In developing the thematic area, UNESCO is a leader in the areas of: transboundary surface and groundwater, waterquality, integrated water resource management and climate change adaptation and water.
Population growth, urbanisation and climate change are putting stress on the quantity and quality of water supplies, a concern for businesses that rely on water.
Mike was a pioneer in the study of groundwater as an archive of past climate change and his research provided seminal scientific advances on controls on waterquality in regional aquifers, recharge over time and space.