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Newsletter
No. 05 – December 2021
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The ICWRGC newsletter regularly informs on news about our activities in the field of hydrology dealing with research, data, networks, education and training as well as events at a national and international level.
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Data & Modelling
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Successful Start of Water Data Workshop Serial in West- and Central Asia
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The International Center for Water Resources and Global Change (ICWRGC, Koblenz, Germany) and the Regional Center on Urban Water Management (RCUWM, Tehran, Iran), both UNESCO Category 2 Water Centres, started this data workshop serial in 2021. ...
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CO-MICC Portal official launch
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During this web-based seminar, we will present the CO-MICC Knowledge and Data Portal on freshwater-related hazards of climate change. ...
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The REMODEL Project at the First German Reproducibility Day
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Sustainable and high-quality research in Germany needs OpenScience. Dr. Robert Reinecke presented his project REMODEL at the first German Reproducibility Day on Tuesday 11/16/21. ...
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Interactive Story Maps on SDG Indicator 6.3.2
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Accompanying the release of the new SDG 6.3.2 Status Report on Global Water Quality, GEMS/Water has published two interactive Story Maps with background information, videos, charts and maps. ...
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New SDG 6.3.2 Status Report
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The new Status Report on Global Water Quality has been introduced on the occasion of the World Water Week 2021 in Stockholm. ...
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Research
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SASSCAL
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ICWRGC Collaborating on New PhD Program to Advance Water Science in Southern Africa
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ICWRGC is part of the team working to build the foundation of the new PhD program in Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM), along with the Southern Africa Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management (SASSCAL) and the Namibian University of Science and Technology (NUST). ...
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MedECC
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A research initiative about climate change and environmental degradation in the Mediterranean Region
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The initiative “Mediterranean Experts on Climate and Environmental Change” (MedECC) is committed to ensuring that the risks associated with environmental and climate change in the Mediterranean region are presented in a transparent and scientific way, thus providing a basis for political decision-making. ...
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Education/Capacity Development
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Announcing Call for PhD Scholarships
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ICWRGC, in partnership with the Southern Africa Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management (SASSCAL) and the Namibian University for Science and Technology (NUST), is excited to announce the call for 15 fully funded PhD scholarships. ...
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Promoting capacity building: UNESCO Centres ICWRGC and IRTCES organize joint UNESCO Training Workshop on Sediment Monitoring for Sustainable River Management in collaboration with the BfG
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From 6th to 10th September 2021, the International Centre for Water Resources and Global Change (ICWRGC), the International Research and Training Center on Erosion and Sedimentation (IRTCES, Peking) and the German Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG) hosted the five-day training workshop “River Basin Sediment Monitoring and Management” ...
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New Master thesis: "Sustainability of Groundwater in the Mediterranean in the Context of Climate Change – An Investigation of Groundwater Recharge Projections using an Ensemble of Global Hydrological Models"
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Daniel Kretschmer from Technical University of Munich has written his master thesis on “Sustainability of Groundwater in the Mediterranean in the Context of Climate Change” in cooperation with ICWRGC. ...
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Potsdam Summer School 2021
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“Water: Our Global Common Good – The Hydrosphere across Land and Sea” is the motto of this year’s Potsdam Summer School. ...
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15th International German Summer School on Hydrology (IGSH) – Groundwater and Urbanization
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The 15th ”International German Summer School on Hydrology (IGSH)”, supported by ICWRGC, will be held at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) from 8 – 22 September 2021 with this year’s focus on “Groundwater and Urbanization”. ...
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Events
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CHR celebrates its 50th anniversary
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The International Commission for the Hydrology of the Rhine basin celebrated its 50th anniversary in Wageningen (the Netherlands) on October 21 and 22, 2021. ...
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Hydrology Day 2021
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This year’s Hydrology Day (HD) was held – exceptionally in summer – in Potsdam on the Griebnitzsee campus under the motto “Hydrology – linking environmental spheres and disciplines”. ...
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German UNESCO Commission Celebrates 70th Anniversary of its Founding
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The accession of the Federal Republic of Germany to UNESCO in 1951 was a major step for reintegration into the international community. ...
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Miscellaneous
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Luna Bharati – new contact person for the PhD programme SASSCAL at the ICWRGC
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Dr. Luna Bharati has over 15 years of post-PhD. experience as a senior scientist and research program manager with extensive international expertise in North America, Europe, South Asia, South-East Asia and West Africa. ...
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German HÖRZU Magazine Interviews Harald Köthe, Director of ICWRGC
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Harald Köthe, Director of ICWRGC, was interviewed by HÖRZU’s editor Melanie Koch within the scope of a major article on the topic “Trocknet unsere Erde aus?” (Is our earth drying up?). ...
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Dr. Marianela Fader interviewed by JUNIA magazine
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Dr. Fader, Deputy Director of ICWRGC, was interviewed within the scope of an article on a growing shortage of water resources. ...
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