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Lessons for the Global South Read more...
The 'climate industry' is big business, and the projects sometimes exacerbate the problems. Read more...
Loss and damage is already hammering the water sector. Thanks but no thanks for the empty promises. Read more...
We can already draw on the experience from WASH L&D trailblazers Vanuatu and Bangladesh. Read more...
A fair share of profits from globally shared resources needs to be harnessed to finance the Loss and Damage fund announced at COP27. Read more...
The Climate Resilient WASH learning platform has brought stakeholders together, but action and follow-up need to improve. Read more...
A central role for the youth and nature based solutions. Read more...
There was a time in Uganda when water and environment issues were not topics of national debate Read more...
Looking back on Post-COP Activists Connect Read more...
Recently I listened to a speech by Arnold Schwarzenegger on how the climate movement is stuck and needs to reset. I think our approach to solving the water and sanitation crisis could help. Read more...
IRC and Water For People reframe the climate discussions from a WASH systems perspective. Read more...
Building resilience is not a "nice to have"- it is essential, says Ban Ki Moon. Read more...
The same capacities that help us adapt to COVID-19 can be used to face climate change. Read more...
Report of a WASH Debate on climate adaptation. Read more...
Why sanitation matters in the climate discourse. Read more...
Hygiene is both the first and the last defence against diseases due to climate change. Read more...
"If you do not yield to anyone's advice, the world will teach you the lessons it wants you to learn," my mother always said. Often, this was a cautionary tale and it usually came after realizing that no matter what she said or did, you would not yield to her advice. Somehow, this is the same... Read more...
Linking WASH and IWRM, as demanded by SDG 6, is essential but hard. With pragmatism and a problem based approach it can be done. Read more...
Meeting Sustainable Development Goal 6 requires solutions that focus on integrated rather than sectoral approaches. Read more...
Can service delivery approaches help deal with the interrelated threats of climate change, water security and disease outbreak? Read more...