For the past few years, climate change has become a global issue. Global warming, extreme rainfall, and mega-drought make water governance more and more difficult. After the extreme drought in early 2021, how to manage water resources facing extreme weather is a top priority.
Therefore, the water resources planning institute held a "Using science for improved water governance in a changing environment" lecture. Invited Professor Yadu Pokhrel from Michigan State University in the United States and Professor Lo from National Taiwan University to share their experience by using hydrological-hydrodynamic models at the Colorado River, Mekong, and Amazon basins, which also apply in Taiwan. Through the experiences exchanged in the lecture (Pic. 1), participants gained a deeper understanding of climate change issues.
After the lecture, Director Chen invited Professor Yadu Pokhrel and Professor Lo to have a short tour of our hydraulic model test field and introduce the hydraulic model of our recent projects (Pic. 2). Through this experience exchange, it will promote government and international academic cooperation in global climate change issue, and reduce natural disaster risks in the future.
Pic. 1 Participant interchange ideas with professor Yadu Pokhrel
Pic. 2 Hydraulic model experiment field tour