Tag: UCL
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Tropical groundwater resources resilient to climate change
Tropical groundwater may prove to be a climate-resilient source of freshwater in the tropics as intense rainfall favours the replenishment of these resources, according to a new study published in Environmental Research Letters.
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El Niño Monitoring in Tanzania
from Grofutures The GroFutures team is working with the Tanzanian Ministry of Water to establish automated, high-frequency monitoring to examine how heavy rains associated with the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) replenish vital groundwater resources. The team from Sokoine University of Agriculture (Japhet Kashaigili, PhD student Richard Festo) and UCL (Richard Taylor, PhD Student David Seddon)…
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Commentary on UN Sustainable Development Goals
On September 25, 2015, the global development agenda for the next 15 years was set at the United Nations General Assembly following the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). GroFutures Team members Simon Damkjaer and Richard Taylor comment on the limitations of current metrics used to assess progress toward SDG 6.4 – “to… substantially reducing…
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new GroFutures website
Grofutures is one of the five UPGro Consortium Projects, led by Professor Richard Taylor at University College London (UCL). There is now a comprehensive new website that provides all the latest news and background on the study. The Objectives of Grofutures are: Inclusive groundwater governance: GroFutures will develop an inclusive, participatory framework for groundwater governance…
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