Global Issues News Headlines for “Water and Development”

Where did the Billion Dollar Funding for Rohingya Refugees Go?

2026-07-10T18:01:35-07:00

COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh, July 10 (IPS) - Landslides and flooding triggered by heavy monsoon rains swept through the world’s most densely populated concentration of refugee camps this week, killing at least 14 Rohingya refugees, most of them women and girls.

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Venezuela’s Humanitarian Crisis Deepens After Worst Earthquake in Decades

2026-07-07T05:21:22-07:00

UNITED NATIONS, July 7 (IPS) - In recent weeks, Venezuela’s humanitarian situation has deteriorated sharply following the twin earthquakes on June 24. Marking the strongest seismic event since 1990, the earthquakes and subsequent aftershocks have resulted in a significant loss of life, widespread damage to critical infrastructure, and considerable disruption to livelihoods and humanitarian response efforts.

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Dry Monsoon in South Asia: Looming Fears of Agricultural Loss, Extreme Heat, and Disaster

2026-07-03T08:27:46-07:00

KATHMANDU, July 3 (IPS) - Monsoon season in South Asia, including Nepal, is a period of frequent rainfall, extreme heat, and a busy time of the year for farmers. Most farmers in Nepal depend on monsoon rain to plant paddey, the main source of food.

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UNICEF: Overlapping Climate Hazards Threaten Children’s Quality of Life

2026-06-16T12:13:57-07:00

UNITED NATIONS, June 16 (IPS) - A new report from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) highlights the vast, overlapping climate threats affecting children worldwide, which is leaving them increasingly vulnerable to escalating risks across health, security, and education.

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World Environment Day, 2026

2026-06-02T08:04:18-07:00

2025 was one of the three hottest years ever recorded. The years from 2015 to 2025 were the hottest eleven years on record.

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Africa’s Water is its Future. Who will Govern it?

2026-06-01T05:10:23-07:00

UNITED NATIONS, June 1 (IPS) - Africa holds 9 per cent of global renewable freshwater, over 600 gigawatts of untapped hydropower potential, and between 60 and 65 per cent of the world’s uncultivated arable land.

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The GEF, Leads Global Drive to Tackle Shipping Threat to Oceans

2026-05-14T08:29:15-07:00

MAFIA ISLAND, Tanzania , May 14 (IPS) - Under the warm waters off Tanzania’s Mafia Island, marine scientist Asha Mgeni hovers above a coral reef she has studied for years. Small fish dart through the currents. To most divers, the reef appears pristine. But Mgeni notices something unusual.

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Why it is Time to Rewrite Africa’s Malaria Story

2026-05-07T07:22:44-07:00

NEW YORK, May 7 (IPS) - If you woke up with severe fever, would you stay home from work? What if the choice meant losing a week’s wages, or deciding if you could afford the trip to a doctor at all?

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Breaking the Cycle Between Food Production and Environmental Decline

2026-05-06T17:58:36-07:00

URBANA, Illinois, US, May 6 (IPS) - A newly published review in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment has revealed disturbing statistics on the growing environmental threats posed by global food production. The global food system, designed to feed and nourish humanity, is now a major contributor to climate change via greenhouse gas emissions, and the largest driver of freshwater depletion, biodiversity loss, and nutrient pollution.

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From Resolution to Reality: Delivering Water and Sanitation for “The Africa We Want”

2026-04-22T14:49:13-07:00

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, April 22 (IPS) - When Africa’s Heads of State and Government gathered in Addis Ababa on 14 February 2026 for the African Union’s 39th Ordinary Session, they did more than adopt another resolution. They made a choice: to place at the centre of the agenda the most fundamental, life-sustaining and strategic resource our continent possesses: water.

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