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17 Dec 2020 GENEVA, Switzerland
Disastrous Climate Damage Continued In 2020
The World Meterological Organization (WMO) assesses that 2020 is on track to be the second warmest year in the most recent decade, with the warmest six years being since 2015.Preliminary information, based on data collected from January to October 2020, shows how high-impact events such as floods, extreme heat and wildfires affected millions of people...
17 Dec 2020 PRETORIA, South Africa
Environmental Approval For Thabametsi Withdrawn; Coal Project Officially Dead
The North Gauteng (South Africa) High Court has set aside the environmental authorisation for the 1500 MW Thabametsi power station, thereby ending the long saga of environmental dispute brought by NGOs Earthlife Africa, GroundWork, and Friends of the Earth against Thabametsi and the state of Limpopo...
17 Dec 2020 ABUJA, Nigeria
Nigeria Calls For Authority Members To Honour Commitments To Niger Basin Authority
Suleiman Adamu, Minister of Water Resources in Nigeria, has called for member states of the Niger Basin Authority (NBA) to honour their respective commitments to the authority. Delays in member state payments has been identified as a major constraint to effective development and management of crucial water resources...
11 Dec 2020 London, United Kingdom
Record Number of Companies On CDP's Water Security A List
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) has released the findings of its annual survey of companies' environmental responsibility with a record 106 corporates, including 34 “new achievers” meeting the NGO's "A List" requirements in the category of "Water Security".CDP's work with water security motivates companies to disclose and reduce their environmental impacts by using the power of investors and customers...
11 Dec 2020 New Orleans, LA, United States
"Must Try Harder": Report Card Gives Mississippi Watershed Health, Water Security A Poor Grade
The 2020 Mississippi River “Watershed Report Card” has award the Mississippi Watershed (America’s Watershed”) an overall C- grade, warning that urgent action is needed as watershed health and water security remain at risk.The school-style Report Card, produced by the America’s Watershed Initiative (AWI), marks progress toward restoring the health and condition of the Mississippi River Watershed and its basins...
8 Dec 2020 MANILA
Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Nestlé Still Top League Of Worst Plastic Polluters
The Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo and Nestlé are ranked as the world’s top plastic polluters for the 3rd consecutive year according to Break Free From Plastic‘s report “BRANDED Vol III: Demanding Corporate Accountability for Plastic Pollution”. This year, Break Free From Plastic’s brand audit — an annual citizen action initiative that involves counting and documenting the brands on plastic waste found in communities across the globe collected 346,494 pieces of plastic from 55 countries...
5 May 2020 YONKERS NY, United States
Coke And Pepsi Profiteering During COVID-driven Bottled Water Boom?
New reporting published by Consumer Reports (CR), a United States-based independent consumer products and markets watchdog, suggests that: “It’s a good time to be in the water business: As the coronavirus pandemic spread in the US throughout March, bottled water sales increased 57 percent over the same time period last year"...
14 Oct 2019 PALO ALTO CA, United States
Nature "Shrinkage" Will Hit Access To Clean Water For Billions
Researchers from Stanford University have developed a new interactive map measuring nature’s contributions to human well-being suggests that as many as five billion people, particularly in Africa and South Asia, are likely to face food shortages and lack of clean water in coming decades as a result of “shrinkage” in nature...
14 Oct 2019 COPENHAGEN, Denmark
Cities Are Opportunities To Get Transformative Climate Adaptation Right
A new report on challenges that global cities will face by 2050, when 66 percent of the world’s population will live in urban areas, emphasises that urban areas will face the most serious risks related to climate change: sea-level rise, floods, heat and water stress, and loss of biodiversity among other impacts...
14 Oct 2019 LONDON, United Kingdom
35-Year Drought Increases Displacement In Horn Of Africa
The Horn of Africa is now experiencing the lowest cumulative rainfall totals since 1981. As a consequence nearly 13 million people, including 6.5 million children, are facing critical levels of hunger. Although the number of food insecure people is lower than in 2017, the situation is expected to deteriorate with anticipated continuation of the drought...
11 Oct 2019 PURCHASE NY
PepsiCo Boosts Water Stewardship Efforts With New Green Bond
PepsiCo has priced its first ever green bond at $1bn, which will be used to fund initiatives to reduce plastic content in packaging, improve supply chain engagement and management and boost water stewardship. PepsiCo’s $1bn green bond will improve actions on sustainability across numerous areas. Notably, the green bond will assist the company’s new target to reduce the use of virgin plastic across its portfolio by 35% by 2025, which will eliminate around 2...
8 Jul 2019 ABIDJAN, Cote d'Ivoire
AfDB Commits $24.7 Million USD For South Sudan WASH Development
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has committed new $24.7 Million USD investment to the South Sudan Strategic Water Supply and Sanitation Improvement Project.The funding will support the rehabilitation of 50 kilometers of the Juba town distribution network, including public water collection sites and metering...