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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...
30 Nov 2022
WMO publishes First State of Global Water Resources Report
On the 29th of November, the World Meteorological Organisation released its first report on the state of global water resources, with a particular emphasis on the relationships between climate change and water resources. In a broader sense, the intention behind the report is to provide accurate and reliable data and information on water availability in individual river basins, as well as at higher levels of aggregation, including continents and overviews at the global level global overviews...
29 Nov 2022
Surfers Against Sewage releases 2022 Water Quality Report
Water companies in the United Kingdom have been accused of discharging raw sewage into the Atlantic, the Channel and the North Sea oceans even in dry weather. By law, sewage overflows are only permitted in conditions of unusually heavy rainfall in order to dilute the concentrations of pollutants. However, the November 2022 report by the organisation Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) indicated that of the 9,200 times that SAS released a sewage pollution alert, there were 120 cases of sewage being released during dry weather...
25 Nov 2022
Extensive damage to water and electricity infrastructure across Ukraine
On the 23rd of November Ukraine suffered the most extensive damage to civilian infrastructure so far, interrupting water and electricity supplies across a wide area. The mayor of Kyiv, Vitaly Klischko, announced that the water supplies of the whole city had been knocked out. Similarly, the mayor of Lviv, Andriy Sadovyi, announced that electricity had been cut off and stated that this would probably also undermine water supplies...
23 Nov 2022
Catalonia undergoing water restrictions as drought persists
Barcelona and large parts of north-eastern Spain will undergo water restrictions as the drought which started this summer persists through November. Patricia Plaja, the spokesperson for the Catalan Government, announced that the measures will affect 6.7 million people, which amounts to 80% of the region’s population...
18 Nov 2022
High level event on the Water Energy Food Nexus
On the 14th of November, at COP 27, the Food And Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) hosted a high-level meeting on the Water Energy Food Nexus. According to Cindy McCain, the U.S. Ambassador to the FAO, we find ourselves in urgent times with ongoing armed conflicts, especially the war in Ukraine and its impact on food prices...
12 Nov 2022
Water and adaptation to climate change: the role of systems thinking
On the 12th of November at COP 27, the Alliance for Global Water Adaptation, the Water and Climate Coalition, UNEP and the UNFCCC partnered to present an event on systems thinking for the integration of water into National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). Maria Kosonen, speaking on behalf of the Water and Climate Coalition stated that in the context of the current water crisis and with water at the centre of all SDGs, we need systems thinking to resolve issues, and because most of the effects of climate change are felt through water, we need to approach adaptation through the lens of water...