This document describes how Danish municipalities can respond to flooding problems expected as impact of climate change. The report provides an overview of information available about climate change in Denmark, which impacts the urban drainage systems.
The most significant factors are the increase in extreme rainfall and rise in sea level. Examples of how floods can be prevented and avoided describe available methods for analysing existing urban drainage networks and evaluating the impact from various flood mitigation augmentations.
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Guidelines for Climate Proofing Investment in the Water Sector
Water supply and sanitation is an important sector of investment supported by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). For the period 2006–2010, ADB-approved investments in water supply and sanitation amounted to approximately $4 billion, representing 7% of ADB’s lending portfolio over the same period. Total investment in water supply and sanitation for the period 2011–2014 reached in excess of $5 billion.
The provision of water supply and sanitation services is particularly vulnerable to projected changes in climate conditions (temperature and
precipitation among others), in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, as well as in the projected rise in sea level and the
intensification of storm surges.
Planning Water Resilience from the Bottom-Up to Meet Climate and Development Goals
The effects of climate change are most acutely felt through impacts on the water cycle and water-related extreme events.4 In order to ensure water for humans and the environment, while simultaneously meeting the world’s ambitious climate and development goals, decision makers and regulators will need to adopt a new paradigm for resilient water management that embraces the uncertain future ahead.
Reducing the Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Water and Sanitation Services:
This report approaches the question from the angle of energy use in the water sector rather than the better-known water requirements for the energy sector. The report also aims to provide an overview of possible levers to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of water and sanitation services and provides an analysis of how adaptation measures can embrace this low-carbon approach.
WATER FUELLING THE PATH TO A HYDROGEN FUTURE
Hydrogen is a relatively new concept to the urban water industry. Various water utilities are considering or trialling new processes, and forming partnerships for further exploration. This time of discovery provides a unique opportunity for our industry to be able to proactively
engage and create awareness about the crucial role we have to play in supporting a hydrogen economy.
TOWARDS RESILIENCE CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE URBAN WATER INDUSTRY IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
This paper represents the first time the full range of impacts of climate change on water utilities in Australia and New Zealand, and the breadth and diversity of their climate change mitigation, adaptation and resilience strategies have been brought together in one place. It illustrates how the urban water industry is impacted now by climate change and extreme events, our role in emissions generation, and how we are responding and becoming more resilient.
Thames Water: Our journey to net zero carbon and beyond
Climate change is one of the biggest challenges we face. More frequent and intense weather events across the globe – including
droughts, flooding and changes to rainfall patterns – will impact our business and the service we provide to customers over the
coming years. We must urgently tackle the global challenge and reduce the impact of climate change through our daily operations
and activities.
STATE OF CLIMATE ACTION Assessing Progress toward 2030 and 2050
This report provides an overview of climate action to date and assesses global and country-level progress across benchmarks for six sectors that would limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (°C) and therefore prevent its most dangerous impacts. We found that while advancements are happening within some sectors, for most the rate of change is much too slow for the world to achieve these goals.
Nature for Climate Action: Nationally Determined Contributions
Failing to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is one of the greatest risks facing the world today. However, even dramatic cuts in emissions at this stage will only begin to slow the rate of climate change. As of the middle of 2021, ever dramatic impacts of climate change are already here, and we need to aggressively cope with additional impacts that will occur in the coming decades, potentially even centuries.
Locking Carbon in Wetlands for Enhanced Climate Action in NDCs
The purpose of this report is to demonstrate the value of wetlands as a way to achieve climate mitigation targets, while simultaneously unlocking co-benefits, with biodiversity conservation being chief among them. Locking Carbon in Wetlands for Enhanced Climate Action in NDCs is written for policymakers and national climate planners with three goals in mind: 1) to illustrate the scientific rationale behind the use of wetlands as a climate mitigation tool; 2) to demonstrate the prevalence and function of wetlands across landscapes and geographies; and 3) to provide a set of clear policy recommendations that will enable Parties to the UNFCCC to conserve, restore and wisely use wetlands by incorporating them into their climate mitigation plans.