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1 Oct 2020 THE HAGUE, Netherlands

Human Rights And Water Security In Our Uncertain Times

The latest in a series of guest columns written for OOSKAnews and The Water Diplomat by participants in different parts of the international water community. In this article, Tobias Schmitz discusses human rights, water security and climate change in advance of a 13 October UNDP-SIWI Water Governance Facility high-level webinar on the subject...

15 Sep 2020 GENEVA, Switzerland

Floods And Droughts Account For 90 Percent Of Impacts Of Natural Disasters Worldwide

Record heat, ice loss, wildfires, floods and droughts continue to worsen, affecting communities, nations and economies around the world, the United in Science 2020 report finds.“Human-induced climate change is affecting life-sustaining systems, from the top of the mountains to the depths of the oceans, leading to accelerating sea-level rise, with cascading effects for ecosystems and human security,” the multi-organization high-level compilation of latest climate science information states...

25 Feb 2020 WASHINGTON DC, United States

Water And Trump's Middle East Peace Plan

United States President Donald Trump’s long-awaited “Peace Plan” for the Middle East, revealed 28 January, has come under fire for disregarding the political and economic needs of occupied Palestine and lack of recognition or acknowledgement of one of the most contentious issues that abounds throughout the region: allocation of water resources...

29 Jan 2020 MOGADISHU, Somalia

$1.03 Billion USD Required For Somalia Humanitarian Response Plan

The United Nations and the government of Somalia have launched a new humanitarian response plan (HRP) to provide emergency services and support to over 3 million people. The plan, announced 22 January, aims to deliver safe water to more than 1.2 million, provide food and non-food assistance to 2.1 million people, support access to education for more than 300,000 children, and provide health assistance to 2...

26 Jan 2020 WASHINGTON DC, United States

One Percent Of Global GDP Can Secure Clean Water For All: Report

New research launched on January 21 from World Resources Institute (WRI) has found that securing clean and available water for all by 2030 is achievable and might cost as little as $0.29 USD per person per day from 2015 through 2030. This amounts to about 1 percent of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP)...

22 Jan 2020 GENEVA, Switzerland

WMO: 2019 Was Second Hottest Year On Record

The year 2019 was the second warmest on record and the average temperatures for the past 5 years and the past 10 years have been the highest on record, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Each decade since 1980 has been warmer than the previous one and this trend is expected to continue given record levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere...

9 Dec 2019 WASHINGTON DC, United States

US Military Bases Face Water Shortages Associated With Climate Change

More than 100 military bases in the United States are at risk of water shortages associated with climate change according to a new report from the country's Government Accountability Office (GAO). Some have already experienced restrictions, while others may face curtailments in the next few weeks.The current GAO report's remit is not specifically climate change, but cites the 2018 Fourth National Climate Assessment by the US Global Change Research Program, which is the leading federal authority on global change science...

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2 Dec 2019 NAIROBI, Kenya

Emissions Gap Report: Targets Won't Be Met

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has released its annual Emissions Gap Report, in advance of the annual United Nations climate conference in Madrid.According to scientific models, predicted temperature rises increase the likelihood of extreme weather events: accelerated glacier melt, rising sea levels, more severe monsoons, protracted drought and heat waves...

6 Oct 2019 NEW YORK NY, United States

UNEP "Safe Climate" Report: At Least 100 Million Will Face Water Insecurity, Wealthy States Must Contribute

UNEP (the United Nations Environment Program) has released a report “Safe Climate” which concludes that climate change and its impacts threaten a broad range of human rights and, as a result, states and private actors have extensive human rights obligations and responsibilities.The report (released 4 October) was written in cooperation with a UN Special Rapporteur David Boyd on the issue of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment...

19 May 2019 BERLIN, Germany

Lake Chad: Climate Change Fuels Social Instability

An intensive two-year period of interdisciplinary research across Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria has resulted in a comprehensive report, released on May 13, that examines the conflicts in the Lake Chad region and how climate change has created even more fragility in the region. The project was commissioned by the Group of Seven (G7) nations, consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States...

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1 Apr 2019 WASHINGTON DC, United States

$6 Billion USD In WIFIA Loans Available For US Water Infrastructure This Year

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) will make available $6 Billion USD under the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) for loans in 2019. The loans, announced by agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler March 29, are available to public and private borrowers for drinking water, wastewater, drought mitigation and alternative water supply projects...

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8 Mar 2019 WASHINGTON DC, United States

Replace The Mexico-US Border Wall With An Energy–Water Corridor?

A group of US academics have proposed that the US and Mexico collaborate on a large scale energy, water, industry, and education park. The venture would be constructed along the nearly 2,000-mile arid and semi-arid mutual border and would benefits both sides, mitigating illegal immigration and providing an alternative to the proposed physical wall between the neighboring countries...