Bill Young

Water resources consultant. Adjunct Professor, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University. Opinions my own.

[Bill Young @waterbilly]

@nswirrigators @DCCEEW And here’s a few photos from a walk along the river last night after #riverreflections.

[FIIA @FIIA_fi]

📃The latest #FIIA Report introduces a new conflict analysis tool for #waterdiplomacy in #CentralAsia🧵👇
https://t.co/lrHyrxiMHj

[Anders Jägerskog @AndersJagerskog]

It also included excellent ignite presentations by @WorldBank colleagues @waterbilly Raimund Mair @vvazquez_ Elvira Broeks, Laura Bonzanigo from Africa, Central Asia, MENA and Europe!

[Bill Young @waterbilly]

@EC_IFAS Looking forward to hearing details of the “9 decisions” especially regarding recommendations from the reform Working Group.

[FAO Land, Soil and Water @FAOLandWater]

Glad to announce the start of the ONLINE COURSE on assessing the environmental flow requirement for #SDG6.4.2 - Level of #WaterStress, provided by @FAO and @ihedelft.

Participants will work over the next four weeks to learn and discuss how to make water use more sustainable.

[Bill Young @waterbilly]

@WBG_Climate Crop diversification 👍
Address fertilizer imbalance
Reduce food loss and waste 👍
NBS and C Sequestration 👍

BUT don’t forget:
Modernize #irrigation (infra & mgt) and improve #WRM for greatly increased #productivity

@worldbankwater 😊

[Anders Jägerskog @AndersJagerskog]

Please tune in on these key messages on transboundary water and peace. Unless transboundary water challenges are addressed development opportunities are at risk @SarojJha001 @simeonehui @AyatSoliman7 @WorldBankWater @WorldBankAfrica @UAndren @Sida

[EU in Kazakhstan @EUinKazakhstan]

🌿National demo project "Afforestation of the dried bottom of the Aral Sea: piloting a closed root system" is being successfully implemented.
The project is funded by the 🇪🇺EU.
#EU4CA #EU4GreenKZ

[Executive Committee of IFAS @EC_IFAS]

On September 20, a regional seminar entitled ” Central Asia towards the UN 2023 Water Conference” was held in #Tashkent with the financial support of the #CAWEP program of the @WorldBankWater @USAID, and #GIZ.
https://t.co/O09zwyMmgf

[Executive Committee of IFAS @EC_IFAS]

On September 20, the 3rd Coordination Meeting of the @EC_IFAS with international development, partners took place in #Tashkent with the support of the #CAWEP Program of the @WorldBankWater.
For more info: https://t.co/T9yL3ZRSgm

[Executive Committee of IFAS @EC_IFAS]

On September 21 and 22, 2022 the 8th meeting of the Working Group on improving the organizational structure and legal framework of #IFAS was held in #Tashkent with the financial support of the @WorldBankWater.
For more info: https://t.co/SZC4HDndbs

[Bill Young @waterbilly]

And here are views of per capita #wateravailability and #waterproductivity (GDP per m3 of withdrawals). Availability around 20-80% of global median while productivity as low as 3% of global median. All data from @FAO #Aquastat.

[Bill Young @waterbilly]

Playing around with some ways to visualize #watersecurity data for the five countries in #CentralAsia relative to medians of nearly 170 countries. Per capita withdrawals as high as 6.5x the global median. Average #waterstress more than 10x the global median. Reactions?

[Marco Mantovanelli @mmantovanelli1]

In #Tashkent, #Uzbekistan, #CAWEP and @EC_IFAS hosted a regional workshop helping countries across #CentralAsia prepare for the forthcoming #UN2023WaterConference. Regional #water experts reconfirmed their commitment towards sustainable #WaterManagement. @WorldBankWater @UN_Water

[Bill Young @waterbilly]

Check out our new video explaining how
@WorldBank #water and #irrigation projects are improving the lives of farmers in #CentralAsia. https://t.co/Xnxgkfr3YG
#CAWEP @WorldBankECA @z_nurm @EUinTajikistan @EUinKazakhstan @PooladKarimi

[Bill Young @waterbilly]

World Bank supports modernization of Tajikistan’s irrigation system https://t.co/uX8tAXNRq9

With support from @EUinTajikistan, pleased the new SWIM project is now approved, and looking forward to implementation support.

@WorldBankWater @WorldBankECA

[Bill Young @waterbilly]

@EC_IFAS @WorldBankWater @jenny_vienna @WorldBankECA @z_nurm @EUinKazakhstan Pleased to be able to support this important work through #CAWEP

[Bill Young @waterbilly]

@minaguli @EC_IFAS And awesome #landscapes and diverse #irrigation next door in the Upper Vakhsh arm of the AMU Darya. (Didn’t do any running… but did get the runs 🤣)

[Joydeep Gupta @joydeepgupta]

How much progress has been made on Kyrgyz-Uzbek water cooperation? https://t.co/K0XlLr296d via @third_pole @waterbilly @ChynybaevaB @RyskeldiSatke

[Bill Young @waterbilly]

@minaguli and @henkovink post their thoughts to #CAWEP Map of Ideas for #transboundary cooperation in #AralSea basin in #CentralAsia at Regional Water Coop Forum of UN Water Decade Conference @WorldBankECA @WorldBankWater @EUinTajikistan