The water crisis in the Eastern Cape municipality of Makana is so dire that it will now start implementing water rationing measures. Acting spokesperson Anele Mjekula said an ongoing drought meant dam levels on the…
Abundant downpours during the rainy season bring deadly floods to Sierra Leone every year. In 2017, a mudslide killed more than 1,000 people and left thousands homeless. Experts largely blamed the disaster on rapid urbanisation…
Around the world, young people are finding new solutions to increasingly pressing water problems. Beth Koigi from Kenya has tackled both water quality and water scarcity. Her innovation that can turn air to water has…
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At the heels of the Sustainable Development Summit at the United Nations in New York this past weekend, an operations team from the World Bank’s Water Global Practice (GP) is meeting with international development partners…
The Cooperation in International Waters in Africa (CIWA) program assists riparian governments in Sub-Saharan Africa in unlocking the potential for sustainable, climate-resilient growth by addressing constraints to cooperative water resources management and development. Situation Currently…
The international community has been meeting in Bonn, Germany, for the past two weeks to tackle climate change. One year after the entry into force of the Paris Climate Agreement, the annual Conference of the…
The Bonn Climate Conference produced many new climate action initiatives, commitments and partnerships. Announced by governments, business and civil society representatives, the announced actions cover many of the areas covered by the Sustainable Development Goals—such…
17 November, 2017 In a meeting with UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) President Marie Chatardová, on 9 November, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) President Miroslav Lajcak announces that he will hold three events related…
