Rising water demands and diminishing water supplies are exacerbating water scarcity in
most world regions. Conventional approaches relying on rainfall and river runoff in water …

Climate change and extreme weather events (such as droughts, heatwaves, rainstorms and
floods) pose serious challenges for water management, in terms of both water resources …

In all cities and urban areas, the risk faced by people and assets from hazards associated
with climate change has increased (high confidence1). Urban areas are now home to 4.2 …

Traditional, mainstream definitions of drought describe it as deficit in water‐related variables
or water‐dependent activities (eg, precipitation, soil moisture, surface and groundwater …

Nowadays, desalination plants are considered as tools to utilize water from different natural
resources such as seawater and brackish water. Globally, the number of desalination plants …

In the first two decades of the 21st century, 79 global big cities have suffered extensively
from drought disaster. Meanwhile, climate change has magnified urban drought in both …

Freshwater salinisation is a growing problem, yet cross-regional assessments of freshwater
salinity status and the impact of agricultural and other sectoral uses are lacking. Here, we …

The increase in dynamic interactions between climate and human activities threatens water
security in terms of water quantity and quality. Most water security studies have focused on …

In spite of being a worldwide phenomenon that can have important ecological, economic
and social consequences, freshwater salinization (ie the increase in ion concentrations in …

Salinization of freshwater resources is a growing water quality challenge, which may
negatively impact both sectoral water-use and food security, as well as biodiversity and …