CREW Science Policy Fellowships
Type of project: CREW Science Policy Fellowship
Land and Water Resource Management
Register of Expertise for the water sector
CREW's Register of Expertise
Connecting opportunity and capability in water science and policy
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• Connect to opportunities
• Reach out to colleagues and share your work
• Explore skills and find solutions
• Widen your network
CREW's water sector Register of Expertise was launched on World Water Day March 22nd 2023.
Learn all about it here!
CRW2023_07 Increasing flood resilience: residential and community rainwater run-off retention solutions
CREW Code: CRW2023_09
Project status: Project complete. Click here to visit the publication page to view the project outputs.
Type of project: Capacity Building
Lead research team: Abertay University
Tackling water & environment challenges is a win-win
There is no escaping the fact that we are facing serious global challenges when it comes to water. Growing populations, climate-change driven extreme weather events that result in shocks to our natural and built environment, depleted groundwater supplies, pollution from agriculture, industry and sewage… the list goes on.
CRW2023_01: Hydro Sector engagement over environmentally effective and cost-efficient sediment management at impoundments
Type of project: Capacity Building
CRW2022_05 Understanding the relationship between water scarcity and land use in private water supply catchments – a review
CREW code: CRW2022_05
Theme: Land and Water Resource Management
Type of project: Capacity Building
Project status: Complete
This project aimed to compile an evidence base and offer recommendations informing policy and practice regarding how land use changes may impact the amount of water available to private water supplies (PWS).
Poster session: RESAS Science, Evidence, and Policy
This is achieved by ensuring that the right information gets to the right people in the right way at the right time. The programme offers three types of projects that address research gaps for CREW’s ten requesting organisations, these projects are delivered by Higher Education Institutes.
RESAS Science, Evidence, and Policy Conference 2023
The CREW team attended the Research Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services Division of Scottish Government (RESAS) Science, Evidence, and Policy Conference held at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh on 18 May 2023.
The conference brought together stakeholders from across the rural and environmental research and policy landscapes in Scotland.
Launch of Hydro Nation Energy Innovation Programme
At World Water Day this year (22nd March 2023), the Hydro Nation Energy Innovation Programme (HNEIP) officially launched. Check out the World Water Day video here: https://youtu.be/v8dFM7-ZQhc
The HNEIP is a new four-year programme funded by the Scottish Government that will coordinate a wide range of academic expertise to support Scotland’s water industry to develop innovative new products and approaches to help drive down emissions.
World Water Day 2023 Recap
World Water Day – Edinburgh 22 March 2023
On World Water Day Scotland joined the global water community on March 22nd World Water Day with a hybrid event on the theme of ‘Accelerating Change through Partnerships and Cooperation.