As the UN meets, make water central to climate action

• Published in: Nature (London) Vol. 615; no. 7953; pp. 582 - 585
• Main Authors: Rahman, M. Feisal, Mukherji, Aditi, Johannessen, Åse, Srivastava, Shilpi, Verhagen, Joep, Ovink, Henk, Ligtvoet, Willem, Olet, Emmanuel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 23.03.2023; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 704/172; 704/445/242; 706/648/453; 706/689/522; Agricultural land; Climate action; Climate adaptation; Climate Change; Comment; Conservation of Water Resources - legislation & jurisprudence; Conservation of Water Resources - methods; Conservation of Water Resources - trends; Dikes; Emissions; Environmental Policy - legislation & jurisprudence; Environmental Policy - trends; Flood management; Flood protection; Floods; Humanities and Social Sciences; Hydrology; multidisciplinary; Rain; Rivers; Science; United Nations - organization & administration; Urbanization; Water; Water demand; Water management; Water Resources - supply & distribution; Water shortages; South America; Australia; Asia; United States > US; Africa; South Asia; Policy; Hydrology; Society; Environmental sciences
• ISSN: 0028-0836; 1476-4687
• DOI: 10.1038/d41586-023-00793-9

Managing water and climate in tandem would protect water resources, reduce disaster risks, lower greenhouse-gas emissions and assure equitable access. Managing water and climate in tandem would protect water resources, reduce disaster risks, lower greenhouse-gas emissions and assure equitable access. Credit: Zabed Hasnain Chowdhury/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty People cross a flooded road after the landfall of cyclone Amphan in Satkhira, Bangladesh.