Biodiversity
Top conservation issues to watch out for in 2023
Mary Hoff 15 emerging issues that anyone who cares about biodiversity ought to keep an eye on What should people who care about conservation […]
Category: Sanitation
Cities
We must recognise cities as waterscapes
and Ajaya Dixit Recurring floods in major cities point to need for moving away from land-centric urbanism Chennai is flooded. The north-east monsoon that […]
Data & Reports
Sex for water: Humanity’s new low in Libyan refugee centres
This July, as the world was preparing to celebrate eleven years of ‘Human Right to Water’- recognized by the UN – an investigation into […]
Aid
Sanitation and Water shame: billions still left out in the 21st century
The numbers don’t change much year after year; billions of people are still left behind and the half-hearted efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development […]
Aid
Amidst COVID, UK Government proposes 80 percent aid cut for water and sanitation sector
The reported cuts will end all future spending on water, sanitation and hygiene by the UK in countries including Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi, which […]
Aid
Why South Africa needs a new water agency
Mike Muller Water infrastructure takes many years to plan and build and needs to be structured as a multi-year operation. But the planning and […]
Sustainable Business
We found a way to turn urine into solid fertiliser–it could make farming more sustainable
Prithvi Simha, Björn Vinnerås, and Jenna Senecal The idea behind it is rather simple. Fresh urine is collected from urinals or specially designed toilets […]
Climate
Will climate change increase the presence of pathogens in drinking water?
Kari Lydersen As storms grow more severe and temperatures climb, contamination of groundwater by animal and human waste could be on the rise as […]
Aid
UN agencies warn of acute food insecurity surging in the Central Sahel
Three UN agencies are calling for greater stabilization efforts and assistance to the most vulnerable in Burkina Faso, Mali and the Niger by bridging […]
Aid
$ 200 Millions WB Loan for Bangladesh to help Water and Sanitation Access
The credit is from the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA), which provides concessional financing, has a 30-year term, including a five-year grace period. Bangladesh […]
COVID-19
Social Distancing: Racism, Caste System, and Sanitation!
Samit Aich Racism and Caste discrimination are not the only two forms of social distancing that has been practiced – the list is a shamefully […]
COVID-19
Millions of children may return to a school with nowhere to wash their hands
Children returning to school this September may find a very different classroom to the ones they left, with socially distanced desks and a renewed […]