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5 Apr 2022 PHNOM PENH, Cambodia
Cambodia: Three Year Drought, Upstream Dam Construction Affects Phnom Penh Water Supply
Ongoing drought, coupled with rising global temperatures and extensive dam construction upstream in China and Laos have left thousands of residents in Cambodia's capital without sufficient access to clean and safe drinking water.
9 Jan 2022 KONYA
Konya Technical University Research May Alleviate Impact On Central Belt Drought
New research in application of wastewater reveals different responses from different crops.
7 Jan 2022 MOGADISHU, Somalia
Somalia WASH Cluster Calls For $53 Million USD Through May 2022
Rrgent funding required to tackle water scarcity, displacement and disease brought on by catastrophic drought affecting millions of people throughout the country. Seasonal rains are predicted to fail for fourth consecutive year.
16 Feb 2021 BEIJING
New Expansion Of China's South-North Water Transfer Project
China will expand a massive project that diverts water from the Yangtze River Basin to the drought-prone north this year, making the Xiong'an New Area in Hebei province one of the new beneficiaries.Almost 9.5 billion cubic meters of water was diverted through the South-North Water Diversion Project last year, taking the total amount diverted to more than 40 billion cubic meters, Jiang Xuguang, chairman of South-North Water Diversion Group, told the company's annual work conference on Friday...
7 Feb 2021 LUSAKA
Zambian Climate Resilience Project Wins ChangeMaker Award
A climate resilient project in Zambia supported by the African Development Bank and Climate Investment Funds (CIF) has won the Water ChangeMaker People’s Choice Award-Africa. The Strengthening Climate Resilience in the Kafue Sub-basin Pilot Program for Climate Resilience beat two other finalists identified by an expert jury to win first prize with roughly 7,000 votes...
3 Feb 2021 ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates
Promoting Rain Enhancement Approaches, Technologies
Leading national and international researchers, scientists and stakeholders gathered virtually in attendance of the fifth International Rain Enhancement Forum (IREF) to address global water and sustainability issues, hosted by the UAE 25-36 January.In his keynote speech at the panel discussion titled "Outlook for Global Water Security in the Light of Climate Change", Abdullah Belhaif Al Nuaimi, UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment warned that climate change will begin to generate water stress in parts of the world which currently have sufficient access to water resources...
9 Jan 2021 Maputo, Mozambique
UNICEF Launches Mozambique Appeal For $52.8 Million USD
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has launched a 2021 appeal for $52.8 Million USD to address the most urgent and growing humanitarian crisis across Mozambique. The campaign will support approximately 250,000 children who are most at risk to water borne diseases, many of whom have been displaced by climate disasters, socioeconomic hardship and conflict...
17 Dec 2020 WASHINGTON DC, United States
US-funded "Mekong Dam Monitor" Launches
A new, United States-funded real-time data platform using remote sensing is designed to bring transparency to dam operations in China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and Cambodia. While the platform will aid understanding of the effects of upstream dams, it may also exacerbate US-China rivalry in the basin...
8 Dec 2020 BEIJING, China
China Dramatically Accelerates Cloud Seeding Capacity
China has announced plans to expand its experimental cloud seeding programme fivefold by 2025. According to a circular issued by the State Council, the government will deploy breakthroughs in research and development in key technologies, improvements in modernisation and services, enchancement of safety risk prevention, and an enabling policy environment...
7 Dec 2020 ROME, Italy
Water Shortages, Scarcity In Agriculture Must Be Addressed Boldly To Achieve SDGs
More than three billion people live in agricultural areas with high to very high levels of water shortages and scarcity, and almost half of them face severe constraints, says a new report by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (UNFAO).Freshwater resources per person have declined by more than 20 Percent over the past two decades globally, data shows...
22 Nov 2020 GLASGOW, United Kingdom
Increased "Green Economy" Funding Required For Climate Change Resilience, Access To Water
The World's 450 multilateral development banks have jointly pledged to “support the transformation of the global economy and societies towards sustainable and resilient development”. At a first "Finance in Common" Summit, the banks reaffirmed the need to respond to the impacts of COVID-19 and work cooperatively in order to deliver provide the support in each and every country, across the globe...
13 Nov 2020 WASHINGTON DC
Building Resilience Against Water-related Extreme Events
Researchers supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) are working to find ways to minimise the adverse impacts of hurricanes, droughts, floods, and hailstorms. Atmospheric scientists are harnessing the power of cutting-edge technology in observations, computer modelling and data science to study natural hazards...