2011-08-04 14:36 Polarforskningssekretariatet Amelia Marks, from Royal Holloway University in the UK, has been awarded the COMNAP Research Fellowship 2011/2012. The Fellowship, worth up to US$15,000, will allow Ms. Marks to work with the Italian Antarctic Program to participate in Antarctic research at Dome C and Mario Zuchelli Station.

2011-02-28 13:55 Polarforskningssekretariatet Framstående polarforskare och lärare tilldelas medaljer och pris för arbete i Arktis.

2010-12-09 14:57 Global Water Partnership Comments from GWP Chair, and our allies, in a Circle of Blue Circle story from Cancun, COP16.

2010-12-02 16:32 Global Water Partnership Real development: national planning that integrates water resources management and adaptation Two representatives from GWP participated in two different panels of the Dialogs for Water and Climate Change. The first was “Bridging IWRM and National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs)” and the second was a Stakeholder’s Panel: “Urgencies to Adapt—Experiences and Constraints.”

2010-12-02 14:56 Global Water Partnership Highlighting the role of Water in the Climate Change adaptation process December 1st, 2010. Cancun, Mexico. This morning at 8:25 a.m., the Dialogs for Water and Climate Change were inaugurated at the Hotel Fiesta Americana Coral Beach, located in Cancun, Mexico, by a high panel of representatives, among them Dr. Letitia A. Obeng, Chair of GWP.

2010-12-01 10:07 Global Water Partnership The UN climate negotiations in Cancún, Mexico, will be an opportunity to take a sober look at the state of the world’s climate and our collective capacity to respond to the changes which are already visible: more extreme weather events, floods, droughts, glacier melting, polar ice caps shrinking, and sea levels rising, GWP Executive Secretary writes in COP16 publication.

2010-11-29 11:48 Global Water Partnership The Global Water Partnership is sending a delegation to the UNFCCC Conference that is meeting in Cancun, Mexico 29th of November to the 10th of December (COP 16). GWP will be involved in various events and will advocate for the pivotal role of water in climate change adaptation.

2010-09-08 10:37 Global Water Partnership Stockholm, Sweden—In a wide-ranging lecture to the Global Water Partnership Consulting Partners Meeting on September 4, GWP Patron Dr. Ismail Serageldin called for the water community not to give up hope in spite of global challenges that threaten humanity, especially the poor.

2010-09-03 16:10 Global Water Partnership In a special “Spotlight on Pakistan” at the 2010 Global Water Partnership (GWP) Consulting Partners Meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, participants heard a sobering—indeed, heartbreaking—presentation of the unprecedented floods that are drowning Pakistan’s people, economy, infrastructure and culture.