. He mentioned at the start of his presentation facts and numbers. An interesting plot presented by him showed a strong correlation between life expectancy and GDP per capita until a » read on
Exciting guest from the Far East: Prof. Masafumi Maeda, University of Tokyo
Europe has learned many times from Japan. In past decades Japanese business administration principles were adapted by European management consulting agencies, Japanese art of cooking found it’s way into our restaurants and even Japanese styles of bedding are popular in Europe. Tomorrow maybe we’ll have the chance to adopt Japanese resources management into our European concepts. Masafumi » read on