News headlines for “Water and Development”, page 65
Latin America Has Uneven Record on Environmental Sustainability
- Inter Press Service
SAN JOSE, Jul 13 (IPS) - Millions of Latin Americans have better access to clean water and decent housing than 25 years ago. But the region still faces serious environmental challenges, such as deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions - a legacy of the model of development followed in the 20th century.
Jamaica's Coral Gardens Give New Hope for Dying Reefs
- Inter Press Service
KINGSTON, Jul 13 (IPS) - With time running out for Jamaica's coral reefs, local marine scientists are taking things into their own hands, rebuilding the island's reefs and coastal defences one tiny fragment at a time - a step authorities say is critical to the country's climate change and disaster mitigation plans.
Fishing Families Left High and Dry by Amazon Dams
- Inter Press Service
ALTAMIRA, Brazil, Jul 10 (IPS) - Small-scale fisherpersons were among the first forgotten victims of mega construction projects like the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam on the Xingú River in the Brazilian Amazon.
Water and Sanitation Urged as Focal Points at Addis Ababa
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 10 (IPS) - Ahead of the all-important International Financing for Development Conference in Addis Ababa, a top water charity has called upon world leaders to prioritise programmes for water, sanitation and good hygiene, so that no one is left behind.
Opinion: ASEAN Must Unite Against Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
MANILA, Jul 08 (IPS) - The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) started as a cooperation bloc in 1968. Founded by five countries - Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines - ASEAN has since evolved into a regional force which is slowly changing the landscape in global politics.
Humanitarian Emergencies Lend Urgency to World Population Day
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 08 (IPS) - On the eve of World Population Day, the United Nations is fighting a virtually losing battle against growing humanitarian emergencies triggered mostly by military conflicts that are displacing people by the millions – and rendering them either homeless or reducing them to the status of refugees.
Q&A: “Climate Change is About Much More Than Temperature”
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, Jul 07 (IPS) - The cost of inaction is high when it comes to climate change and, so far, countries' commitments to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are not enough, says Michel Jarraud, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO).
Caribbean Fights to Protect High-Value, Declining Species
- Inter Press Service
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Jul 06 (IPS) - Threats from climate change, declining reefs, overfishing and possible loss of several commercial species are driving the rollout of new policy measures to keep Caribbean fisheries sustainable.
Drastic CO2 Cuts Needed to Save Oceans
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jul 03 (IPS) - If global carbon dioxide emissions are not dramatically curbed, the world's oceans – and the many services they provide humanity – will suffer "massive and mostly irreversible impacts," researchers warned in Science magazine Friday.
Toilets with Piped Music for Rich, Open Defecation on Rail Tracks for Poor
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 30 (IPS) - As most developing nations fall short of meeting their goals on sanitation, the world's poorest countries have been lagging far behind, according to a new U.N. report released here.
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