Thẻ: Water

10 things to know about the future of water and sanitation

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ODI

Briefing papers

August 2017
Nathaniel Mason and Miriam Denis Le Sève, with Roger Calow, Guy Jobbins, Ian Langdown, Eva Ludi, Peter Newborne and Florence Pichon

The world is transforming in many different ways.

These shifts – from climate change, to migration, to new technology and urbanisation – will have a significant impact on the management of water resources and related services such as sanitation. This impact will be both positive and negative, throwing up a variety of new opportunities and challenges, for people and economies.

But how can we make the most of the opportunities and face the challenges?

Here, we outline 10 things to know about the future of water and sanitation up to 2030, to do just that. Tiếp tục đọc “10 things to know about the future of water and sanitation” →

Watergrabbing A Story of Water

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Al Jazeera

Historically the source of many conflicts, water grabbing is the control and theft of water resources by the powerful, often at the expense of local populations and ecosystems. It can result in dispossession, displacement and ecological destruction.

In an age of dwindling resources and climate change, water is increasingly being privatised.

It is now 24 years since the United Nations designated March 22 as World Water Day.

Al Jazeera looks at water grabbing in four parts of the globe, including large-scale damming in the Omo Valley in Ethiopia, the mining industry in South Africa, inequitable water practices in Palestine/Israel and the impact of dams on people living along the Mekong River in southeast Asia.

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