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18 Jan 2023
Global Water Monitor Summary Report 2022: Water Cycle is Changing
The global water cycle is changing due to the influence of global warming. This is a key conclusion of the Global Water Monitor Summary Report 2022. The report states that overall, over 2022, a so-called la Niña pattern persisted in the Pacific Ocean for the third year in a row. La Niña is a weather pattern that forms part of a cycle that lasts between two and seven years and lowers the temperature of surface ocean waters on the tropical west coast of Latin America...
12 Jan 2023
Drought triggers Emergency Water Sharing Measures between Mexico and the United States
For the first time since the signing of the 1944 treaty sharing the use of the Colorado River between Mexico and the United States, the International Boundary and Water Commission (CILA) between the two countries has had to extend the drastic measures adopted in August 2022. Agreements signed in 1972 and 2008 allow the city of Tijuana in Mexico to purchase emergency water deliveries from California, and on August 1st, the state public utilities commission ordered 4 million mᶟ of Colorado river water...
12 Jan 2023
Overview of Multilateral Investments in the Water Sector
The month of December 2022 was punctuated by several announcements of investments or loans by multilateral development banks, in the water sector, in different parts of the world. 18 million loan to the Dambovita Region Water Company in Romania as part of a €325 million European Union Large Scale Infrastructure Operational Project to expand, rehabilitate and upgrade its water and sanitation infrastructure...
12 Jan 2023
Acute lack of water in Kenya affects number of children attending school
The number of children threatened by hunger, lack of water and disease in the Horn of Africa has doubled to 20.2 million since July 2022. The number of people suffering from acute water shortages has also doubled to 24 million. In Kenya, the worst drought in 40 years is effectively pushing some 1...
11 Jan 2023
Ethiopia's conflict undermines water and sanitation services for millions
CONFLICT in northern Ethiopia's Tigray, Afar and Amhara regions have resulted in millions of people- - men, women and children - internally displaced. According to the UNICEF report on Humanitarian Action for Children 2023, the fluid conflict in the northern regions threatens new and secondary displacements of up to 7...
11 Jan 2023
WHO & UN Water’s 2022 GLAAS Report: accelerated action needed on water, sanitation and hygiene
The 2022 UN Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking Water (GLAAS) report released on the 14th of December highlights the need for accelerated action to achieve the 2030 targets on water, sanitation and hygiene. The global overview, compiled from reports received from 121 countries, underlines the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on health systems, but has also highlighted the critical importance of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities in maintaining public health...
11 Jan 2023
Rome Water Dialogue contributes to preparations for UN Water Conference
The Rome Water Dialogue was organised on 29 November 2022 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in the run-up to the UN Water Conference in March 2023 and in line with the other major water events of the year (Dakar, Dushanbe, and Sharm el Sheikh). The event highlighted the urgency of sustainable water resources management for the agricultural sector and sought to deliver key messages for New York...
11 Dec 2022
Water as a resilience multiplier: applying the water tracker in national climate plans
The changing climate multiplies threats to our ecosystems, economies, and livelihoods. Let’s think about water as the resilience multiplier. As countries make much-needed progress towards Paris Agreement commitments - while simultaneously adapting to the urgent impacts they are already facing due to climate change - national climate policies have the potential to serve as a strong foundation for coherent, effective climate action...
9 Dec 2022
Water Diplomacy in Central Asia
"The primary success of Uzbekistan's external policy represents a cardinal reform in the Central Asian region - namely, the development of good-neighbourly relations with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan." H.E. Sh.M.Mirziyoev, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan The experience of farming, crop irrigation, and construction of ground and surface irrigation structures has been formed and mastered for thousands of years throughout the Central Asian region...
6 Dec 2022
DRC: When water scarcity forces the Mbororo to migrate
Driven by the austerity of climate change, the Mbororos are forced to migrate and face various difficulties in their new living environments. Considered invaders by local populations, these pastoralists migrate to Central Africa and develop resilience measures for their survival. Ango and Bondo are two territories of the province of Bas-Uelé in the North-West of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which have been experiencing a massive influx of climate migrants since 2002...
5 Dec 2022
A new approach to closing the water-climate financing gap
A new publication by authors Amgad ElMahdi and Lixian Wang presents arguments for a paradigm shift in the way that water is defined, developed and financed. Demand for freshwater is constantly increasing through population growth and economic growth, and at first glance this would seem to offer investment opportunities...
4 Dec 2022
African Development Fund approves $ 13.95 million for Borana Resilient Water Development Project
The African Development Fund - the concessional window of the African Development Bank – has approved a US $ 13.95 million grant to the government of Ethiopia for the Borana Resilient Water Development for Improved Livelihoods Programme. The programme will enhance access to climate resilient, gender sensitive, integrated and sustainable water and sanitation services in various districts in the Borana Zone, located in the south of Oromia Regional State...