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New AIIB report redefines the global water cycle as critical infrastructure
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has published its flagship annual study, Asian Infrastructure Finance 2026, under the title: Where the Water Flows.
World Bank approves $150 million for Gabon’s water, sanitation, and electricity services
The World Bank approved a $150 million in financing from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) to the Republic of Gabon for the Access to Basic Services and Performance Improvement Project (PASBAP).
BATRAW General Assembly in Bessines-sur-Gartempe: Advancing Europe’s circular battery economy
On July 1-2, 2025, Bessiness-Sur Gartempe, France, hosted the 7th General Assembly of the BATRAW project (HORIZON-CL6-2022-CIRCBIO-01, Grant No.
President Nguema and AfDB’s Adesina launch major water infrastructure project in Gabon
Gabonese President Brice Oligui Nguema and African Development Bank Group President Dr.
GRIT remaps the world’s rivers, branching into the unknown to aid global flood modelling
A team, led by Professor Louise Slater in the School of Geography and the Environment, has created the most complete map of the world’s rivers ever made offering a major leap forward for flood prediction, climate risk planning, and water resource management in a warming world.
Aquatic sediment layers reveal 100 years of metal pollution in São Paulo, Brazil
The history of metal pollution in the city of São Paulo, the largest metropolis in Brazil and the Southern Hemisphere, can be read in the layers of sediment accumulated over the last century.
UNICEF and partners in DR Congo provide clean water to 700,000 people a day amid conflict
UNICEF and its partners in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are providing life-saving clean water supplies to 700,000 people a day – around 364,000 children – in the main eastern city of Goma after breaks in the water supply during fighting.
Lake Tanganyika Basin countries launch initiative to protect biodiversity, enhance water security
The governments of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania and Zambia have launched a five-year project to assess and address transboundary threats to the biodiversity of the Lake Tanganyika Basin.
Nancy J. Eslick: “Effective water management is a cost-efficient strategy for climate adaptation”
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40-year study suggests extreme droughts will become more frequent and severe
Increasingly common since 1980, persistent multi-year droughts will continue to advance with the warming climate, warns a study from the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow, and Landscape Research (WSL), with Professor Francesca Pellicciotti from the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) participating.
Data on continental-scale river discharge are crucial to address water demand
IWMI researchers assess the data gap, existing methods and technologies for river discharge estimation in Africa.
African Development Fund allocates $135 million for water project in two Central African countries
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund has approved $134.71 million to support infrastructure development and improve water resources on the border between the Central African Republic (CAR) and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
OPEC Fund approves close to US$1.2 billion new development funding
The OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund) is significantly stepping up its development support with nearly US$1.2 billion in new funding since June.
Zambia joins UN Water Convention to boost cooperation to address drought and water challenges
In response to severe drought and ongoing water scarcity, Zambia has joined the UN Water Convention to improve water management both within and across its borders.
The risk of global water scarcity is greater when accounting for the origin of rain
Securing the world's water supply is one of the greatest challenges of our time.
Africa faces disproportionate burden from climate change and adaptation costs
Africa bears an increasingly heavy burden from climate change and disproportionately high costs for essential climate adaptation, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
UN Office for Humanitarian Affairs sounds alarm on flooding impact across West and Central Africa
Investments in preparedness, prevention and response measures needed to mitigate impact on people’s livelihoods and well-being
Warming climate intensifies flash droughts worldwide
Sudden, severe dry spells known as flash droughts are rising in intensity around the world, with a notable exception in mountainous Central Asia, where flash drought extent is shrinking, according to new research published in Geophysical Research Letters.
Digital technology to tackle 21st century floods on a global scale
Floods, the deadliest natural disasters worldwide, have claimed the lives of approximately 3.2 million people in the past century; that is more than 50% of the victims of natural disasters in that period, according to data from the Water Research and Technological Development Center of the University of Salamanca (Spain).
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.