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5 Mar 2024
Persistent drought causes acute water shortages in Mexico City
Mexico City is facing a severe water shortage following a persistent drought across large parts of the country, with supplies to residents being restricted to several hours a day. According to a report released on the 15th of February by Mexico’s National Water Commission CONAGUA, almost 60% of the country is currently experiencing moderate to exceptional drought...
5 Mar 2024
The Battle for Truth on Water Climate and the Environment:
The Stockholm Hub on Environment, Climate and Security has published an insightful policy note on the impact of information influencing campaigns on the decision-making environment for climate change and water security. Looking back at COP 27, the researchers highlight the evidence of disinformation campaigns launched by fossil fuel companies and lobby groups that were active during the climate discussions...
4 Mar 2024
Concern over pause in EU’s Water Resilience Initiative
The absence of a clear date for the announcement of a European Water Resilience Initiative, expected in mid-March 2024, has raised fears amongst environmental groups and water experts that this initiative may be losing ground. A group of 28 European stakeholder organisations in the water sector submitted an open letter to President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen on the 5th of March to express their regret at the delay in the launch of the Water Resilience Initiative...
22 Feb 2024
Critical transitions in Amazon Forest may affect water supplies
In an article published in the influential magazine Nature on the 14th of February, a group of 25 researchers have warned that up to 47% of the Amazon Forest is unstable and could reach a tipping point if not further protected, with consequences for water supplies across the region. The researchers analysed the existing evidence for five major drivers of water stress in the Amazon basin...
19 Feb 2024
ICRC Concludes ten-year water programme in northern Jordan
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has concluded its water programme in northern Jordan and is handing over its work to local authorities, and it has also shared lessons learned with other actors with longer term presence in the region. Over the past decade, the ICRC has worked to improve access to sufficient domestic water for both Jordanian host communities and Syrian refugees in Jordan’s northern governorates...
6 Feb 2024
Rand Water Board Executive Killed at Community Event
Teboho Joala, an executive member of South Africa’s Rand Water Board, was shot dead in full view of hundreds of primary school children on the 29th of January. The incident took place at Zakarriya Park Community Centre in the south of Johannesburg, where Rand Water was hosting a ‘back to school ‘ event at which it was handing out school uniforms...
6 Feb 2024
Water Resources at the Centre of conflict in Taizz Governorate in Yemen
On the 16th of January, Human Rights Watch (HRW) released its World Report 2024 which makes mention of direct attacks on water infrastructure by parties to the conflict in Yemen. According to HRW, both Houthi and Yemeni government forces have violated residents’ right to water in the governorate of Taizz since the Houthis laid siege to it 2015...
5 Feb 2024
Realising the Green Climate Fund’s vision for water security
South Africa’s Water Reuse Programme, a U.S. $ 1.5 billion project developed in partnership with the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) and others seeks to overhaul the country’s wastewater system and reuse treated wastewater as a response to increasing demand for the resource...
5 Feb 2024
African Water Facility approves $ 830,000 grant for improved water supply in Lusaka City
The African Water Facility reported on the 22nd of December 2023 that it has approved a €830,000 grant which will go towards the preparation of a Lusaka City Water Supply Improvement Project in Zambia. The project will involve undertaking a feasibility study, detailed designs, and all relevant activities required to prepare a bankable investment project in Lusaka city...
31 Jan 2024
Water Sanitation and Hygiene in SA Genocide case against Israel
On the 26th of January, the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to take prompt and decisive action to address the living conditions of the Palestinian people living in Gaza. This included the instruction to desist from “deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction” as well as to take all measures to prevent the deprivation of access to adequate food and water...
26 Jan 2024
North American Section of Women in Water Diplomacy Network Launched
On December 13, 2023, a broad consortium of partners co-convened a side event at the 2023 Colorado River Water Users Association (CRWUA) annual conference in Las Vegas, Nevada to launch the North American Section of the Women in Water Diplomacy Network. The initial aim of the North American Network is to establish a regional Network across the Americas anchored in the Colorado River and Indigenous leadership in alignment with the Network’s ‘Path Forward for Women, Water, Peace and Security’ Global Strategy and objectives...
24 Jan 2024
Dutch Water Utilities oppose high levels of pesticides and PFAS in the Rhine and Meuse
Dutch water utilities are expressing concern over PFAS and pesticide concentrations in the Rhine and Meuse rivers. Although the European Union announced its intention to ban the production of all per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances – abbreviated as PFAS - in September last year, the EU guidelines do not include their use in pesticides...