Noticias sobre Gambia
The top eight technological trends set to shape water management in 2025
The report Water Technology Trends 2025 - Revolutionizing Water Management through Digital Transformation, recently published by Xylem Vue, identifies the emerging trends set to revolutionize the sector.
IsDB approves over US$ 3 Billion in financing for major development and infrastructure
The Board of Executive Directors of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) has approved more than US$ 3 billion in financing for 20 socio-economic development projects across 17 member countries.
Cote d’Ivoire is 10th African nation to join UN Water Convention
Faced with increasing water stress and climate change impacts on the water resources it shares with its neighbours, Cote d’Ivoire has joined the United Nations Water Convention – a UN treaty to improve joint water management across borders.
World Bank approves $200 million to improve sanitation services and water resources in Senegal
The World Bank approved $200 million in financing to help Senegal improve safely managed sanitation services and water resources in priority water security hotspots.
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.
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.
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).
Water management takes centre stage at 43rd session of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
The increased pressure on water resources and water stress can deepen already severely unequal access to water.
The World Bank approves $135 million for flood management in Dakar, Senegal
The World Bank has approved $135 million in financing for Senegal to help the country reduce and anticipate flood risks in Dakar's peri-urban areas by strengthening urban planning and management capacities.
10 states in Africa, Middle East and Latin America commit to join key water-sharing treaty
In an unprecedented political push for cross-border water cooperation, Ministers from Africa, Latin America and the Middle East have declared at the UN Water Conference their country’s resolve to join a key United Nations accord known as the Water Convention.
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.
“Phygital means leading an ecosystem of partners driving innovation and development in the sector”
Digitalization is an undeniable fact in our lives.
Gustavo Saltiel: “The pandemic placed added challenges on water services in developing countries”
Working closely with worldwide partners, the World Bank aims to achieve “A Water-Secure World for All” by sustaining water resources, building resilience and delivering services.
The World Bank to strengthen The Gambia’s access to energy and water
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved a $43 million grant from the International Development Association (IDA)* for The Gambia’s Electricity Restoration and Modernisation Project(GERMP).The additional financing was made available through reallocation of IDA18 balance, thus augmenting the Banks initial funding envelope for The Gambia by 20 percent.
15 countries show interest in acceding to Water Convention
Transboundary waters cover nearly half of the earth’s land surface and account for 60 per cent of global freshwater.
Using drones to reduce impacts of floods in The Gambia
The Gambia is taking action on climate change adaptation, addressing its vulnerability to flood disaster risks by establishing a state-of-the-art, end-to-end early warning system.
The biodiversity that is crucial for our food and agriculture is disappearing by the day
The first-ever report of its kind presents mounting and worrying evidence that the biodiversity that underpins our food systems is disappearing – putting the future of our food, livelihoods, health and environment under severe threat.