Media roundup - clean water, WASH news, November 5, 2021
November 5, 2021
All the WASH news you might ever need to know!
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in the news
Here’s how women can lead local water governance in India
News18: https://www.news18.com/news/mission-paani/heres-how-women-can-lead-local-water-governance-in-india-4398668.html
12,043 children in 11 Borno IDP camps access sanitation, hygiene support — UNICEF
Premium Times: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/492263-12043-children-in-11-borno-idp-camps-access-sanitation-hygiene-support-unicef.html
Africa
Ethiopian capital prepares for attack as US warns Tigrayan rebels to stop flash advance
Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/terror-and-security/ethiopian-capital-prepares-attack-us-warns-tigrayan-rebels-stop/
Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: Report says war crimes may have been committed
BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-59143627
Eswatini to set up national forum to solve crisis
BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-africa-47639452
Civilians killed in Burkina Faso attacks
BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-africa-47639452
Ethiopians urged to defend capital Addis Ababa as rebels advance.
Times: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/a440fff6-3beb-11ec-9bef-aa3112940013?shareToken=5db0bc7ec523745876f2c66545453676
Ethiopia’s war marked by ‘extreme brutality’ from all sides: UN
AJ: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/11/3/ethiopias-war-marked-by-extreme-brutality-from-all-sides-un
Possible war crimes on all sides in Ethiopian conflict, says report
Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/03/possible-war-crimes-on-all-sides-in-ethiopian-conflict-report-tigray?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
AJ: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/11/4/ethiopia-war-fate-of-tigrayan-federal-forces-still-a-mystery
Ethiopian leader says he will bury his foes ‘with our blood’ after one year of war
Indy: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/abiy-ahmed-tigray-war-ethiopia-b1950605.html
‘Heartbreaking’: Madagascar on brink of world’s ‘first climate-induced famine’
Indy: https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/madagascar-famine-drought-un-news-b1950604.html
Up to 100 missing after 21-storey tower collapses onto construction workers in Lagos
Indy: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/nigeria-lagos-building-collapse-latest-b1949615.html
AJ: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/11/3/death-toll-climbs-to-22-in-nigeria-building-collapse
Ethiopia's war one year on: How to end the suffering
BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-59151370
Facebook deletes Ethiopia PM's post that urged citizens to 'bury' rebels
BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-59154984
US special envoy due in Ethiopia amid crisis
BBC: https://bbc.in/3EHA9Vb
TPLF says it has taken another town in Ethiopia conflict
BBC: https://bbc.in/3EKz8vO
US advises citizens to leave Ethiopia
BBC: https://bbc.in/3mGmibM
High-profile killings send panic across Liberia
BBC: https://bbc.in/3BJ8hOS
Asia
Diwali: Experts fear Covid spike as India sees ‘revenge tourism’ boom for festive weekend
Indy: https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/india/diwali-delhi-revenge-travel-covid-b1950540.html
BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-59133207
Covaxin: WHO approves India Covid vaccine for emergency use
BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-58800168
Military coup kills higher education dreams in Myanmar
AJ: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/11/3/military-coup-kills-higher-education-dreams-in-myanmar
Climate change
Drought is deadly for Kenyan women: “We run from men only to meet crocodiles”
Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/nov/03/we-run-from-men-only-to-meet-crocodiles-kenyas-drought-is-deadly-for-women
Will Pakistan’s ‘ten billion tree tsunami’ make any difference to climate change?
Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/climate-and-people/will-pakistans-ten-billion-tree-tsunami-make-difference-climate/
First-of-its-kind agreement sees South Africa receive $8.5bn to ditch coal at Cop26
Independent: https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/south-africa-coal-cop26-fossil-b1949875.html
COP26: South Africa hails deal to end reliance on coal - promising!
BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-59135169
Why Gambians cannot sell their solar power
BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-africa-59141416
COP26: India PM Narendra Modi pledges net zero by 2070 - ok then
BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-59125143
Climate change: The Indian village that could disappear under water
BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-india-58895749
Climate change: What, if anything, are the big polluters doing to cut carbon emissions?
BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/58956714
COP26: President Biden says China and Russia’s failure to attend climate a big mistake
Sky: https://news.sky.com/story/cop26-president-biden-says-chinas-failure-to-attend-climate-summit-a-big-mistake-12458265
India has given an extremely distant net zero target and is now asking the world for cash
Sky: https://news.sky.com/story/cop26-india-has-given-a-distant-net-zero-target-and-is-now-asking-the-world-for-cash-12457388
Cop26: What does India’s 2070 net zero target mean for the world?
Independent: https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/cop26-glasgow-india-net-zero-b1949624.html
Deforestation and methane pledges with 2030 target dates but still a long way to go
Sky: https://news.sky.com/story/cop26-world-leaders-setting-out-major-deforestation-and-methane-pledges-with-2030-target-dates-12457717
Global pollution price could cut greenhouse gases by 12% according to World Economic Forum
Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/03/global-pollution-price-could-cut-greenhouse-gases-by-12-says-report
This doesn't seem good. COP26: Australia’s promise to do hardly anything
Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/03/the-pm-goes-to-glasgow-or-what-scott-morrison-didnt-do-at-cop26
Indigenous activists say their voices are missing at COP26
Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/02/cop26-indigenous-activists-climate-crisis
Summers are becoming unbearable – life on the frontline of global heating
Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/03/summers-are-becoming-unbearable-living-on-the-frontline-of-global-heating
Cop26: Philanthropists step in to boost funding for poorest countries.
