Noticias sobre Madagascar
“Access shows today’s coverage, but governance, financing and workforce shape tomorrow’s services”
With less than five years remaining to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6, the global water sector is confronting a critical question: why is progress on safe water, sanitation and hygiene still uneven despite decades of investment and policy commitments?
Severe drought in Africa persists and is expected to worsen
A severe and prolonged drought continues to grip much of Africa, with far-reaching consequences for the environment, economies, and societies across the continent.
Researchers use UV light and chlorine to treat water contaminated with cyanobacteria toxins
Treatment plants use a combination of tools to keep toxins and contaminants out of drinking water.
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).
Fluence secures SWRO project on Mayotte
Fluence has secured a US $7.1 million contract to provide a 10,000 m3/day Sea Water Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) project for Stereau on Mayotte, a French archipelago in the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and the coast of Mozambique.
UN World Food Programme Chief calls for action after drought and floods in Southern Africa
Millions of people are facing food insecurity due to El Niño-fueled drought and floods in Southern Africa, WFP Executive Director Cindy McCain warned during a visit to Zambia, at the epicenter of the crisis.
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.
Scientists help link climate change to Madagascar’s megadrought
A University of California, Irvine-led team reveals a clear link between human-driven climate change and the years-long drought currently gripping southern Madagascar.
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.
2023 shatters climate records, with major impacts
2023 has shattered climate records, accompanied by extreme weather which has left a trail of devastation and despair, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Researchers help reduce lead levels in Madagascar drinking water
A team of engineers and public health experts from the University of South Florida is helping Toamasina, Madagascar, residents reduce their exposure to lead—a major global environmental pollutant that causes more than one million premature deaths each year.
Researchers help reduce lead levels in Madagascar drinking water
A team of engineers and public health experts from the University of South Florida is helping Toamasina, Madagascar, residents reduce their exposure to lead – a major global environmental pollutant that causes more than 1 million premature deaths each year.
African Development Bank and Madagascar join forces to secure water access
The African Development Bank and Madagascar’s Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene have launched the preparation stage of a project to protect and develop water resources and strengthen the nation’s climate change resilience.
Africa suffers disproportionately from climate change
Africa is responsible for only a fraction of global greenhouse gas emissions but is suffering disproportionately from climate change.
“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.
UN water experts: The world is off-track to meet its sustainable water goal by 2030
3 out of 4 people currently live in water-insecure countries. More people die from a lack of safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services than water-related disasters, reveals the new UN global water security assessment.
New analysis finds a 70% funding cap for water programs in 41 countries
Action Against Hunger calls on donors to close the water funding gap to help tackle rising hunger.
Highest emergency level declared over cholera outbreaks
Health experts around the world have expressed alarm at the extent and gravity of recent cholera outbreaks in 30 countries.
UN: Trapped sediment in dams ‘endangers’ water supplies
Trapped sediment has robbed roughly 50,000 large dams worldwide of an estimated 13% to 19% of their combined original storage capacity, and total losses will reach 23% to 28% by 2050, UN research warns.
Large parts of world drier than normal in 2021: WMO
Most of the globe was drier than normal in 2021, with “cascading effects on economies, ecosystems and our daily lives”, the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Tuesday.