Research initiatives are beginning to contribute to understanding and addressing the myriad water challenges facing the world. While these developments in the research and policy communities are beginning to advance our understanding of the impact of climate change on water resources, there is a significant gap between research results, their translation into the policy domain, and their use and relevance to inform evidence-based decision-making. In developing countries, a key element will be to bring science and policy closer together, to interrogate the results of science in a policy perspective in order to improve policy dialogue to inform "water pathways". The question is how to bridge the science-policy gap to enhance climate resilience and water security?
This is exactly why we need to combine:
1. Climate Affairs https://islandpress.org/books/climate-affairs
2. Water Affairs http://www.ilankelman.org/glantz/Glantz2006Hanoi.pdf and http://www.ilankelman.org/glantz/Glantz2006HanoiViewbook.pdf
Part of it is also not focusing on a single topic such as climate change or water, but placing them in context with wider, more encompassing agendas:
1. https://doi.org/10.1108/DPM-02-2017-0043
2. https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-Disaster-Risk-Reduction-Including-Climate-Change/Kelman-Mercer-Gaillard/p/book/9781138924567
3. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8959-2_2
4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imic.2015.04.001
Jeff building resilience systems is crucial not only in developed economies but more so in developing economies with more fragile infrastructures. The ravages to wildlife and living conditions caused by acute shortages of water especially in certain parts of Africa warrants urgent research into the fluctuations of climate. Such research results can be fed into decision making, resource allocation and proper policy formulation, implementation and evaluation in order to save lives and livelihoods. Good discussion topic here.
Colleagues, John Mendy and Ilan Kelman , your relevant contributions to this discussion are much appreciated. Thank you for your contributions.
Well, I believe that to bridge the gap, the governments of many countries around the world need to reach global environmental and regulatory agreements that reduce greenhouse gas pollution, which is the key factor influencing climate change. Also, governments must draw up environmental policies to protect the world's freshwater sources