Understanding water management for food security
Water for all provided in an equitable and sustainable way is central to global justice for poor women and men. It has a particularly important role in food security through its multiple impacts on health, agricultural production and food processing. Yet despite successive global declarations and efforts, hundreds of millions still suffer from lack of access to water for drinking, cooking, agricultural irrigation and food production at domestic and industrial levels.
World green economy summit announces programme and keynote speakers for upcoming inaugural event
HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) and Chairman of World Green Economy Summit (WGES) that will be held under the patronage of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, announced the latest preparations to the Summit, including the keynote speakers and the agenda. This Summit will be hosted by DEWA from 15 to 16 April 2014 in conjunction with the 16thWater, Energy, Technology And Environment Exhibition "WETEX 2014" that will be held at Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre. As the first of its kind to be held in the Middle East and North Africa under the theme "World Partnerships For Sustainable Future", the Summit's programme includes speeches by VIPs, public seminars, round-table meetings and workshops aiming to reach practical and viable recommendations to drive the green economy.
Threat to Africa’s oldest wildlife reserve
The quest for oil may be the latest threat to Africa’s most venerable wildlife reserve, located in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and already hard hit by deforestation, poaching and armed conflict.
Early in March, European Development Commissioner Andris Piebalgs warned that “with oil production there would be a major risk of pollution at this site, located near the sources of the Nile.”
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and other environmental bodies, including local ones, have also voiced concern about the planned joint operation by small British firm SOCO International PLC and the Kinshasa government in part of the Virunga National Park.
Early in March, European Development Commissioner Andris Piebalgs warned that “with oil production there would be a major risk of pollution at this site, located near the sources of the Nile.”
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and other environmental bodies, including local ones, have also voiced concern about the planned joint operation by small British firm SOCO International PLC and the Kinshasa government in part of the Virunga National Park.
Mining sector can be wealth for Ghana – Australia High Commission
The Australia High Commissioner to Ghana, Ms Joanna Adamson, said Ghanas Mining Sector can be of economic power to the nation and wealth to the people if prudently managed.
The mining sector could be an engine for wealth, with the involvement of experts providing technical advice on managing resources.
Ms Adamson made this known during an interview with the Ghana News Agency after the Commission hosted four Australian Volunteers for International Development Programme in Ghana.
Sanitation and Water for All -- Because We Must
In just under two weeks around 50 countries from the Sanitation and Water for Allpartnership will meet at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. to make tangible, measurable pledges to deal with the problem of global access to two of the most basic necessities of life: safe drinking water and adequate toilets.
'Sanitation and water for all' is more than a title. It is a goal that is both morally right and unquestionably necessary.
Why is it so important?
Because diarrhea from inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene kills 1,400 children under five each day. This is like several jumbo jets filled with babies and little children crashing every single day, 365 days of the year. Were this to happen even two days in a row, it would cause a media storm, wouldn't it? As well it should.
Ghana: 10,000 public schools without toilets
A survey conducted in public schools across the country has revealed that about 10,000 schools do not have toilet facilities. The number is half the estimated 20,000 public schools in Ghana, apart from the thousands of privately owned schools that may not have toilet facilities. This was made known at a dissemination workshop held on the theme: “National Minimum Standards and Implementation Models for WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) in Schools in the Country”.
Students help protect endangered species in Africa
That's the reason a professor and nine Stanford students have joined the fight against wildlife trafficking – and they are making a difference.
A winter quarter student practicum led by David J. Hayes, a visiting distinguished lecturer at the Stanford Law School, produced recommendations that will help the Obama administration implement a new approach to saving endangered wildlife. The 69-page document covers a range of issues, from the history of wildlife trafficking to legal tools to combat it.
The problem is serious. Armed gangs, organized by sophisticated criminal syndicates, slaughtered more than 30,000 elephants and 1,000 rhinos in Africa last year alone, according to Hayes and his students in an interdisciplinary Law and Policy Lab practicum titled Wildlife Trafficking: Stopping the Scourge.
EU, Africa lock step on climate challenges
EU, African leaders stress need for collaborative efforts to tackle climate change.
April 2 (UPI) -- Parties to a joint European Union-African summit said Wednesday actions taken to address the challenges of climate change are central to their partnership.
"We confirm that action on climate change is a central area of the Africa-EU Partnership and that we will do all that is in our power to convince other partners of the need for a fair, balanced, equitable and ambitious legally binding agreement to be adopted by the end of 2015," a joint statement read. EU Climate Action Commissioner Connie Hedegaard met in Brussels with African leaders to discuss climate issues.Climate Change Affecting Asia’s Future
Experts are saying that the population of 4.3 billion people currently living in Asia and the South Pacific are prone to the hazards of climate change, Huffingtonpost reports. This population accounts for 60 percent of the entire humankind. With the unruly weather and unexpected rise of the temperature, Asian countries are currently experiencing difficulties that is affecting their daily lives. The sea levels are rising and the availability of drinking water is getting scarcer. The Intergovernmental Panel's scientists say that they have acquired evidence that shows an overwhelming amount of carbon emissions from industrialized areas. There's also evidence that shows the great effect of urban heat in today's environment. Because of the failed efforts to make the people more aware of their own emissions, Asian nations have little option other than to adapt to a "hotter earth."
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