Environment

Zimbabwe short on climate change funds

21 mai, 2013 - 22:15
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97994/Zimbabwe-short-on-climate-change-funds
HARARE 07 May 2013 (IRIN) - Inadequate funding and limited resources are frustrating Zimbabwe’s efforts to develop plans to deal with the impact of climate change, says a government progress report.

Water scarcity affects Somaliland households

21 mai, 2013 - 22:15
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97678/Water-scarcity-affects-Somaliland-household...
HARGEISA 19 March 2013 (IRIN) - Hundreds of households in the disputed Sool area of the self-declared republic of Somaliland are facing a water shortage following poor rains, say officials.

In Africa, corruption dirties the water

21 mai, 2013 - 22:15
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97642/In-Africa-corruption-dirties-the-water
NAIROBI 14 March 2013 (IRIN) - Collusion among government officials, unscrupulous water vendors and large farm owners results in diverted water supply lines, misappropriated funds, and failure to implement laws on protecting water sources from encroachment and pollution. These are just some of the ways corruption is denying millions of poor people in Africa access to safe and clean drinking water, experts say.

Drought response requires getting development right

21 mai, 2013 - 22:15
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97647/Drought-response-requires-getting-developme...
GENEVA 14 March 2013 (IRIN) - It takes more than weathermen and agriculture experts to design an effective drought response policy.

Making WASH work in Burkina Faso’s cities

21 mai, 2013 - 22:15
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98054/Making-WASH-work-in-Burkina-Faso-s-cities
OUAGADOUGOU 17 May 2013 (IRIN) - Earlier this year Denis Ouedraogo, a tailor living in the Tampouy neighbourhood just north of Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou, connected his mud-walled home to the water network for the first time. “Even without electricity, having enough water can make you happy,” he said.

A unified approach to climate change and hunger

21 mai, 2013 - 22:15
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97913/A-unified-approach-to-climate-change-and-hu...
JOHANNESBURG 24 April 2013 (IRIN) - Studies out of Ethiopia, India, Kenya and Niger show that children born during natural hazards, like droughts or floods, are more likely to be malnourished. Yet as the climate changes, it is poor countries - already struggling with hunger and food insecurity - that are increasingly likely to face these natural hazards.

The making of the Hyogo2 disaster prevention treaty

21 mai, 2013 - 22:15
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98058/The-making-of-the-Hyogo2-disaster-preventio...
JOHANNESBURG 17 May 2013 (IRIN) - A month after the Indian Ocean tsunami struck in December 2004, affecting millions, 168 countries signed on to a 10-year plan to make the world safer from natural hazards.

Gender relations are changing along with climate

21 mai, 2013 - 22:15
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97727/Gender-relations-are-changing-along-with-cl...
JOHANNESBURG 25 March 2013 (IRIN) - A changing climate will inevitably have an impact on gender relations in conservative rural communities, but not enough is being done to boost the resilience of women - already disadvantaged by traditions of inequality.

From drought policy to reality

21 mai, 2013 - 22:15
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97673/From-drought-policy-to-reality
GENEVA 18 March 2013 (IRIN) - There is quite a leap to be made between a country’s declared intent to draw up a drought policy and actually making it happen on the ground. This was the view of several participants at the recent High-Level Meeting on National Drought Policy in Geneva.

The long road home to South Sudan

21 mai, 2013 - 22:15
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97981/The-long-road-home-to-South-Sudan
RENK, UPPER NILE STATE 06 May 2013 (IRIN) - George Malual Deng, 24, has spent two years stuck in a transit site waiting to return to his home in South Sudan’s Jonglei state. He is among 20,000 people who have made a home of sorts in the river port of Renk, waiting for a barge to take them further south.
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