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Communities crucial for tsunami response

Science & Technology: 23 Aug 11
Experts who have studied the March 11th disaster in Japan told the World Water Week conference in Stockholm on Monday of the importance of local communities in responding to devastating tsunamis. READ »

World Water Week opens in Stockholm

National: 22 Aug 11
World Water Week opened in Stockholm on Monday with calls for greater, more resilient water management in cities to ensure better food and water security in a rapidly urbanising world. READ »

US scientist wins Stockholm Water Prize

Science & Technology: 22 Mar 11
American ecologist Stephen R. Carpenter has been awarded the 2011 Stockholm Water Prize for his groundbreaking research on how lake ecosystems are affected by the surrounding landscape and by human activities. READ »

Experts: global weather threatens food security

Science & Technology: 7 Sep 10
Experts gathering in Stockholm for the World Water Week conference have warned that global weather threatens food security, with the Russian droughts and Pakistan floods part of a global trend of unpredictable weather. READ »

Stockholm conference to examine threats to global water supplies

Science & Technology: 5 Sep 10
The impact of climate change and urbanisation on water quality and pollution is set to occupy thousands of experts gathering in Stockholm on Sunday for World Water Week. READ »

US professor claims Stockholm Water Prize for fight against cholera

Science & Technology: 22 Mar 10
American microbiologist Rita Colwell has won the 2010 Stockholm Water Prize for her pioneering work in the battle against cholera. READ »

Sweden hosts global water summit

Science & Technology: 18 Aug 09
The World Water Week opened in Stockholm on Monday welcoming an international cast of politicians, industry leaders and United Nations officials aiming to improve access to water and halt a tide of deaths in poor nations. READ »

Stockholm Water Prize to Indian sanitation expert

Science & Technology: 25 Mar 09
Bindeshwar Pathak, a sanitation expert from India, won the Stockholm Water Prize on Wednesday for his work developing inexpensive and environmentally friendly toilets. READ »

Finding the toilet in Stockholm

Analysis & Opinion: 22 Aug 08
This week a mix of ministers, water sanitation experts, royalty and corporate leaders are gathered for World Water Week in Stockholm to mull over the world’s biggest global public health crisis. The problem is that not enough people are paying attention, writes John Sauer. READ »

Lack of clean water 'one of the biggest scandals of all time'

Science & Technology: 19 Aug 08
A week-long conference on the impact of lacking water resources around the world began in Stockholm on Monday with calls for radical changes in behaviour and mentality when it comes to water usage. READ »

World Water Week opens in Stockholm

Science & Technology: 17 Aug 08
As the world races to find solutions to the planet's climate woes, some 2,500 experts meet in Stockholm this week to put the spotlight on one of the most pressing issues, that of water resources, at World Water Week. READ »

Biofuels 'divert water from food crops'

Science & Technology: 16 Aug 07
Biofuels, hailed by many as the green solution to offset a coming oil shortage and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, are not a cure-all solution, experts at a water conference in Stockholm warned this week. READ »

Reinfeldt calls for big countries to act on climate

Science & Technology: 13 Aug 07
Sweden wants the US, China and India to commit to tackling global warming, Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said on Monday as World Water Week got underway in Stockholm. READ »


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