China's gargantuan Three Gorges dam has passed its toughest test yet as it controlled and released the floodwaters that filled its reservoirs following recent torrential rains
Some 550 million people in Africa live without electricity and power is critically short in many African countries. But with increasing droughts and climate uncertainty this is not the right time to rush into more big dams when there are so many other promising renewable energy alternatives, says Lori Pottinger
Through two wars and a half-century of suspicion and resentment, the Indus Waters Treaty has governed the sharing of a strategic river between the bitter nuclear rivals eager to control and to profit from it. But will India and Pakistan's treaty survive the emerging water crisis?
Website/DVD that gives insight into various aspects of the way in which Switzerland handles water as a resource. The texts are supplemented with 125 minutes of video material, audios, documents, graphics, photos and links. A special section for schools can be found in the "Teacher's corner" (also available in French, German and Italian!)
The videos look especially good!