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8 Dec 2020 WASHINGTON DC, United States

Non-profit "Water Finance Exchange" To Address Rural US Water Infrastructure Funding Gap

Leading impact investors and water experts have launched a new non-profit "Water Finance Exchange" (WFX) to address funding gaps in the water sector in the United States. The specific aim is to help meet the growing needs of small and mid-sized utilities across the US by supplementing public and private financing sources with philanthropic funds at the community level...

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22 Nov 2020 WASHINGTON, United States

Global Water Security & Sanitation Partnership Describes Water Crisis Solutions

The 2020 Annual Report of the Global Water Security Partnership (GWSP) describes activities and impacts achieved for the twelve months through June 2020.The partnership acknowledges that COVID-19 had a significant impact on its activities and that resources were redirected to helping partners contend with both short- and long-term effects of the pandemic from March 2020...

17 Nov 2020 VICTORIA FALLS, Zimbabwe

Southern Africa Ministers Approve Water-Energy-Food Governance Framework

Ministers for water and energy from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have approved a Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus Governance Framework, which was developed by SADC aided by The Global Water Partnership Southern Africa (GWPSA), at a meeting on 30 October.The WEF-Nexus project aims to support the transformation required to meet increasing water, energy, and food security demand in a context of climate change in the SADC region, through the development of an integrated nexus approach...

10 Nov 2020 GENEVA, Switzerland

African Finance Ministers Discuss Water And Sanitation Investment

World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has described discussions between health, water and finance ministers as among the most important meetings of the year. Ghebreyesus, addressing Africa’s finance ministers at a 4 November "Sanitation and Water for All" virtual meeting, told the ministers that “Investing in water, sanitation and hygiene is critical to preventing both pandemics and local outbreaks...

19 Oct 2020 NEW YORK NY, United States

New Hand Hygiene For All Initiative

On Global Handwashing Day, 15 October, UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore introduced the new Hand Hygiene For All Initiative, saing that “hand hygiene is everyone’s business” and that it must become a priority as a vital first line of defense, especially against the COVID-19 virus.Through this initiative, WHO, UNICEF, and other partners are urging global leaders to ensure that handwashing is both possible and promoted in homes, schools, healthcare facilities, care homes, workplaces and in public areas...

29 Sep 2020 PASADENA CA, United States

Space Project To Map Arid Regions, Seek Underground Freshwater

Researchers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI) will combine efforts to explore arid environments to discover and monitor underground sources of freshwater.Using radar technology similar to that deployed by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), the project will examine the earth’s driest ecosystems, whether in the hot stretches of sand (a desert) or the cold expanses of ice as evidenced at either pole...

2 Sep 2020 Edinburgh, Scotland

New Report Proposes Solutions To The World's Water Conflicts

Water security challenges, and related instances of human conflict, are increasing across the world as populations grow, economies expand, and climate change begins to impact the hydrological cycle, says a new report published 2 September.“Ending Conflicts Over Water: Solutions to Water and Security Challenges”, which has been produced by authors from the World Resources Institute (Charles Iceland; Ayushi Trivedi) and the Pacific Institute (Peter Gleick) with the Water, Peace and Security Partnership, describes a global rise in water-related conflict, observing political instability and intensifying driving factors, including population growth, economic expansion, severe and prolonged drought, climate change, pollution, the destruction of natural landscapes, upstream infrastructure development (such as dams and diversions), inefficient water use in agriculture, poor water resources management and weak institutions...

1 Sep 2020 NEW YORK NY, United States

Funding Partnership Will Support 3.7 Million Sudanese With Water And Food Security

The Green Climate Fund, the government of Sudan, and the United Nations Development Programme have approved new funding for innovative climate resilience with a focus to promote agriculture, health and food and water security.The five-year project totalling approximately US$41.1 Million USD will introduce new climate-resilient farming practices and training as well as provide funding for rehabilitation of land for sustainable use, construct infrastructure for water storage, build wells and deliver equipment...

29 Jul 2020 PRETORIA, South Africa

Focus On Water Infrastructure Should Be Central To South Africa's COVID Recovery Strategy

Post-COVID recovery in South Africa should involve investment in water infrastructure at the core to creating jobs, according to a policy brief by research organisation Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS).“Having a robust and resilient water and sanitation system will enhance the capacity of the country to respond to various challenges, including those presented by future pandemics similar to Covid-19", according to authors Shakespear Mudombi and Gaylor Montmasson-Clair...

6 Jul 2020 DUSHANBE, Tajikistan

Cooperative Water Distribution Initiative Fosters Peace Along Isfara River

The United Nations’ Cross-border Cooperation for Sustainable Pease and Development programme is yielding successful results in modernising water management along the Isfara River running between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.The project, involving six pilot cross-border communities, uses modern technology and software to monitor what crops are grown and how much and where water is distributed...

19 May 2020 MUMBAI, India

“Blue Peace Voices” Series: Further Episodes Released

This OOSKAnews article was updated 29 May.A series of nine interesting "Blue Peace Voices", short video presentations by global participants in the Blue Peace movement, were released in May.Background:Ilmas Futehally, Executive Director of Strategic Foresight Group (SFG), introduces this programme [SEE LINKS IN ARTICLE BELOW] of filmed “Blue Peace Voices”, in a series launched by the Mumbai-headquartered think-tank earlier this month...

14 May 2020 EDINBURGH, United Kingdom

REMINDER! TUNE IN 27 MAY! aquaNOW Audience, "Water and Resilient Cities"

This OOSKAnews Article was updated 20 MayOur world will have an estimated 2 billion new urban residents by 2050, so how do we make our cities more resilient in a water context? We need cities that can absorb, recover and prepare for future stresses and hazards while promoting sustainable development, well-being and inclusive growth, deploying environmental, governmental, economical and societal tools at our disposal...