California has been in the news in December and January, with extreme rainfall and floods, and this situation occurs after many years of intense drought.

For this episode, we have as guests two scientists from Stockholm Environment Institute: Chuck Young and Vishal Metha; both shared their work on Forecasting Water Supply in California and how these recent storms might help California's water conditions. 

For more info, visit: www.sei.org 

*Host:  Juan Carlos Giraldo  

*Music Credits: Corporate Happy by Zakhar Valaha   

*Production/Hosting: Juan Carlos Giraldo - Podcast and Business 

*Aditional Sounds Effects: Heavy Rain and Flooding: Pixabay Music

Smallholder farmers in developing countries farm between half to two or three acres of land in developing countries and face enormous livelihood challenges. In this episode of Water Stories, we talk with our guest Rikin Gandhi, CEO of Digital Green, about the risks this community faces in several countries. We discuss how knowledge sharing is vital in increasing their resilience to climate and market uncertainties and building a stronger sense of community. For more information on Water Beyond Boundaries, visit www.sei.org  

Visit: Digital Green https://www.digitalgreen.org *Hosts: Vishal Mehta and Juan Carlos Giraldo 

 *Music Credits: Corporate Happy by Zakhar Valaha  

*Production: Juan Carlos Giraldo - Podcast and Business.

In water management, we have to think about all those involved, communities, scientists, technology, and of course, the ecosystems that play an essential role on a small or large scale. During the second season's first episode conversation, we discuss Water Beyond Boundaries broadly and the main goals of this initiative. One of the pillars of the Water Beyond Boundaries initiative is natural ecosystems. In this episode, we will talk with our guest Max Stevenson, Streamkeeper from The Solano County Water Agency in California, about protecting those parts of our natural ecosystems, like the Chinook Salmon and the Putah creek's history, and its connection with Water Beyond Boundaries. For more information, visit www.sei.org  *Hosts: Vishal Mehta and Juan Carlos Giraldo  *Music Credits: Corporate Happy by Zakhar Valaha  *Production: Juan Carlos Giraldo - Podcast and Business.

Adopting a single water narrative may lead to misinterpreting specific local challenges or denying how water is transferred through products or economic or physical connections across scales. We present how current water management approaches consider natural and social processes beyond boundaries and further explore the concept of water teleconnections with case studies from Colombia. In this episode: Claudia Coleoni, a Research Associate at SEI Latin America, discusses how local water goes global and the concept of Teleconnections in water management. For more information, visit www.sei.org *Hosts: Vishal Mehta and Juan Carlos Giraldo *Music Credits: Corporate Happy by Zakhar Valaha *Production: Juan Carlos Giraldo - Podcast and Business

El acceso al agua es el mayor riesgo para la prosperidad mundial y para abordar los ODS. Los sectores involucrados enfrentan múltiples desafíos con respecto a la gestión del agua. La iniciativa Water Beyond Boundaries o Agua sin Límites del Stockholm Environment Institute busca transformar el proceso actual de toma de decisiones alrededor de la gestión del agua para responder a estos retos con sectores como la agricultura, gobernanza, ciencia, negocios, tecnología tanto de manera local como global. En este primer episodio de la segunda temporada de nuestro podcast tenemos como invitadas a Marisa Escobar, Directora del Programa de Agua en SEI US, con sede en la oficina de Davis, California. Su trabajo se centra en la creación de vínculos entre los procesos físicos y los sistemas socio-ecológicos y Tania Santos, investigadora en SEI Latinoamérica, con sede en Bogotá, Colombia y que cuenta con más de 12 años de experiencia trabajando en gestión integrada del agua con instituciones locales, regionales y nacionales en Colombia. Las invitadas nos explican los avances de esta gran iniciativa cómo el agua local se debe ver y gerenciar de manera globalizada, es decir, más allá de las frontera. Para más información visita www.sei.org *Host: Juan Carlos Giraldo 

*Music Credits: Corporate Happy by Zakhar Valaha *Producción: Juan Carlos Giraldo - Podcast and Business