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08/02/2023

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06/02/2023

Registration for Dr Ellen Lust's public seminar is open!

Please register your attendance here:
https://nuslkyspp.secure.force.com/app/Online_Registration_Event?id=a0B2s000008hnW2

19/01/2023

Registrations for Dr Bruyninckx's public seminar is open!

Please register your attendance here:
https://lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/iwp/events/details/forests-as-a-core-element-of-systemic-sustainability-transition-a-european-perspective-through-the-lens-of-the-green-deal

05/12/2022

Singapore Sea Level Rise Design Competition

Water Science Policy (WSP), in partnership with the Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES) at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, is pleased to announce the launch of the Singapore Sea Level Rise Design Competition.

The goal of this competition is to raise awareness around sea level rise and design innovative solutions for Singapore. Furthermore, we anticipate this competition will create greater recognition of the role of nature-based solutions for sea level rise adaptation.

In February 2023, four winners will be announced. The selected winners will receive a financial prize, as well as a feature in an opinion editorial publication, which will be published via Water Science Policy and the Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES) websites. All other submissions will be considered for publication at both websites.
(5 December 2022 - 29 January 2023)

Please visit the WSP page for more information:

28/07/2022

Tune in to IWP's webinar by Dr Cecilia Tortajada from the School of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Glasgow. On the 23rd of August, 5.15pm, Dr Tortajada will be discussing the impacts of agricultural trade on food security, groundwater and energy use. She will also talk about the current state of groundwater depletion in specific countries, share an analysis on energy use and consider broader policies that have the objective to protect groundwater in more countries around the world.

Please note that registrants will receive an email with a link to join the webinar on Zoom a day before the event. The webinar will also be live-streamed on the IWP page.

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The presentation discusses the impacts of agricultural trade on food security, groundwater, and energy use. It talks about the current state of groundwater depletion in specific countries followed by an analysis on energy use, and broader policies that have the objective to protect groundwater in mo...

12/05/2022

"Tune in to IWP’s webinar by Ms Debra Tan from CWR. On the 23rd of May, Ms Tan will be giving us a behind-the-scenes tour of some of CWR’s high impact research on embedding water and climate risks in finance and business. She will also be sharing practical insights on how to unpack water risks for the financial industry as well as key challenges and research gaps ahead."

Please note that registrants will receive an email with a link to join the webinar on Zoom a day before the event. The webinar will also be live-streamed on the IWP page.

Registration link: https://nus-sg.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqcu-hqjgiGNz8e3Cwyfduj22DhrxAc748

05/04/2022

"Tune in to IWP’s webinar by Dr Stefano Galelli from the Singapore University of Technology and Design. On the 26th of April, Dr Galelli will discuss an integrated view of power systems design and its transformative effects for Southeast Asia’s hydropower plans. He will share how certain countries have tangible opportunities to meet projected electricity demand and CO2 emission targets with less hydropower than currently planned."

Please note that registrants will receive an email with a link to join the webinar on Zoom a day before the event. The webinar will also be live-streamed on the IWP page.

Registration link: https://nus-sg.zoom.us/.../tZYqduiuqzsuH9QwYwXsmBlK6O7rQl...

04/03/2022

Tune in to IWP’s webinar by Dr Navarun Varma from the National University of Singapore on the 28th of March! Dr Varma will discuss the Systems approach and its use for exploring the underlying cause-effect feedback relationships responsible for social-ecological problems and policy failures. He will share his experience applying the Systems approach in the context of flooding and riverbank erosion in the Brahmaputra river basin.

Please note that registrants will receive an email with a link to join the webinar on Zoom a day before the event. The webinar will also be live-streamed on the IWP page.
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The Systems approach is useful for exploring the underlying cause-effect feedback relationships responsible for social-ecological problems and policy failures. In this talk, I will share my experience applying the approach in the context of flooding and riverbank erosion in the Brahmaputra river bas...

27/01/2022

Tune in to IWP’s webinar by Dr Wagenaar from the Disaster Analytics for Society Lab! Taking place on the 8th of February, Dr Wagenaar will present his research project that examines how flood impact models are applied in the public sector for long-term planning of flood protection infrastructure, initiating crisis response and spatial planning. He will also cover methods to develop such models and share innovative applications of flood impact models to reduce flood risks.

Please note that registrants will receive an email with a link to join the webinar on Zoom a day before the event. The webinar will also be live-streamed on the IWP page.

https://lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/iwp/events/details/flood-impact-models-and-their-applications

01/10/2021

Tune in to IWP’s webinar by Dr. Archi Rastogi from the Green Climate Fund! Taking place on the 18th of October. Dr Rastogi will discuss how International organisations make use of institutional and policy evaluations to inform decision-making. He will further elaborate on the experience of evaluations in development institutions and a climate finance institution.

The talk will cover three specific dimensions and draw lessons related to: 1) Institutional structures for evaluations; 2) Use of evaluation tools to work with policy and decisions and; 3) The role of values in the collection of evidence for evaluations

20/08/2021

Tune in to IWP’s webinar! Taking place on the 20th of September, Dr Buurman will present his research project that examines residents' risk, timing and greening preferences for climate change adaptation infrastructure in Singapore, given that the benefits of flood protection infrastructure are largely intangible and uncertain.

Please note that registrants will receive an email with a link to join the webinar on Zoom a day before the event. The webinar will also be live-streamed on the IWP page.

How do we know a policy works? International organisations make use of institutional and policy evaluations to inform decision-making, and have built

30/07/2021

"Tune in to IWP’s webinar by Dr. Janice Ser Huay Lee from Nanyang Technological University! Taking place on the 16th of August, Dr Lee will present her research project that examines the socio-ecological process of restoration in Southeast Asia’s peatlands. She will provide an overview of ongoing research projects that cover peatland revegetation and knowledge exchange on these processes as well as village participation in peatland conservation activities"

Assistant Professor, Asian School of the Environment, Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University of Singapore