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12 Oct 2020 MOSCOW
Russia Finance Support For Water In Occupied Ukrainian Crimea
The Russian government will allocate more than 5 billion rubles ($64.5 mln) to resolve issues related to water supply in Crimea, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said at a government meeting on Thursday. Today, at a government meeting, we will allocate almost 5 billion rubles to the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol for the construction of new water supply facilities on the Crimean Peninsula and more than 870 million rubles ($11 mln) for the overhaul of water supply networks that are in emergency condition, as well as the development of additional wells," the head of the cabinet said.
7 Oct 2020 BAKU
Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict: Shells Fall Close To Strategic Mingachevir Reservoir
Armenian armed forces launched a missile attack on the central Azerbaijani city of Mingachevir, which hosts the country's largest hydroelectric power and water reservoir. “Proof of Armenia's deliberate and targeted attack against critical civilian infrastructure of Azerbaijan. The missile landed in close proximity to the energy block in Mingachevir...
4 Oct 2020 New YORK NY, United States
Egypt, Ethiopia Leaders Address Contentious Dam In UN Statements
In addresses to September’s seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, the leaders of Ethiopia and Egypt have described their countries’ respective positions and views around the contentious, and soon to be completed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile...
4 Oct 2020 YOLA
Water Is A Tool For Peace In Lake Chad Region
Lake Chad is an extremely shallow water body in the Sahel. Its origin is unknown but it is believed to be a remnant of a former inland sea. It doesn't drain into the ocean but it has shrunk by over 90% since the 1960s due to climate change, an increase in the population and unplanned irrigation. Given the rate at which the lake is disappearing, in less than a decade it may cease to be...
4 Oct 2020 NUR-SULTAN
USAID Supports Regional Water Cooperation In Central Asia
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced the launch of a new five year, $24.5 million regional water program, USAID’s Regional Water and Vulnerable Environment, that will strengthen regional cooperation on shared water resources and address current and emerging environmental challenges in the five countries of Central Asia – Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
4 Oct 2020 ABIDJAN
Volta Basin Nations Extend Collaboration Over Climate Change Impacts
Member states of the Volta Basin Authority, comprising six West African countries, have held a meeting in Anidjan where they have developed an early warning system in the case of extreme floods and droughts due to climate change. During a workshop, held on September 28-29, 2020 in Abidjan, members of the Volta Basin Authority decided to set up risk maps and an early warning system to prevent flooding and extreme droughts...
29 Sep 2020 NEW YORK NY, United States
World Leaders Pledge Urgent Action To Reverse Biodiversity Loss
Political leaders from 64 countries have publicly declared their commitment to reversing biodiversity loss.The leaders warn in their pledge that we are in a state of planetary emergency and that “the interdependent crises of biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation and climate change” are ones that “require urgent and immediate global action”...
29 Sep 2020 PARIS, France
International Network of Basin Organisations: Webinar 13 October
Current environment crises such as wild forest fires in California and the Brazilian Pantanal, drought in the lower Mekong River, and floods in Senegal are all examples of disasters that are warnings about the dramatic consequences of climate change.Global funding to implement adaptation measures is insufficient...
25 Sep 2020 WINDHOEK
Namibia Lawmakers Question Renewal Of Orange River Pact
Namibian members of parliament are questioning South Africa's decision to push its borders beyond the Orange River into Namibia's dryland. This is against international law. Parliamentarians feel the ambiguous border between Namibia and South Africa is one of the reasons Namibia is not fully benefiting from the Orange River's water...
24 Sep 2020 GENEVA, Switzerland
Weather-related Disasters And Conflict Displace 14.6 Million; COVID-19 Exacerbates, Compounds Tragedies
An estimated 14.6 million new internal displacements occurred in the first half of 2020, the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) has reported.Weather-related disasters accounted for about 9.8 million new displacements. Cyclone Amphan affected about 3.3 million in India and Bangladesh. With the destruction of an estimated 2...
23 Sep 2020 MELBOURNE
Australia: More Discussion Required Around Indigenous Water Rights
It has been a rocky road in Australia towards reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. Much of the conversation in recent decades has justifiably focused on rights to land – but what about water? Legally, Australia has recognised environmental water rights and there is now talk of recreational water rights – such as for football fields, fishing and shooting...
23 Sep 2020 STOCKHOLM, Sweden
World Should Rapidly Embark On Climate-Smart Security Strategy
Actors from across the security and climate fields came together at A Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) High-Level Panel on Water Diplomacy, "Together for Climate-Smart SecuritY", 21 September.The panel discussed climate-smart security and the need to adopt an integrated approach to prevent, mitigate and resolve climate and security risks, along with the use of diplomacy in solving water disputes...