On this year’s World Water Day, our Postdoc Fellow Suvi Sojamo joined an opinion piece by an international group of water academics and professionals explaining why the alarmist discourse on water wars is counterproductive to water security. There is…
March 22nd is the international World Water Day, established by United Nations in 1993. This year the theme, “the answer is in nature” emphasized the importance of nature-based solutions in managing and improving hydrology. How to control floods, droughts, and…
The 3rd International Conference on Global Food Security was organized in Cape Town, South Africa, in December 2017. Two doctoral candidates from the Water and Development Research Group (WDRG), Matias Heino and Elina Lehikoinen, travelled there to present their recent…
Dr. Jialiang Cai, postdoctoral researcher at our WDRG, attended the 2017 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in New Orleans (Louisiana, USA) during December 11-15. On December 13, he gave an oral presentation in the Water, Energy, and Society in Urban Systems II…
Tutkijatohtorimme Suvi Sojamo kertoi YLE:n Aamu-tv:ssä maailman makean veden varoista ja veden niukkuudesta. Loppuuko vesi maailmasta? Sojamon mukaan makeaa vettä on riittävästi, mutta se on jakaantunut maapallolla hyvin epätasaisesti, niin maantietellisesti, taloudellisesti, poliittisesti ja sosiaalisesti tarkasteltuna. Veden niukkuuteen vaikuttavat myös…
Water is a crucial element not only for life itself, but our society is based on the availability of sufficient clean water resources. Unfortunately, the availability of clean, safe water is not self-evident. In addition to physical shortage of fresh…