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10 Nov 2020 JOHANNESBURG, South Africa

Investors Withdraw Financing For "Dirty" South Africa Power Projects

Continuation of construction of the 630 MW Thabametsi coal-fired power plant in Limpopo province is in doubt as key investors follow South Africa’s major banks who have withdrawn commitments due to continuing environmental activism. Only Marubeni Corporation of Japan, with a 50 Percent stake, remains...

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15 Sep 2020 MEXICO CITY, Mexico

Two Farmers Killed By Military Police At La Boquilla Dam

Two protesting farmers at the Boquilla Dam in Chihuahua, Mexico were killed by military police 9 September following altercations including stone-throwing, Molotov cocktails and occupation the dam’s control centre.The farmers’ protest has arisen as a result of plans to divert more water from the drought-affected region to the United States to fulfill “water debt” obligations accruing under a 1944 water-sharing treaty...

25 Feb 2020 WASHINGTON DC, United States

Water And Trump's Middle East Peace Plan

United States President Donald Trump’s long-awaited “Peace Plan” for the Middle East, revealed 28 January, has come under fire for disregarding the political and economic needs of occupied Palestine and lack of recognition or acknowledgement of one of the most contentious issues that abounds throughout the region: allocation of water resources...

13 Feb 2020 COPENHAGEN, Denmark

Climate Change Impacts On Europe Mapped

The European Environment Agency (EEA) has released a new compilation of maps reflecting how effects of drought, sea-level rise, forest fires, extreme rain and flooding may affect selected regions in Europe. The maps are based on different greenhouse gas emissions scenarios and climate models that have been projected through the 21st Century...

3 Feb 2020 GENEVA, Switzerland

The World's Underreported Humanitarian Crises

An annual assessment of global online media coverage of "underreported" humanitarian crises, many related to water challenges, indicates increasing linkage between such events and man-made climate change.Humanitarian agency CARE International launched its fourth such analysis 28 January, examining 40 disasters and conflicts that have affected at least a million people to determine which are the most under-reported...

29 Jan 2020 NEW YORK NY, United States

Deportation Of Climate Change Refugees Can Be A Violation Of Human Rights

In a landmark decision, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) this month ruled that governments must consider the effects of climate change when assessing deportation of asylum seekers. Although decisions of the UN body are not legally binding, the ruling could present a precedent for asylum applications linked to climate change...

19 Nov 2019 LONDON, United Kingdom

World's Cities Report Climate Change Impacts; Most Lag In Mitigation, Adaptation Measures

Carbon Disclosure Project’s (CDP) global environment disclosure system has released its newest report on cities, revealing that of the 620 respondents in 2018, 530 revealed that they are experiencing the impacts of climate change. The combined population of these cities is over 515 million.From energy, to water supplies, cities are expecting to see many of their most fundamental pillars come under threat in the coming years...

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4 Nov 2019 WAGENINGEN, The Netherlands

Wetlands International Calls For Action Against Pantanal Fires

An open letter from Wetlands International to local, regional and national governments of the transboundary Pantanal as well as the international development, water and environment communities seeks urges stakeholders to take collective action to halt existing fires and to prevent future fires in the Pantanal region in Latin America...

16 Oct 2019 DAMASCUS, Syria

Turkey Invasion Of Syria: Damage To Water Infrastructure And Risk Of Water-borne Disease

The World Health Organization (WHO) is gravely concerned about the humanitarian health situation in northeast Syria, where up to 200,000 people have been displaced as a result of increased military operations since 9 October, and almost 1.5 million people are in need of health aid.This follows the offensive launched by Turkey on Kurdish people in northern Syria after the Kurds' main ally, the United States, withdrew from the region and indicated it would not stand in Turkey's way...

10 Oct 2019 GENEVA, Switzerland

Water Diplomacy Talks -- "The Geneva List of Principles On The Protection Of Water Infrastructure"

Mara Tignino of Geneva Water Hubspeaks with David Duncan, Publisher, OOSKAnews in this (LINK) “Water Diplomacy Talks” video interview. The subject is the "Geneva List" of legal principles on protection of water infrastructure.Tignino, Reader at the Faculty of Law and the Institute for Environmental Sciences of the University of Geneva and Lead Legal Specialist of the Platform for International Water Law at the Geneva Water Hub, describe, 4 October, the background and rationale for the "Geneva List", the first reference document to systematize the main rules applicable to the protection of water infrastructure during armed conflicts, specifically in the conduct of hostilities, as well as in pre-conflict and post-conflict situations, setting forth good practices...

19 Sep 2019 Edinburgh, Scotland

Amazonia Fires: Water Impacts

Jordi Surkin, Conservation Director of WWF Bolivia, is in conversation with David Duncan, Publisher, OOSKAnews in this (LINK) "Water Diplomacy Talks" audio interview.The conversation was recorded at the start of September 2019 as the full extent and impact of devastating fires in the climate-crucial Amazon Basin had become clear, and reached the front pages of mainstream media around the world as a contentious issue at the G7 Summit...

15 Sep 2019 GENEVA, Switzerland

Water Diplomacy Talks -- "The Geneva List of Principles On The Protection Of Water Infrastructure"

Mara Tignino of Geneva Water Hub speaks with David Duncan, Publisher, OOSKAnews in this (LINK) “Water Diplomacy Talks” video interview. The subject is the "Geneva List" of legal principles on protection of water infrastructure.Tignino, Reader at the Faculty of Law and the Institute for Environmental Sciences of the University of Geneva and Lead Legal Specialist of the Platform for International Water Law at the Geneva Water Hub, describes the background and rationale for the "Geneva List", the first reference document to systematize the main rules applicable to the protection of water infrastructure during armed conflicts, specifically in the conduct of hostilities, as well as in pre-conflict and post-conflict situations, setting forth good practices...