A series of six national stakeholders' meeting for the planning of the Flood and Drought risk management strategy in the Volta Basin started on 16 November 2022 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire as the first of the series to be held in the VBA countries.
The implementing teams of the Continental Africa Water Investment Programme (AIP) on gender transformative water climate and development Program (AIP WACDEP-G) aiming at promoting gender equality through climate resilient water investment had a coordination meeting in Lusaka, Zambia from 15 to 17 November 2022.
A leading water conference brings together science, business, communities, NGOs and government to advance our efforts towards resilient rivers now and into the future.
The IWG was established at the UNCCD’s 15th Session (COP15) during the triennium 2022-2024, building on the work of the first IWG that carried out its work from 2020-2022.
Last week marked the end of Danube Art Master 2022 environmental arts competition. Many new and astonishing artworks were submitted, and 8 of them made it all the way to the end.
The planet is facing multiple challenges, such as poverty, inequality, climate change, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Haiti, as part of this region, is the most vulnerable country to climate change, according to the World Risk Index. Over the last 34 years, the country has suffered from the effects of droughts, floods, hurricanes, and more. These affect vulnerable communities, including women and girls, children, and youth.
Caribbean youth continue to be a significant stakeholder in the work of the Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C), an organisation that sees youth as agents of change in water management in the region.
