Noticias sobre Lebanon
Xylem strengthens regional footprint with appointment of Managing Director for Middle East, Turkey
Xylem Inc., a leading global water technology company committed to developing innovative solutions to solve the world’s water challenges, today announced the appointment of Naji Skaf as managing director for the Middle East and Turkey.
Lebanon in danger of losing critical access to water
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore
Water supply systems near collapse in Lebanon: over 71% of people risk losing access to water
More than four million people, including one million refugees, are at immediate risk of losing access to safe water in Lebanon.
Climate and ESG risks hurting 60% of developing countries’ ratings: Moody’s
By Marc Jones. Ratings agency calculates that 43% of emerging economies have a highly negative credit impact from physical climate risk such as rising seas.
A journey through time: How ancient water systems inspired today’s water technologies
Where there is water, there is life.
Over one billion people at threat of being displaced by 2050 due to environmental change
The international think-tank the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) published a new report.
Severe water shortages compound desperate situation in Beirut
UNICEF and partners rehabilitating and reconnecting critical water infrastructure.
At war, and with no water
Main photograph: Displaced persons camp outside Herat © Carlos Garriga
Saudi Water Partnership Company receives 62 expressions of interest for Madinah 3 ISTP
On Thursday Saudi Arabia’s Water Partnership Company (SWPC) announced that it had received Expressions of Interest (EOI) from 62 companies, including 23 Saudi firms, for the Madinah 3 sewage treatment plant project (Madinah 3 ISTP).
IHE Delft granted new funding for SIDS and MENA capacity development programmes
Under the umbrella of DUPC2, the partnership and capacity development programme run by IHE Delft, the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DGIS) has awarded funding for two regional projects to strengthen capacity in the water sector to meet the water-related SDGs.
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.
A toilet for every need
Having safe latrines is essential to support any development strategy.
There has never been a more urgent time to safeguard children’s right to safe water and sanitation
Access to safe drinking water is a right critical to a child’s survival, yet protracted crises have left some 420 million children without basic sanitation, and 210 million lacking access to safe drinking water, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said last week.
Water stress: why integrated management matters
The last two years have been difficult for residents of India’s eastern city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu State.
Every drop counts
How aquaponics and integrated agri-aquaculture farms are making smart use of water.
Working to bridge the finance cap in Jordan’s water sector
GWP Mediterranean has been working actively in Jordan for over a decade, assisting the country’s water sector to meet the challenging demands it faces.
Skyscraper-depth well brings clean water to Rohingya refugees
Under clear 36-degree Celsius skies, an exhausted Rafiq leans against his house, surrounded by his five children.
Innovative ideas and investments are a must to ensure enough water in Near East and North Africa
Scaling up innovation, policies and investments in the water sector in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region is fundamental "to prevent water scarcity from setting us back in our ambitious vision of eradicating all forms of malnutrition, sustaining peace and leaving no one behind", FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said.
Who can be left behind?
Those who are invisible in the censuses, discriminated women, the inhabitants of the most vulnerable slums, all those ruined by droughts, those surrounded by polluted water, those…
Refugees and water stress, an intolerable combination
The war in Syria has transformed the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon.