Noticias sobre Chad
UNESCO new report: Water crises threaten world peace
The United Nations World Water Development Report 2024, published by UNESCO on behalf of UN-Water, highlights that tensions over water are exacerbating conflicts worldwide. To preserve peace, States must boost international cooperation and transboundary agreements.
Only 36 per cent of appeals for water- and sanitation-related funding met in 2023
In advance of World Water Day, Action Against Hunger calls for support to close the water funding gap.
Empowering transboundary water governance with Decision Support Systems
Transboundary water governance presents complexities and uncertainties surpassing those of national water governance due to the involvement of diverse actors, interests, and interconnected environmental, socio-economic, cultural, and political processes.
African Development Bank Group, Lake Chad Basin Commission sign MOU to restore Lake Chad Basin
The African Development Bank Group and the Lake Chad Basin Commission have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to rehabilitate and restore the Lake Chad Basin.
Burkina Faso confirms interest in joining the Water Convention
The rapid increase in demand for water and current security threats in the Sahel are posing ever-greater challenges to the sustainable management of the country's shared water resources Burkina's forthcoming accession to the Water Convention will help to give political priority to the issue of water resource management in the region.
Water cooperation must remain at core of climate action to address security and health risks
Climate change is a major stress factor for the world’s water resources, heightening risks of conflict in shared basins, threatening health and undermining sustainable development.
Report reveals a quarter of global freshwater fish face extinction risk
Climate change threatens a growing number of species, from Atlantic salmon to green turtles, today’s update to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ reveals.
Global momentum for climate action surges as 38 nations embrace the Freshwater Challenge
The Freshwater Challenge aims to ensure 300,000km of degraded rivers and 350 million hectares of degraded wetlands are committed to restoration by 2030, and to protect freshwater ecosystems.
African Development Bank greenlights donation of €34M for water and sanitation in Chad
The project aims to improve the living conditions of people in semi-urban and rural areas by giving them access to drinking water and sanitation.
1 in 3 children exposed to severe water scarcity, says new UNICEF study
The climate-changed world – with dwindling water supply and inadequate water services – is also changing children, altering their mental and physical health, new report warns.
World Bank: the importance of groundwater on climate resilience in the Sahel
The global study revealed that, in the event of drought, access to groundwater can lead up to a 50% increase in agricultural yields.
Brown and Caldwell appoints Ravi Chadha as chief strategy officer
Ravi Chadha joins firm as chief strategy officer, brings 25 years of Fortune 500 company leadership experience.
Africa suffers disproportionately from climate change
Africa is responsible for only a fraction of global greenhouse gas emissions but is suffering disproportionately from climate change.
Climate change puts 98% of African children at high risk
New report reveals, despite the risks, only 2.4 per cent of global climate funding targets children.
“Halfway into the SDG period we are failing the most vulnerable in terms of water security”
The United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) recently published the world's first-ever "Global Water Security Assessment", highlighting significant development challenges.
Droughts, floods and heat contribute to conflict risk in Africa, the Middle East and Asia
With the planet’s average daily temperature soaring to levels unseen in modern record-keeping, persistent droughts and severe flooding, several countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia are at risk of emerging of ongoing conflict related to water, according to a new quarterly update that analyses findings from a global early warning tool.
IPCC elects Jim Skea as the new Chair
Jim Skea of the United Kingdom is the newly elected Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Flooding and an unstable security environment have hampered Chad’s expected economic recovery
Chad experienced a modest GDP growth in 2022, as floods and an unstable security environment hampered the expected recovery, according to a World Bank report released on the third edition of the "Knowledge Week", a workshop for the dissemination of reports that tackle key growth and development issues in Chad.
“Wetland restoration is central to achieving water security especially in severely affected areas”
The Convention on Wetlands is the intergovernmental treaty that provides the framework for the conservation and wise use of wetlands and their resources, through local and national actions and international cooperation, as a contribution towards achieving sustainable development throughout the world.
Drought in the Western U.S. gives way to flood risks
Satellite photos reveal the reappearance of Tulare Lake in California's San Joaquin Valley after wet winter conditions.