Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford
Our water programme addresses the risks of water insecurity at river basin to global scales. We research water scarcity, floods and their impacts on ecosystems, society and the economy. Our work spans analysis of the climatic drivers of water-related risks, impacts and adaptation responses, and the governance of water systems.
RESEARCH THEMES
Global Water Risks
We are analysing the risks of floods and droughts at a global scale, in the context of a changing climate and growing demand for water.
Projects +Water Resources Systems
We are exploring frameworks for the sustainable management of global water resources
Projects +Flood Risk Management
We are analysing the risks of flooding and analysing options for adapting society to flood risk in the future.
Projects +Water news
Report shows water insecurity is a 'drag' on local economy.
- Final report of the GWP/OECD Task Force on Water Security and Sustainable Growth 2015 -
‘Securing Water, Sustaining Growth’
A new report shows floods, droughts and a lack of investment in providing good quality, reliable water supplies is dragging down the global economy.
- More about the project
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- April 2015
Steps towards global flood risk modelling
Editorial by Professor Jim Hall on the introduction of flood risk analysis into the global mainstream.
- August 2014
Latest publications
- Bruckerhoff, L.A., Wheeler, K., Dibble, K.L., Mihalevich, B.A., Neilson, B.T., Wang, J., Yackulic, C.B. and Schmidt, J.C. (2022) Water Storage Decisions and Consumptive Use May Constrain Ecosystem Management under Severe Sustained Drought. Journal of the American Water Resources Association.
- Wheeler, K., Jeuland, M., Strzepek, K., Hall, J.W., Zagona, E., Abdo, G., et al. (2022) Response to "Egypt's water budget deficit and suggested mitigation policies for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam filling scenarios". Environmental Research Letters, 17(8). 088003.
- Wheeler, K., Udall, B., Wang, J., Kuhn, E., Saleh, S. and Schmidt, J.C. (2022) What will it take to stabilize the Colorado River? Science, 377: 373-375.
- Fuldauer, L.I., Thacker, S., Haggis, R.A., Fuso-Nerini, F., Nicholls, R.J., Hall, J.W. (2022) Targeting climate adaptation to safeguard and advance the Sustainable Development Goals. Nature Communications, 13.
- Puy, A., Sheikholeslami, R., Gupta, H.V., et al. (2022) The delusive accuracy of global irrigation water withdrawal estimates. Nature Communications, 13. 3183.
- Fuldauer, L., Thacker, S. and Hall, J.W. (2022) Informing national adaptation for sustainable development through spatial systems modelling. Global Environmental Change, 71(102396).
