News headlines for “Water and Development”, page 17
Wards Without Water
- Inter Press Service
LILONGWE, Malawi, May 25 (IPS) - Malawian healthcare workers are facing challenges from all sides. More than half of healthcare facilities in Malawi are without handwashing facilities, almost two thirds have no decent toilets and almost one fifth do not have clean water on site.
Mining giant Rio Tinto Face Environmental, Human Rights Complaint in Papua New Guinea -
- Inter Press Service
CANBERRA, Australia, May 17 (IPS) - Local communities in the vicinity of the abandoned Panguna copper mine, have taken decisive action to hold the global mining multinational, Rio Tinto, accountable for alleged environmental and human rights violations during the mine’s operations between 1972 and 1989.
Bridging the Digital Divide Will Save Our Planet
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, May 10 (IPS) - Data, analysis and information are essential building blocks in our race to save humanity from the clear and present risks posed by the climate crisis.
Brazil Relies on Rainfall that Depends on the Forests
- Inter Press Service
RÍO DE JANEIRO, May 04 (IPS) - "Rainfall is fundamental; the streams and rivers we have would not suffice for irrigation, even if they were the Amazon River," said Dirceu Dezem, referring to the amount of water required for the extensive crops in Brazil’s midwest.
UN Banks on Water as the Game Changer in Food Production and Consumption
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 29 (IPS) - As the United Nations prepares for its solutions-based Global Food Systems Summit in September, officials say resolving issues around water scarcity, pollution and wastage is crucial transforming food production and consumption.
Youth Demand Action on Nature, Following IUCNs First-Ever Global Youth Summit
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 23 (IPS) - Following almost two weeks of talks on issues such as climate change, innovation, marine conservation and social justice, thousands of young people from across the globe concluded the first-ever International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN)One Nature One Future Global Youth Summit with a list of demands for action on nature.
A Post-COVID-19 Recovery will not be Possible if Water, Sanitation & Hygiene are not High on the Agenda
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Apr 07 (IPS) - The UN is commemorating World Health Day April 7. This World Health Day, G20 finance ministers will meet in Rome, Italy, to discuss how they will build back from the pandemic. The global economy is and concerted effort, coordination and imagination is needed to enable not only a worldwide recovery but also to ensure that the world’s poorest people are not left behind.
Mexico Looks to the Heavens for a Solution to Its Water Crisis
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Apr 05 (IPS) - In neighbourhoods like Tehuixtitla in southern Mexico City, rain brings joy, because it provides water for showering, washing dishes and clothes, and cooking, by means of rainwater harvesting systems (RHS).
Humanitarian & Food Aid Can Never be Enough to Manage Cascading Disasters
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 25 (IPS) - The intersection of crisis, climate change and COVID-19 has resulted in a “rapid rise in hunger”, according to United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Deputy Executive Director Amir Abdullah.
Hope & Numbers: What will it take to Tip the Scales on Climate Action?
- Inter Press Service
AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands, Mar 24 (IPS) - We should be well on the way to solving the climate crisis by now.
According to the Paris Agreement, last year should have been the year that all countries presented their commitments to cut carbon emissions for limiting global climate heating to within 1.5oC of pre-industrial levels.
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