Noticias sobre Gabon
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).
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.
SUEZ and SEEG sign €200 million agreement to improve drinking water services in Gabon
SUEZ has entered into a five-year, €200 million contract with the Gabonese Energy and Water Company (SEEG) to enhance the production and distribution of drinking water in Libreville and other major cities across Gabon.
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.
“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.
Cameroon becomes 6th African country to join the UN Water Convention
Cameroon became the 47th Party to the United Nations Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention) following the…
UN: 500 million live in 19 African nations deemed water insecure
Despite global Sustainable Development Goals and commitments made in 2015, just 29 African nations have made some progress over the past three to five years, 25 have made none, according to the UN's first-ever assessment of water security in Africa.
African leaders warn COVID-19 crisis harming climate adaptation push
By Laurie Goering. The coronavirus-linked economic slowdown is limiting cash to help Africans pay to adapt to climate extremes, from drought to floods.
New satellite-based maps of mangrove heights
Mangrove forests burst with life, thriving in the muddy and saline environment of tropical coasts.