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🌍 Drought risk management at #EGU26: Many sessions, 1 challenge This year, 15 sessions will involve DitA members tackling #drought from every angle — from groundwater to governance, early warning to AI. Here’s your quick guide 👇
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📘 Sessions: HS5.2.1 | HS2.4.11 | HS8.1.3 | HS8.3.6 | HS5.1.7 HS5.3.3 | NH1.10 | HS5.2.2 | HS4.11 | EOS4.5 NH9.3 | HS4.5 | NH1.8 | NH9.5 | NH6.4 1 challenge. Many angles. One goal: better drought risk management. #EGU26 #DitA #Drought
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🚨 NEW DitA paper out! 📄The 2022 drought must be a turning point for Europe doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-447… We need a #EUDroughtDirective — and the evidence is clear. Great example of collaboration across the @DitA_network 💧🌍 Let’s turn our research into action! 💪
🚨 New paper out w/ the @DitA_network Europe needs a Drought Directive — and 2022 showed why! 📄 doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-447… We asked 481 water managers from 30 countries We saw: ⚠️ Reactive response ✅ Need for systemic drought gov. #drought #EUDroughtDirective #EGU #NHESS
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Thanks to the @CopernicusEMS team for hosting DitA's annual meeting during the #CEMS2025 #EUSciencePreparedness conference in Turin, last week! 💧🔍 Great to link drought research with crisis preparedness, risk & resilience. 🙌 #DRMKC #Drought #Resilience #Copernicus
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Great discussions happening at the #EUSciencePreparedness Conference. Experts sharing insights on drought resilience, exposure mapping, and #GHSL. User meetings gathering the #EFAS, #EFFIS, and Rapid Mapping communities to strengthen cooperation and exchange ideas.
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That’s a wrap on the #EUSciencePreparedness Conference 2025! Three days of collaboration, innovation & knowledge-sharing in Turin 🇮🇹 🤝 A big thanks to everyone who joined us on-site and online. #CrisisPreparedEU #TurinRiskConference
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ANOTHER GREAT #DitA ANNUAL MEETING! Lots of energy, smart ideas, and collab opportunities during the breakout session 🧠 Key takeaway: drought research gaps are deeply connected — we need systemic thinking Thanks to all who joined us! 💧🌍 #TurinRiskConference @CopernicusEMS
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🚨 Last chance to sign up for the live DiTA Annual Workshop! 📍 Turin | 🗓️ Nov 6 Part of the EU-CEMS Science for Preparedness Conference. Join 90 drought researchers & practitioners already attending 🔗 lnkd.in/ewgTP3Ue #DiTA #Drought #CEMS
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📢 Upcoming DiTA webinar! 📢 Bridging science–policy–practice gaps in drought risk management & resilience 🗓 2 Oct 2025 | 15:30–17:00 CET | Online Speakers: Rhoda Odongo Davide Cotti Suyu Liu ✅ Open to all – link/QR in flyer #IAHS #IDWM #Drought #DiTA
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📢 Join the upcoming Drought in the Anthropocene webinar on: Bridging science–policy–practice gaps in drought risk management Speakers: - Maria Kireeva (BioSense Institute) - Celia Ramos Sánchez (IHE Delft) ✅ Open to all - write to ditanetwork@gmail.com #Drought #IAHS #DiTA
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Join one of 31 HELPING Working Groups & become part of a global community, tackling real-world challenges. There's a Working Group for every interest. Learn more and sign up here: iahs.info/Initiatives/Scient… #IAHS #HELPING #Hydrology #ScienceForSolutions #JoinUs
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A great year for DitA at #EGU25! Huge thanks to everyone in the DitA community—especially those who made the Wednesday dinner so memorable! Great food, even better ideas ✨ Let’s keep the collaborations flowing! 💧🙏 #Drought #IAHS
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🙏 Big thanks to everyone who joined the DitA splinter session at #EGU25! Room packed with passionate drought researchers—old & new faces 🤝 Lively discussions on drought–society links and plenty of fresh collaboration ideas 💧 Let’s keep the momentum going! #Drought #IAHS
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Join the Drought in the Anthropocene splinter meeting at #EGU25! 📅 SPM18 | Tue 29 Apr, 12:45–13:45 | Room 2.42 🤝Updates on ongoing work and plans for future collaborations—New faces welcome! meetingorganizer.copernicus.… Shaping the future of drought research!💧 #DitA #HELPING
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📢First DitA Webinar of 2025 - SAVE THE DATE📢 March 27, 15:30–17:00 CET. Bridging Science-Policy-Practice Gaps in Drought Risk Management & Resilience Speakers: ✅ Dr. Daniel Tsegai (UNCCD) ✅ Dr. Ilyas Masih (IHE Delft) continues in the next post...
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Insights from recent events like the Drought Resilience 10 Conference, UNCCD COP, and DitA’s Ten Key Insights & Gaps initiative. 💬 Open to all—join the discussion & share with colleagues! If you are not on the email list and want details email riccardo.biella@geo.uu.se
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📢The DitA Network is now on LinkedIn and BlueSky 📢 Follow us to stay updated on our activities and research on drought, society, and resilience, and support us expand our scientific outreach 🌍🌏🌎 🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/drought-in-t… 🔗 BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/dita-networ…

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Following up on the first High-Level Meeting on National #Drought Policies in 2013, the #DroughtResilience 10 Conference will help to strengthen 🚱 risk management efforts Register before 14 July to help shape a drought-resilient future👇 droughtmanagement.info/hmndp…
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🚨 Deadline extended for abstract submission for the science4policy, science4practitioners #poster session at the #drought event of the decade: the Resilience 10 conference❗️ 📅 Registration closes July 14th 🌐 lnkd.in/g2-yXG2G
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Join the conversation on science communication in hydrology! 💬🗨️Sign up for the @IAHS_AISH #HELPING workshops this Thursday or Friday! 👉forms.gle/KF2QygNyPBs1vWbE9
Contribute your perspectives to the community paper on science communication at the @IAHS_AISH #HELPING workshops on July 4/5 (Choose which slot fits your time zone!). We’ll be discussing communication challenges in #hydrology💧and how to overcome them. 💪 forms.gle/iyajgKuFB3oSi9Rg8
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