A new flood mapping tool and forthcoming artificial intelligence-driven models will generate current and future flood risk maps for three climate change scenarios at the city, district, and river basin levels.
Because data collection and data value is centred in Global North countries, the gap widens for the Global South where overcoming development challenges like water scarcity, flood risk, and drought depends on the ability to create actionable information and knowledge.
Monitoring wastewater for COVID-19 provides real-time community insights into viral spread, offering an early warning system for outbreaks and enabling timely preventative and coping measures.
