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10 Nov 2020 GENEVA, Switzerland
The Harmful Environmental Impacts Of War
A new, jointly-produced report from a diverse group of organisations working on human rights, peacebuilding and environmental issues has been launched to demonstrate the breadth and complexity of conflict-linked environmental harm.Case studies from Iraq, Syria, Colombia, Yemen, Ukraine, Laos DPR and Senegal direct attention to the environment in relation to armed conflict...
8 Oct 2020 AS-SALIF, Yemen
Security Council Demands Access To Decaying Oil Tanker Which Threatens Yemen Freshwater Resources, Ecosystems
This news article was updated 19 OctoberThe United Nations Security Council has called on Iran-backed Houthis to give experts immediate access to the stricken SFO Safer oil tanker in the Red Sea. The tanker has been stranded and unmaintained for five years north of Yemen's port city Hodeidah.The condition of the tanker, containing an estimated 1,148,000 barrels of light crude oil and anchored 4...
3 Sep 2020 RIYADH
Yemen Water Wells At Risk As Stricken Oil Tanker Remains Unattended
The SAFER Exploration & Production Operations Company (SEPOC), which owns the derelict Safer oil tanker that is anchored off Hodeidah’s coastline, confirmed the need to discharge the oil on board the rundown vessel before an environmental catastrophe takes place. Safer holds around 1.1 million oil barrels on board.
1 Sep 2020 SANA'A, Yemen
Rain And Flash Floods Leave 300,000 Homeless In Yemen
Three months of torrential rain and flash floods have left an estimated 300,000 people homeless in war-torn Yemen, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said 28 August.Many of those people newly displaced by the floods had already been forced to flee their homes because of the ongoing conflict in the country...
13 Aug 2020 SANA'A
Satellites Map, Predict Yemen Cholera Risk
A team of NASA-funded researchers has been using satellite and ground-based data to forecast the risk of cholera in Yemen and other countries. The map shows the forecasted risk of cholera in Yemen from August 10 to September 6, 2020. It was created with the Cholera Prediction Modeling System, which incorporates NASA precipitation data, air temperature data from NASA’s MERRA-2 reanalysis product, and population data...
25 Jun 2020 GENEVA, Switzerland
WASH Actors Call For Fulfillment Of Support Committed To Yemen
An open letter, signed by thirty international agencies and charitable organisations, pleads for fulfilment of commitments for aid to Yemen.The 15 June letter "rom "The Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) actors in Yemen" identifies that COVID-19 is spreading throughout Yemen, one of the most water scarce countries in the world...
12 May 2020 GENEVA, Switzerand
Water Diplomacy Voices: COVID-19 Shows Why Protecting Water In Conflict is Vital
Access to water is critical for civilians in conflict zones. Yet all too often, water infrastructure is damaged or deliberately targeted. In an effort to strengthen the norms intended to protect water supplies in conflicts, the Geneva Water Hub (GWH) recently published the Geneva List of Principles on the Protection of Water Infrastructure...
3 May 2020 SANA'A, Yemen
War-torn Yemen Hit By Floods, Cholera
Since mid-April, more than 100,000 people across conflict-torn Yemen, but particularly Aden, Abyan, Lahj and Sana’a City, have been affected by heavy rain and flash flooding that has contaminated water supplies, damaged roads, bridges and power, and cut access to basic services.UNICEF has warned that over 5 million children under the age of five are facing a heightened threat of cholera and Acute Watery Diarrhoea (AWD)...
10 Sep 2019 MUMBAI, India
Blue Peace Bulletin - "Water And Violence: Interview With Danilo Turk"
The Global High-Level Panel on Water and Peace was launched in 2015 with the task of developing a set of proposals aimed at strengthening the global framework to prevent and resolve water-related conflicts, facilitating the use of water as an important factor of building peace and enhancing the relevance of water issues in national and global policy making...
23 Jun 2019 WASHINGTON DC
Environmental Protection Should Be Prioritized In Conflict Zones
It is important to take an inclusive and tangible approach to protecting civilians by protecting the environment during armed conflicts. In recent decades, the link between conflict, the environment and the protection of civilians has become painstakingly clear. From Iraq to Ukraine, Libya to Yemen, dozens of incidents have surfaced where environmental damage resulting from conflict has led to acute or chronic health risks to civilians and their communities, undermining their socioeconomic development.
23 Jun 2019 MUMBAI, India
Water Diplomacy Talks - "Regional Water Protection Framework"
Diana Philip, Senior Research Manager for international think-tank Strategic Foresight Group (SFG) speaks with David Duncan, Publisher, OOSKAnews in this (LINK) "Water Dipolmacy Talks" audio interview.This OOSKAnewscast was recorded on the occasion of the release of SFG’s sixth "Blue Peace Bulletin", "Regional Water Protection Framework", which can be DOWNLOADED HERE...
28 Apr 2019 MUMBAI, INDIA
Blue Peace Bulletin: "Water and Violence: Mali"
Jayantika Kutty, Research Analyst with think-tank Strategic Foresight Group (SFG) speaks with David Duncan, Publisher, OOSKAnews in this (LINK) OOSKAnewscast audio interview.This OOSKAnewscast was recorded on the occasion of the release of SFG’s fourth "Blue Peace Bulletin", “Water and Violence: Mali” (THE FULL APRIL 2019 BULLETIN CAN BE DOWNLOADED HERE)...