Noticias sobre Indonesia

Indonesia to halt Jakarta’s sinking by regulating groundwater consumption
Indonesia is set to restrict groundwater usage in a bid to preserve its water resources and mitigate the ongoing issue of land subsidence in the capital, Jakarta, reports Bloomberg.

Bezos Earth Fund partners with Water.org to improve water infrastructure for climate mitigation
Funding will reduce water and energy waste, which can lower carbon emissions, and help create lasting water or sanitation solutions for 20 million people.

Bentley Systems Announces The 2023 Going Digital Awards In Infrastructure Founders’ Honors
Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSY), the infrastructure engineering software company, today announced the 2023 Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure Founders’ Honors.

AqueoUS Vets names Dr. Mirka Wilderer as Chief Executive Officer
Wilderer and Craw to partner and drive next phase of growth and innovation.

SUEZ’s contract to modernize and improve the water services of Tashkent is now in operation
The “Tashkent Water Transformation Plan”, implemented in collaboration with the Uzbek authorities, came into effect in August.

The Heads of State Initiatives for Water and Sanitation
To date, 11 countries are developing national water, sanitation and hygiene Heads of State Initiatives: Benin, Ethiopia, Ghana, Honduras, Indonesia, Liberia, Malawi, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

Study finds 21st century mining boom across the tropics is degrading rivers
Gold and mineral mining in and near rivers across the tropics is degrading waterways in 49 countries, according to a Dartmouth-led study.

Climate change impacts increase in South-West Pacific
Weather-related disasters and climate change impacts are unravelling the fabric of society in the South-West Pacific.

Socio-environmental vulnerability index pinpoints sustainability issues in Brazilian river basin
By Luciana Constantino | Agência FAPESP

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).

Canada announces $450M for Green Climate Fund
Today, ahead of the seventh Ministerial on Climate Action (MoCA7), the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, on behalf of the Honourable Harjit S.

World Environment Day brings solutions to plastic pollution into focus
Individuals, communities, civil society, businesses and governments around the world today marked World Environment Day with a focus on solutions to plastic pollution, with official celebrations held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, with the support of the Netherlands.

Rainfall is on the rise in Northwest Australia
Warming oceans have altered a common weather pattern that brings monsoon rains across northern Australia, causing a massive increase in rainfall in the northwest.

How is the world’s largest energy crisis affecting the water sector?
Although the water sector is one of the most affected by the current energy crisis due to the water-energy nexus throughout the entire water cycle, it once again demonstrates its resilience and seeks alternatives to reduce costs, although it is not an easy task.

More than 50 leading global companies unite to make unprecedented collective commitment to SDG 6
Through Business Leaders’ Open Call to Accelerate Water Action, companies commit to build water resilience across operations and supply chains, accelerate collective positive water impact in at least 100 water-stressed basins by 2030.

Bottled water masks world’s failure to supply safe water for all, can slow sustainable development
Needed to provide safe water to roughly 2 billion people without it: an annual investment less than half the US$ 270 billion now spent each year on bottled water.

Michael Larsen: “The OPEX of floating desalination solutions is lower than for land-based plants”
Floating desalination solutions are emerging as a promising option to augment water supplies, offering a series of advantages that include quick deployment and flexibility to adapt to fluctuations in water demand.

Itron signs contract to transform water operations in Indonesia
PT. MMID to deploy Temetra, Itron’s meter data collection and management platform, to drive innovation.

How to make hydrogen straight from seawater – no desalination required
Researchers have developed a cheaper and more energy-efficient way to make hydrogen directly from seawater, in a critical step towards a truly viable green hydrogen industry.

New land creation on waterfronts increasing, study finds
Humans are artificially expanding cities' coastlines by extending industrial ports and creating luxury residential waterfronts.