News headlines for “Water and Development”, page 37
Three Things Cape Town Teaches Us About Managing Water
- Inter Press Service
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Mar 05 (IPS) - Anton Earle is Director of Stockholm International Water Institute's Africa Regional Centre (ARC) based in Pretoria, and leads SIWI's projects and partnership development, and is SIWI's representative in the Africa region.
Johannes Ernstberger is Communications Officer, SIWI* Cape Town has always been water insecure. The city has done some things well to prepare for a situation like this, but if the drought has shown us something, it is that you need to get everything right and have some luck on top to get out unscathed when the unexpected actually happens.Monsoon Season Threatens More Misery for Rohingyas
- Inter Press Service
DHAKA, Feb 28 (IPS) - More than half a million Rohingya refugees crammed into over 30 makeshift camps in Cox's Bazar in southeast Bangladesh face a critical situation as the cyclone and monsoon season begins in a few weeks' time.
Efficient Water Management in Central Asia
- Inter Press Service
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, Feb 09 (IPS) - In Tajikistan and other countries of Central Asia, local water user associations have proved vital for efficient irrigation management, and reasonably prolonged training is the key for enabling the associations to perform well.
Gaza Health Sector on Verge of Collapse
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 07 (IPS) - UN agencies have sounded the alarm on the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza, pointing to the devastating repercussions of the ongoing fuel shortages.
Women on the Front Lines of Halting Deforestation
- Inter Press Service
PLUMTREE, Zimbabwe, Jan 29 (IPS) - In Zimbabwe, the bulk of rural communities and urban poor still get their energy supplies from the forests, leading to deforestation and land degradation.
Can Drought Be Prevented? Slovakia Aims to Try
- Inter Press Service
BRATISLAVA, Jan 22 (IPS) - A landmark programme to combat drought set to be implemented in the small Central European country of Slovakia could be an inspiration for other states as extreme weather events become more frequent, the environmental action group behind the plan has said.
PPPs Likely to Undermine Public Health Commitments
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 (IPS) - The United Nations Agenda 2030 for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is being touted in financial circles as offering huge investment opportunities requiring trillions of dollars. In 67 low- and middle-income countries, achieving SDG 3 — healthy lives and well-being for all, at all ages — is estimated to require new investments increasing over time, from an initial $134 billion annually to $371 billion yearly by 2030, according to recent estimates by the World Health Organization (WHO) reported in The Lancet.
40% of India’s Thermal Power Plants in Water-Scarce Areas, Threatening Shutdowns
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Jan 17 (IPS) - New WRI research finds that 40 percent of the country's thermal power plants are located in areas facing high water stress, a problem since these plants use water for cooling. Scarce water is already hampering electricity generation in these regions—14 of India's 20 largest thermal utilities experienced at least one shutdown due to water shortages between 2013-2016, costing the companies $1.4 billion.
Policy Support Gap for “Climate-Smart” Agriculture
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Jan 09 (IPS) - Conditioned that ploughing is the sure way to produce crops, Zimbabwean farmer Handrixious Zvomarima surprised himself by trying a different method. He planted cowpea seeds directly without tilling the land. It worked.
Disasters Bring Upheaval to Sri Lanka’s Rural Economy
- Inter Press Service
PERIYAKULAM/ADIGAMA, Jan 05 (IPS) - Last year was an annus horribilis for 52-year-old Newton Gunathileka. A paddy smallholder from Sri Lanka's northwestern Puttalam District, 2017 saw Gunathileka abandon his two acres of paddy for the first time in over three and half decades, leaving his family almost destitute.
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