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26 Apr 2022 GLASGOW, United Kingdom

Agricultural Trade Impacts Groundwater, Food Security, Energy

The use of groundwater has facilitated a doubling in international trade in food and agricultural products since 1995 but groundwater governance mechanisms with joint management of resources are urgently needed to control aggressive depletion of resources.

22 Mar 2022 EDINBURGH, United Kingdom

Major Lithium Deposit Discovered On Tibetan Plateau

Possible lithium exploitation found on a Tibet plateau has raised concerns with environmentalists for the deleterious effect on both water and natural resources in the region.

16 Mar 2022 LONDON

Water Utilities In England And Wales To Reduce Effluent Discharge

Companies pledge to ensure storm overflows and sewage treatment works do not harm rivers, using Environment Agency measures. They also committed to improve public reporting on efforts and to help other sectors, such as farming, to improve and care for rivers.

15 Mar 2022 EDINBURGH, United Kingdom

The Water Diplomat 2022

Past issues of The Water Diplomat now available. Read full article and click on links for January, February and March 2022 issues.

15 Mar 2022 EDINBURGH, United Kingdom

The Water Diplomat 2022

Past issues of The Water Diplomat now available on OOSKAnews website.

6 Mar 2022 LONDON, United Kingdom

Impact Of Microcredit Examined

Households in India otherwise ineligible for government sanitation subsidies can access it through a "bridge" offered by microfinance. The two forms of investment work together to bring investment funds to otherwise non-creditworthy households.

15 Feb 2022 EDINBURGH, United Kingdom

The Road To New York 2023

The 9th World Water Forum in Dakar  21-26 March and the Dushanbe Water Process 6-9 June 2022 will set the stage for the major UN Conference on water to be held in New York in 2023. It will be the first since Mar del Plata in 1977.

14 Feb 2022 LONDON

Copper Mining Giant To Cut Production

The drought not only is impacting miners, but also farmers and wine makers, which has led the authorities to reform the nation’s water code.

11 Feb 2022 EDINBURGH, United Kingdom

Diplomacy Talks -- Trends In Food Security During Climate Change

Diplomacy Talks and OOSKAnews Voices are a series of guest columns written by participants in different parts of the international water community. 

Dr. Renee Martin-Nagle, special correspondent to OOSKAnews, highlights facts about agricultural production and how it might change given evidence of climate change.

Martin-Nagle is a globally recognized water expert and consultant focusing on surface water, groundwater, unconventional water resources, contaminants, climate change, and oceans.  She currently has several affiliations: Treasurer of the International Water Resources Association; President and CEO of A Ripple Effect; Special Counsel at Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC; Visiting Scholar at the Environmental Law Institute; Secretary and Chair of the Governance Committee of the Mount Aloysius College Board of Trustees, and Member of the Ebensburg Municipal (water) Authority.  She is also an Expert Reviewer of the UN IPCC Sixth Assessment Report.

11 Feb 2022 LONDON, United Kingdom

Legal Challenge To Utility Immunity

The English Appeals court has permitted Manchester Shipping Canal Limited to pursue its claim against United Utilities' right to discharge untreated storm water. Environmental Law Foundation and the Good Law Project have intervened in support of the decision.

10 Feb 2022 ABERDEEN, United Kingdom

Dam Building In Scotland?

A new report suggests that beavers could make an important contribution to improving the condition of Scotland’s rivers, including helping to improve water quality and limiting the effects of drought.

2 Feb 2022 EDINBURGH, United Kingdom

Trillion Ton Iceberg Melts: Impacts Unpredictable

Scientists closely observe melting of A68a as it breaks off Larsen-C Ice Shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula and travels towards Argentina. Fears for flora and fauna unrealized.