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6 Mar 2020 LONDON, United Kingdom

Climate Change Finance Is Short-changing The World's Most Vulnerable

New analysis from NGO WaterAid reveals that only a very small proportion of climate finance (for both mitigaton and adaptation) reaches the most vulnerable countries or is spent addressing the most urgent issues putting billions of lives at risk of water-borne diseases due to lack of water service that is reliable and safe from contamination...

27 Dec 2019 JOHANNESBURG

Madagascar Mine Contaminates Water Resources With Uranium And Lead

Water downstream of a Rio Tinto mine in southern Madagascar contains high concentrations of uranium and lead, potentially endangering local residents who depend on a nearby lake and river for drinking water, a study released on Friday found. The study commissioned by southern Madagascar-focused British environmental charity The Andrew Lees Trust found that concentrations of uranium were 350 times higher downstream of the QIT-Madagascar Minerals (QMM) mine than upstream of it, and that lead concentrations were 9...

21 Jul 2019 ROME, Italy

World Is Off-track Re SDG Targets: UNFAO

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UNFA)) has issued a grim first report on progress towards achieving four critical Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with respect to eradicating hunger, providing access to sanitation, and conserving marine and land resources (Goals 4, 6, 14 and 15, respectively)...

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30 Oct 2018 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates

"Wetland City" Accreditation Launched By Ramsar Convention

Last week’s Conference of the Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands has introduces a “Wetland City Accreditation” program, which initially recognizes 18 cities that have taken exceptional steps to safeguard their urban wetlands.These pioneer cities “will serve as examples and inspire deliberate actions for other cities towards sustainable urbanization”, according to an October 25 statement issued during the Dubai conference...

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23 Mar 2016 LONDON, United Kingdom

World’s Poor Pay the Most for Water: Report

The poorest people in the world are paying the most for water, according to a report released on World Water Day (March 22nd) by international charity WaterAid.“It is often assumed that the poorest people in the world don’t have formal water supplies because they cannot afford the bills,” WaterAid said in the report...

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3 Jul 2014 KIGALI, Rwanda

AfDB, Rwanda Seek $68 Million for Kigali Action Plan

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Rwandan government this week signed an agreement to formalize the African Union-led Kigali Action Plan, an initiative that among other things will help secure over $68 million USD to help 10 countries finance water supply programs and improve sanitation.The bank said on July 1st that it would host the funds, which will be mobilized through an online crowdfunding platform...

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30 Aug 2013 ARUSHA, Tanzania

SADC Nations Could Miss 2015 MDG Deadline Due to Inadequate Funding

Fourteen member countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) may not meet the UN Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets on water and sanitation by the 2015 deadline due to inadequate state funding. SADC Program Officer Phera Ramoeli told the third SADC Regional Water Supply And Sanitation Program forum in Arusha on August 27 that despite efforts by some countries in the region to step up water sector funding, the allocations were inadequate to meet the need for clean drinking water for their growing populations...

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3 Jul 2013 SINGAPORE

Conversations with Water Leaders: International Desalination Association (IDA) President Dr. Corrado Sommariva on Desalination Technologies and Environmental Solutions

Fifth in a series, “Conversations With Water Leaders,” conducted by OOSKAnews in association with Singapore International Water Week.Dr. Corrado SommarivaIn this edition, Dr. Corrado Sommariva, President of International Desalination Association (IDA), talks with OOSKAnews correspondent, Renee Martin-Nagle about various desalination technologies, management of the environmental footprint from desalination operations, the role of desalination in the Middle East and recent IDA activities...