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5 Apr 2024
Investing in watersheds: A New African Water Fund in Sierra Leone
A new water fund in Sierra Leone is the latest addition to a series of African Water Funds which invest in the protection of water towers for long term water security of the continent’s cities. The launch of The Western Area Peninsula Water Fund (WAPWF) was marked through an investment of U.S. $ 2 million – to leverage a U...
5 Apr 2024
Water’s Strong Linkages to Peace
This year’s theme for the World Water Day was been “Water for peace”. This is a powerful signal because it is time to include water when we think about security. Unequal access to clean freshwater and disease-causing wastewater are major drivers of tension and conflict. Climate change, population growth, and increased water consumption for industry and energy will accelerate this global development...
4 Apr 2024
New article explores transboundary water conflict and cooperation trends
A study published on the 7th of March in the journal Water International explores findings and evolution in thinking on transboundary water conflict and cooperation over the last three decades. As the authors point out, large proportions of the world’s water resources are transboundary in nature, including 313 shared river (and lake) basins, more than 300 wetlands and close to 600 aquifers...
4 Apr 2024
Dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu over Cauvery River Water reemerges amid drought
The dispute over the allocation of the waters of the Cauvery River in India flared up again during March amid an intense drought largely attributed to the El Niño climate phenomenon. The Chief Minister of Karnataka State in India declared in Mid-March that the state will not comply with central government requests to release water to the neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu...
3 Apr 2024
Legal status obtained for conservation of Croatia’s Mrežnica and Tounjčica Rivers
In early March, Croatia’s Karlovac County Assembly officially confirmed the protection of the Mrežnica and Tounjčica rivers and the establishment of two new protected areas. The two rivers are among the last free flowing rivers in Europe, and there is a growing number of stakeholders who have worked together to achieve its protection...
3 Apr 2024
The Impact of Afghanistan’s Water Developments in the Amu Darya Basin
Authors from the Center for International Development and Environmental Research and the Institute for Advanced International Studies have published a policy brief on the impact of Afghanistan’s water developments in the Amu Darya basin of Central Asia. This region, with its dry climate, has undergone significant institutional change since 1991 as former Soviet states each pursued their own programmes for water resources development...
3 Apr 2024
The importance of rainwater harvesting:
Water resources constitute the most significant natural resource for the survival of humankind and the socio-economic development of nations. The relevant knowledge of water resources is consequently a prerequisite condition for the elaboration of development projects and to appraise sustainable resources...
2 Apr 2024
The Green Climate Fund: Reducing, Reusing and Recycling Water in Barbados as an adaptation measure
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) recognises the urgent need for a comprehensive, innovative approach to water security. It emphasizes – amongst others through its call to action - that water resources management is a top priority sector in National Adaptation Plans and other regional climate adaptation plans...
2 Apr 2024
New Tool facilitates intuitive understanding of urban water flows
In a paper published in the journal Frontiers in Water , a research team led by the Department of Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology has developed an accessible tool which helps to visualize urban water flows. In the context of rapid urbanization, population growth, and climate change, water resources are under pressure...
29 Mar 2024
Resurgence of Violence in Eastern DRC increases risk of epidemics in the Kivus
A resurgence of violence on the border between North and South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo has led to a large new wave of internally displaced people arriving in Goma in need of humanitarian assistance. In its press release on the 22nd of March, the Executive Director of the World Food Programme Cindy McCain stated: “The city of Goma - in itself located between lake Kivu and the border with Rwanda - is surrounded by tens of thousands of temporary shelters, and the numbers are growing every single day...
26 Mar 2024
Lake Tanganyika: the EU’s engagement with an ecosystem under pressure
Lake Tanganyika, located in the heart of East Africa, is an exceptional ecosystem with a surface area of 32,900 km² - an area larger than Belgium. It is the deepest African lake (with a maximum depth of 1,470 m) and simultaneously the longest lake in the world (with a maximum length of 673 km). Also, with a volume of almost 19,000 km³, it is the second largest lake in the world, accounting for 18% of the world's fresh surface water...
25 Mar 2024
2024 World Water Development Report dedicated to Water for Prosperity and Peace
The 2024 World Water Development Report Water for Prosperity and Peace was launched on the 22nd of March - World Water Day - explores water’s capacity to unite people and serve as a tool for peace, sustainable development, climate action and regional integration. In his foreword to the 2024 report, UN Water Chair Alvaro Lario stated that water, when managed sustainably and equitably, can be a source of peace and prosperity...