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6 Jun 2020 Rome, Italy

$700 Million USD To Advance Environmental Priorities In Developing Countries

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has agreed on $700 Million USD for projects and programmes to help developing countries keep advancing urgent environmental priorities through and beyond the coronavirus pandemic. The new and expanded programming, announced 3 June by the Facility’s governing body, will help developing countries protect marine biodiversity, fight wildlife trafficking, tackle dangerous uses of mercury, and fortify defenses against climate change in the agriculture and fisheries sectors, in basic services such as drinking water, and other areas...

7 Nov 2017 BONN, Germany

COP23 Underway, Syria Signs Up, Fiji Presidency, Water Action Day, Calls for Investment in Climate Adaptation, COPS and Robbers, More…

COP23 Underway, Syria Says "We're in!", US IsolatedAction Day for WaterWorld Water Council Calls for Financing for New Water Infrastructure and MaintenanceOil Majors Named and Shamed for Water Abuse AgainSyria's "In"Syria has announced 7 November that it will sign the Paris climate accord. The move, which comes on the heels of Nicaragua signing the accord last month, leaves the United States of America as the only country that has rejected the global pact (more to follow from OOSKAnews)...

1 Jul 2016 ROME, Italy

UN Calls on International Community to Build Resilience, Food Security in Central America

The international community must take urgent action to build resilience to ensure food security and restore livelihoods in drought-stricken regions of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, senior United Nations officials said this week.“We need to a focus on resilience, inclusive sustainable development, and climate change adaptation,” José Graziano da Silva, Director-General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), told a high-level meeting at FAO headquarters in Rome on the situation in Central America’s Dry Corridor...

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8 Jun 2016 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti

US Provides $11 Million to WFP for Drought Assistance in Haiti

The United States, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), this week provided $11 million USD to assist the World Food Program’s (WFP) emergency drought operation in Haiti.The funds will be offered as direct cash transfers to assist about 170,000 Haitians who are in greatest need for three months, the WFP said...

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31 May 2016 BRUSSELS, Belgium

EC Provides $15 Million to Help Caribbean Nations Cope With Drought

The European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Department (ECHO) is providing $15.5 million USD to help Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Cuba cope with ongoing drought.The funds, which include $13.6 million USD for Haiti, $1.2 million USD for the Dominican Republic and nearly $667,000 USD for Cuba, will be used to facilitate access to food and water and to protect livelihoods for more than 429,000 people...

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6 May 2016 BOSTON, MA, United States

3.5 Million in Central America Face Hunger Due to El Niño: Oxfam America

The El Niño weather phenomenon is affecting at least 7 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean, who are facing floods and water and food shortages, relief group Oxfam said this week.Some 3.5 million people in Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador do not have enough to eat due to ongoing drought, which has harmed several crop cycles, the agency said...

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3 May 2016 BILWI

WaterAid Trains Ex-Gangsters to Maintain WASH Facilities in Nicaragua

WaterAid and its partner AMEC (Aerobombas de Macate, meaning ‘Windpumps and Ropepumps’) have set up a practical scheme training students to become skilled young entrepreneurs in the field of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). To tackle its water crisis, Bilwi needs trained plumbers, masons and engineers to keep water and sanitation services running.

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3 Feb 2016 TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras

Honduran Capital to Implement Water Rationing

Honduras’ National Autonomous Service of Aqueducts and Sewerage (SANAA) announced this week that it will begin rationing water in the capital, Tegucigalpa, as part of its measures to deal with ongoing drought.Prensa Latina quoted Carlos Hernández, SANAA’s director in Tegucigalpa, as saying the city’s water treatment plants are currently producing only 2,000 liters of water per second, rather than the usual 3,300 liters...

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8 Jan 2016 OXFORD, United Kingdom

El Niño Puts Unprecedented Strain on Humanitarian Aid System: Oxfam

This year’s unusually strong El Niño will put unprecedented pressure on the global humanitarian system, relief organization Oxfam warned last week. The group said in a statement that according to its estimates, the weather phenomenon could leave tens of millions of people facing hunger, water shortages and disease if action is not taken now to prepare vulnerable people for its effects...

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28 Apr 2015 MEDELLIN, Colombia

CABEI to Provide $240 Million for Water, Sanitation Projects in Costa Rica

The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) is lending Costa Rica $360 million USD for economic and social development project during 2015-2019. Of that total, $240 million USD will go toward water and sanitation projects.CABEI President Nick Rischbieth announced the loans during the bank’s 55th Board of Governors Meeting in Medellin, Colombia last week...

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3 Mar 2015 MANAGUa, Nicaragua

Swiss Government Provides $24 Million to Boost Water Harvesting in Nicaragua’s Dry Corridor

The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) has allocated $24 million USD to boost water harvesting in Nicaragua’s dry corridor.SDC Representative in Nicaragua Huberto Eisele said the funds will be focused on the 375 sites where the water harvesting programs are being carried out in the country...

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18 Sep 2014 SAN JOSE, Costa Rica

Central America Needs Comprehensive Climate Change Strategy: IUCN

Central America is one of the regions of the world most vulnerable to climate change, and countries there need a comprehensive strategy to mitigate its on diverse sectors, said Rocío Córdoba, regional coordinator of Livelihoods and Climate Change at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)...

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