ICID's Important Events Rescheduled
Due
to prevailing Covid-19 conditions worldwide, in consultation with the
host National Committees and the Central office, the Management Board
decided to reschedule ICID's upcoming events as follows.
72nd IEC Meeting and 5th African Regional Conference (AFRC): The
72nd IEC meeting and 5th African Regional Conference (AFRC) will be
held during 22-29 September 2021 in Marrakesh, Morroco. Young
Professional's Training Program (YP-TP) will be held along with the 5th
African Regional Conference. Exact dates and further details will be
announced as and when available.
73rd IEC Meeting and 24th ICID Congress:
73rd IEC meeting and 24th ICID Congress will be held from 30 May to 6
June 2022 in Adelaide, Australia, hosted by Irrigation Australia Ltd.,
& Irrigation Australia's Committee on Irrigation and Drainage
(IACID). For more information, please contact Mr. Bryan Ward, Chief
Executive Officer, Irrigation Australia Limited (IAL) (Incorporating
IACID); Email: bryan.ward@irrigation.org.au, info@irrigation.org.au, http://www.irrigationaustralia.com.au/
74th IEC Meeting and 4th World Irrigation Forum (WIF4): 74th IEC Meeting and 4th World Irrigation Forum (WIF4) will be held during 16-22 April 2023 in Beijing China.
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75th IEC Meeting and 25th ICID Congress will be held in November 2023, Visakhapatnam (Vizag), Andhra Pradesh State, India 10th International Micro Irrigation Conference (10MIC):10th
International Micro Irrigation Conference (10MIC) will be held in
September 2022 in Agadir, Morocco, as a stand-alone event. Final Dates
to be announced later. |
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These are the ‘positive’ tipping points that could slow global warming 29 January 2021 The
creation of a carbon tax, an EU scheme that made gas cheaper than coal,
and an investment strategy for renewable energy that made coal less
economical.
Climate change is a ‘global emergency’, people say in biggest ever climate poll 27 January 2021 Almost
two-thirds of over 1.2 million people surveyed worldwide say that
climate change is a global emergency, urging greater action to address
the crisis, results from a new UN climate survey.
The ‘1%’ are the main drivers of climate change, but it hits the poor the hardest: Oxfam report 26 January 2021 The
richest of the rich are polluting the world and driving climate change,
while the poorest of the poor suffer the greatest consequences,
according to a new report published by Oxfam International. |
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Extreme drought and fire risk may double by 2060 28 January 2021 The
study warns that global temperature rise will shift the patterns of
rainfall around the tropics − with the consequent risks to tropical crop
harvests and to equatorial ecosystems such as rainforest and Savannah. 31 January 2021 From
the California coast to the eastern borders of Colorado and New Mexico,
2021 is beginning with virtually all of the Colorado River Basin in
“extreme” or “exceptional” drought, conditions that haven’t been eased
by this winter’s snowfall. |
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Atmospheric river storms can drive costly flooding – and climate change is making them stronger
Ice
jams on Platte River lead to flooding in Fremont
30 January 2021
Several homes and
cabins along the Platte River in Dodge County absorbed floodwaters early
Saturday when the river flowed over its banks because of ice jams.
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Covid lays waste to a fragile, unjust food system in need of rescue 30 January 2021 As
the Covid pandemic unravels the world’s food security, disrupting
supply chains and causing widespread hunger – even in wealthy
countries.
AI strawberries and blockchain chicken: how digital agriculture could rescue global food security
26 January 2021 25 January 2021 Small
farms, which account for about 90% of the world’s 570 million farms,
are particularly vulnerable to changes in a seasonal climate. |
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India will have to spend more in budget 2021 to provide tap water to all its rural homes 30 January 2021 In
India, 7% of the population, or 9.1 crore people, are without basic
water supply, as per a 2019 joint report by the World Health
Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund. Prosopis juliflora acutely reduces water resources in Ethiopia, costing rural livelihoods29 January 2021Prosopis
juliflora seriously diminishes water resources in the Afar Region of
Ethiopia, consuming enough of this already scarce resource to irrigate
cotton and sugarcane.https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-01/c-pja012621.php |
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