Times: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/520f519e-3c16-11ec-a9ce-48a11f44f00d?shareToken=be1d8877485bc339633c0da7311baaaf
‘Great distress’: Bangladesh bears brutal cost of climate crisis
AJ: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/11/3/bangladesh-global-warming-climate-crisis-seawater-agriculture
COP26: has to be about keeping fossil fuels in the ground. All else is distraction - opinion
Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/03/cop26-fossil-fuels
COP26’ worst outcome would be giving the green light to carbon off-setting - opinion (Greenpeace)
Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/03/cop26-carbon-offsetting-greenwashing-paris-agreement
The road is long: Electric cars represent less than 5% of miles driven in Europe
Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/nov/03/electric-cars-under-5-per-cent-miles-driven-uber-europe
Cop26 emission pledges may limit global heating to below 2C
Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/03/cop26-emission-pledges-could-limit-global-heating-to-below-2c-india?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Times: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/a9993848-3cf3-11ec-a9ce-48a11f44f00d?shareToken=45c5cbc6b99c10c11ab99800806e986e
India’s huge solar uptake has boosted climate goals, says minister
Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/03/indias-huge-uptake-in-solar-is-driving-more-ambitious-climate-goals-says-minister?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Indy: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/cop26-glasgow-india-uk-solar-grid-b1950522.html
Indy: https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/cop26-glasgow-india-net-zero-b1949624.html
Africa’s natural landscapes hold the key to solving our climate crisis
Indy: https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/opinion/cop26-africa-kenya-forests-congo-b1950547.html
Fragile countries must be supported if they are to fight climate change
Indy: https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/opinion/climate-finance-justice-cop26-gambia-b1950523.html
‘No adults in the room’: Leaders criticised for climate inaction
AJ: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/11/4/scepticism-abounds-as-world-leaders-address-climate-emergency
Young climate activists and the battle to avert catastrophe
AJ: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2021/11/3/youth-climate-activists-speak-of-battle-to-avert-climate-crisis
Le Sigh - COP26: oil price soars even as the world turns against fossil fuel
FT: https://www.ft.com/content/37947e4a-71a1-4c0e-919b-1e3d55ee19ea
Partha Dasgupta: ‘It’s not a giant step to introduce nature into economics’
FT: https://www.ft.com/content/4e623732-0b40-406a-af8b-0b01fdae3cab
Valid: where does all the climate finance money go?
FT: https://www.ft.com/content/d9e832b7-525b-470b-89db-6275853315dd
Prince Charles’s Terra Carta Seal gives sustainable firms royal approval
Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2021/11/03/prince-charless-terra-carta-seal-gives-sustainable-firms-royal/
Climate change: Why are disabled people so affected by the climate crisis?
BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/disability-59042087
Oh - Global carbon emissions expected to return to near pre-pandemic levels in 2021, scientists warn
Sky News: https://news.sky.com/story/climate-crisis-global-carbon-emissions-expected-to-return-to-near-pre-pandemic-levels-in-2021-scientists-warn-12459406
COP26 climate change summit: So far, so good-ish
BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-59150807
Ecological ‘holocaust’: Women saving India’s Western Ghats forest
AJ: https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2021/11/4/india-women-guarding-rainforest-western-ghats-climate-crisis
Health
Antibiotic resistance outwitted by British scientist using supercomputers
Metro: https://metro.co.uk/2021/11/02/antibiotic-resistance-outwitted-by-brit-scientist-using-supercomputers-15528639/
London accountant who fought Ebola crisis now leading climate battle
Standard: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/london-accountant-who-fought-ebola-crisis-now-leading-climate-battle-b963880.html
Bill Gates call for huge global effort to prepare for future pandemics
Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/04/bill-gates-call-for-huge-global-effort-to-prepare-for-future-pandemics?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
COVID-19: 'Millions of years lost' and life expectancy cut short around the world
Sky News: https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-millions-of-years-lost-and-life-expectancy-cut-short-around-the-world-12458998
African regions could see HIV spike - UN Aids agency
BBC: https://bbc.in/3mFwfGm
WaterAid in the news
Ernest Randriarimalala was on Sweden’s main news programme last night talking about the drought and famine in Southern Madagascar, pegged to the President of Madagascar’s speech at COP
SVT: https://www.svtplay.se/video/31743794/aktuellt/aktuellt-2-nov-21-00-4?id=e7o2L6d&position=530
WaterAid Applauds Biden's Emphasis on Climate Adaptation in Development at COP26
Targeted News Service: (print only)
Available to read on our website: https://www.wateraid.org/us/media/wateraid-applauds-bidens-emphasis-on-climate-adaptation-in-development-at-cop26
Resilient Water Accelerator aims to bring clean water to 50m by 2030
Global Capital: https://www.globalcapital.com/article/299nelwyox1duu0wuwhs0/sri/resilient-water-accelerator-aims-to-bring-safe-water-to-50m-by-2030
WaterAid Liberia’s COP engagements:
Shout Africa: https://www.shout-africa.com/news/during-cop26-women-in-developing-countries-will-miss-out-on-2-5/
ELBC Radio: https://elbcradio.com/2021/10/31/csos-presents-climate-message-to-liberias-cop26-delegation/
Climate reality in Southern Madagascar: no water, no food
Relief Web: https://reliefweb.int/report/madagascar/climate-reality-southern-madagascar-no-water-no-food
WaterAid 101
From advocacy to engineering, we cover a lot of ground, but the fundamentals of our work are simple:
Taps
Clean water infrastructure means people can access clean, running water 365 days a year.
Toilets
Toilets matter more than you might think. Sanitation is fundamental for the dignity and health of a community.
Hygiene
Hygiene is the final piece of the puzzle. Good hygiene helps people stay healthier, it prevents the spread of diseases and allows people to flourish.