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The United Nations GEMS/Water
Programme provides scientifically-sound data and information on
the state and trends of global inland water quality required
as a basis for the sustainable management of the world's freshwater
to support global environmental assessments and decision-
making processes.
| Water Quality Modelling Workshop, October 2010 |
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On October 13-14, 2010, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the University of Saskatchewan hosted a Workshop on Global Water Quality Modelling at the National Hydrology Research Centre (NHRC) in Saskatoon, Canada. A Scientific Steering Committee was formed to evaluate the state of science in water modelling worldwide. Additionally, the GEMS/Water global water quality modelling working group hopes to use this workshop as a starting point to develop future common research on interests of global water quality modelling. |
| WaterEnergy Nexus |
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he WaterEnergy Nexus project aims to develop a decision-support software for assessing water impacts associated with new and emerging energy technologies. For more information, download the WaterEnergy Nexus brochure here |
| World Water Day 2010 |
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Backgrounder |
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Government of Canada celebrates World Water Day with an investment in water quality research. |
| 2010 Environmental Performance Index Announcement |
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EPI website |
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Environmental sustainability has emerged as a critical policy focus across the world. Governments are increasingly being asked to explain their performance on a range of pollution control and natural resource management challenges with reference to quantitative metrics. A more data-driven and empirical approach to environmental protection promises to make it easier to spot problems, track trends, highlight policy successes and failures, identify best practices, and optimize the gains from investments in environmental protection. |
| World Water Day 2009 |
News Release |
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Government of Canada Invests $4.5 Million in Canadian and International Freshwater |
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