Source - International News
Live Earth: global awareness raising event for water sparks global protests
27 Apr 10
The choice of a controversial sponsor for a global awareness raising event for water sparks worldwide protests by environmental and human rights activists.
Global assessment: aid for sanitation and water going down from 8 to 5 percent of development spending
27 Apr 10
Aid commitments for sanitation and water fell from 8% of total development aid to 5% between 1997 and 2008, lower than commitments for health, education, transport, energy and agriculture, according to the latest UN-Water Global Annual Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) report, launched by UN-Water and the World Health Organization (WHO). This drop occurred despite compelling evidence that achieving the water and sanitation target of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) would lower health-care costs, increase school attendance and boost productivity.
Urbanisation: looming water conflicts and disease outbreaks
21 Apr 10
A lack of clean water and sanitation in slums could trigger a complex set of humanitarian crises predicts the Humanitarian Futures Programme (HFP) of King’s College London. Water scarcity brought on by climate change and urbanisation could lead to water stress, especially in slums, where shortages can stoke conflicts and disease outbreaks.
Sanitation crisis: experts call for full coverage by 2025
21 Apr 10
Sector experts urge the world community to set a new target for sanitation, moving from 50% coverage by 2015 to 100% coverage by 2025. This is one of the recommendations of their 9-point prescription to address the global sanitation crisis.
UN: United Nations Secretary General's statement on World Water Day 2010
17 Mar 10
The theme of this year’s World Water Day, “Clean Water for a Healthy World”, emphasizes that both the quality and the quantity of water resources are at risk. More people die from unsafe water than from all forms of violence, including war, says the United Nations Secretary General's statement on World Water Day 2010.
Webinar: International Water Use Policies, Regulatory Issues and Trends
16 Mar 10
Enhesa in Washington is organising an International Water Use Policies, Regulatory Issues and Trends webinar on 30 March 2010.
Global: Many events world-wide around World Water Day
16 Mar 10
This special Source newsletter features many World Water Day events for awareness and fund raising, which are held around the world and on the internet around 22 March. They include: many walks for water and fund raising for a project in Africa or Asia; school campaigns; street theatre shows; film shows; concerts, a new animated adventure-comedy series for kids aged 5-8, newspaper articles and radio programmes.
Rethinking hydro‐philanthropy: smart money for transformative impact
04 Mar 10
Water For People CEO Ned Breslin lays bare all the secrets and shortcomings of today’s charity‐based approach in the water and sanitation sector sector and suggests a way forward towards sustainable change with long term benefits.
European Commission: realigning development aid towards water
04 Mar 10
With the UN Millennium Development Goals set to be reviewed in September 2010, the European Commission is calling for an increased focus on access to water and sanitation, as the achievement of other UN development goals depends on it.
Climate change: four billion people threatened by water shortages, Oxfam warns
03 Mar 10
Oxfam says that current pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions will lead to a nearly four degree centigrade rise in global temperature by 2100. This would leave four billion people affected by water shortages across the globe, with year round droughts in Southern Africa.
