New HVAC Sustainability Index—TWI (Total Water Impact)

Drought-resistant cereals: impact on water sustainability and nutritional quality.

This review uses production and climate data to examine global and local production trends that can be related to events such as drought. UK grain quality data is also available and provides an overview of trends in protein content. Literature surveys show a consistent reduction in grain size due to the effects of temperature and/or drought. A review of gene expression studies showed that most ...

Urban water sustainability

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WTO NEW ROUND Sustainability Impact Assessment Study Phase One Report

SUSTAINABILITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT: AN INTRODUCTION SOURCE: GUIDANCE ON SUSTAINABILITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT (OECD 2010) Sustainability impact assessment: an introduction

The document is aimed at helping policy makers to increase their understanding of the basic elements, processes and multi-dimensional nature of SIAs. It intends to increase awareness of the potential of SIA for developing more sustainable policies, strategies and action plans within OECD member countries. It is hoped that it will stimulate policy makers to implement or revisit their SIAs within...

Water Sustainability Program Student Fellowship

1. Introduction In dry desert regions like the Southwest U.S., natural and human systems are particularly sensitive to variations in climate. The natural ecosystem of the Sonoran Desert is largely dependent on and adapted to monsoon precipitation, which is also needed to maintain water demand and agriculture from year to year. From a resource management perspective, the monsoon is relevant in t...