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SDG 06: Clean Water and Sanitation
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SDG 06: Clean Water and Sanitation
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Water
This project is improving water and sanitation access in Mozambique
Financial incentives from the Mozambique Urban Sanitation Project have proved successful in improving water and sanitation access across the country.
Water
Why water is central to the global recovery from the pandemic
Climate change is felt most deeply through water, with higher temperatures leading to droughts, floods, and rainfall variability, impacting low-income countries.
How to Save the Planet
Ice stupas: How artificial glaciers supply water to some of the driest places on Earth
Artificial glaciers can serve as a source of fresh water for communities and ecosystems in the driest places, like India and South America.
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Global Shapers Community Celebrating a Decade of Impact
The World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Community, a network of young people who volunteer their time and experiences to drive dialogue, action and change celebrates its 10 Year Anniver...
Africa
'Giving life to dying land': Solar water pumps quench thirsty Kenyan farms
A number of countries are suffering increasingly severe droughts and water shortages. Kenyan farmers are using sand dams and solar pumps to help tackle the water crisis.
Water
We can learn a lot from ancient civilizations about modern water management
Researchers are looking at how ancient civilizations managed their water in scarce areas, inspiring current techniques to tackle worsening droughts and climate change.
Water
From papayas to 3D printing: fresh ideas to purify water
New ways to purify water that rely on tech and accessible materials are key given over half the population could suffer from a lack of potable water by 2032.
Water
These vending machines are bringing safe, cheap water to Nairobi slums
Prior to these vending machines, Nairobi residents had to buy polluted water from informal vendors charging extortionate prices, usually stolen from municipal pipes.
SDIS2021
SDIS21: How to Save the Planet - What are the challenges in making the planet more sustainable?
To stop global warming and achieve all 17 SDGs, urgent action is needed to reduce emissions, reverse biodiversity loss and invest in renewable energy.
Geopolitics
3 global issues governments can solve at a local level
Governments are failing to find multilateral solutions to global problems. We examine solutions to three challenges: nutrition, water and digital literacy.
Future of the Environment
Scaling up water reuse: Why recycling our wastewater makes sense
4.2 billion people around the world lack access to safely managed sanitation services, but a more circular approach to wastewater could help.
SDG 06: Clean Water and Sanitation
This 82-year-old Spanish inventor is extracting drinking water from thin air
A device has been developed by Spanish engineers to condense air into drinking water, helping to improve water access for communities in Namibia and Lebanon.
Water
Here's why putting a price on safe water will ensure universal access to it
Unless we respect the value of water and sanitation, we run the risk of never having enough resources to roll it out to everyone in the world.
Water
One in four people don’t have access to safe drinking water. And the data says this won’t change anytime soon
We are still a way off achieving universal access to clean drinking water, sanitation and handwashing facilities writes Our World in Data's Hannah Ritchie.
Water
In Nevada, authorities have banned 'useless grass' to protect the water supply
Nevada has a new law banning “useless grass”. Restrictions are aimed at preserving the water supply. The state hopes to save billions of gallons of water.
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