News headlines for “Water and Development”, page 18
Clean Water Vital for Protecting Those on the Frontline of Climate Change in Post-Pandemic World
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Mar 19 (IPS) - For many, the last year will be remembered as the time our day-to-day lives screeched to a halt. As Covid-19 spread mercilessly across the world, wreaking havoc on health and livelihoods, world leaders, health experts and scientists grappled with how to protect populations and stem the tide of the virus.
Drilling Wells to Alleviate the Water Shortage in the Venezuelan Capital
- Inter Press Service
CARACAS, Mar 04 (IPS) - Thousands of families in the Venezuelan capital have dipped into their savings or gone into debt, in the midst of the worst economic crisis in this country since the 19th century, so that their building has access to a well that will supply the water that has stopped running from the faucet.
Cuba Prioritises Sustainable Water Management in the Face of Climate Challenges
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Feb 23 (IPS) - With the construction of aqueducts, water purification and desalination plants, and investments to upgrade hydraulic infrastructure, Cuba is seeking to manage the impacts of droughts and floods that are intensifying with climate change.
Making Seawater Potable in Mexico Has High Costs and Environmental Impacts
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Jan 31 (IPS) - Mexico is seeking to mitigate water shortages in part of its extensive territory by resorting to seawater, through the expansion of desalination plants. But this solution has exorbitant costs and significant environmental impacts.
Cuban Farm Explores Sustainability by Hand
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Jan 28 (IPS) - Most beginnings are rocky and sometimes the obstacles seem insurmountable, before they are finally overcome. This was certainly the case for the Finca Marta, a farm in Cuba that had to begin by digging a well in search of water and with the hard-scrabble work of clearing an arid, stony and overgrown plot of land.
Dengue—an Epidemic Within a Pandemic in Peru
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jan 15 (IPS) - While the world is grappling with the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Peru is still dealing with an epidemic that it has not been able to control—the mosquito-borne viral disease known as dengue.
San Salvador Becomes a Sponge to Reduce Damage from Landslides
- Inter Press Service
SAN SALVADOR, Jan 11 (IPS) - Throughout its history, San Salvador has faced the danger of landslides - mud and rocks that slide down the slopes of the volcano at whose feet the city was founded in 1525.
Mining giant Rio Tinto Face Environmental, Human Rights Complaint in Papua New Guinea
- Inter Press Service
CANBERRA, Australia, Jan 04 (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.
Belo Monte Dam: Electricity or Life in Brazil's Amazon Rainforest
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 28 (IPS) - "We are no longer familiar with the Xingú River," whose waters govern "our way of life, our income, our food and our navigation," lamented Bel Juruna, a young indigenous leader from Brazil´s Amazon rainforest.
Safe Drinking Water Should Mean Safe Collection Too: How to Reduce the Risks
- Inter Press Service
Dec 14 (IPS) - Globally, millions of people don’t have access to water in their home. They collect water from shared water supply points or surface water sources and physically carry water containers back home for household use.
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