News headlines for “Water and Development”, page 86
Here Are the Real Victims of Pakistan’s War on the Taliban
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Jul 01 (IPS) - Three days ago, Rameela Bibi was the mother of a month-old baby boy. He died in her arms on Jun. 28, of a chest infection that he contracted when the family fled their home in Pakistan's North Waziristan Agency, where a full-scale military offensive against the Taliban has forced nearly half a million people to flee.
Water, Rivers and Runoff Challenge Ethiopia’s Expanding Capital
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Jul 01 (IPS) - The streets of Addis Ababa are increasingly turning into water-logged obstacle courses as downpours increase in the run up to Ethiopia's July to September rainy season. Strangers link hands to steady themselves as they step high and gingerly over the spreading puddles and slippery mud.
Plagued By Dengue Fever, Sri Lanka Looks to the Weatherman
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Jun 30 (IPS) - What's the connection between weather forecasts and the mosquito-borne dengue virus? It's not just a question for science nerds; in Sri Lanka, health officials believe answering this question could save lives.
No Limits to Shale Gas Chemicals in Mexico
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Jun 28 (IPS) - The new legal framework for Mexico's oil industry has not placed controls on the use of harmful chemicals in the extraction of unconventional fossil fuels, and environmentalists and experts fear their consumption will increase in an industry that is opening up to private capital.
Community Resilience Tops U.N.’s Disaster Relief Agenda
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Jun 26 (IPS) - The Bangkok Declaration on Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia and the Pacific adopted at the close of the 6th Asian Ministerial Conference On Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) here today emphasised community-based solutions, and reflects a growing global desire to focus more on grassroots actions in the face of catastrophic climate change.
When Faith Meets Disaster Management
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Jun 25 (IPS) - A consortium of faith-based organisations (FBOs) made a declaration at a side event Wednesday at the 6th Asian Ministerial Conference On Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR), to let the United Nations know that they stand ready to commit themselves to building resilient communities across Asia in the aftermath of natural disasters.
Companies Urged to Disclose "Plastic Footprint"
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jun 23 (IPS) - The environmental cost of the plastics used by corporations producing consumer goods likely mounts to more than 75 billion dollars a year, according to a first-time valuation released Monday by the United Nations and others.
Water Cut-off in U.S. City Violates Human Rights, Say Activists
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 19 (IPS) - When the United Nations reaches out to resolve a water or sanitation crisis, it is largely across urban slums and remote villages in Asia, Africa or Latin America and the Caribbean.
Chile’s Patagonia Celebrates Decision Against Wilderness Dams
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Jun 11 (IPS) - The Chilean government rejected Tuesday the controversial HidroAysén project for the construction of five hydroelectric dams on rivers in the south of the country. The decision came after years of struggle by environmental groups and local communities, who warned the world of the destruction the dams would wreak on the Patagonian wilderness.
Peru Needs to Know More About its Water in Order to Supply More People With the Valuable Resource
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, Jun 10 (IPS) - Peru urgently needs a national plan for the management of water over the next two decades, one that will take into account the effects of climate change and the social and environmental conflicts triggered by problems over water.
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