Concern about the world’s oceans is growing. Overfishing threatens fisheries, coral reefs are declining and disappearing, and the number of dead zones is increasing.
A fully functioning network will allow a ship to pick up freight in Assam and sail south on the Brahmaputra River into Bangladesh. From there, a ship can continue south to an ocean port in…
In the summer of 1742, two typhoons swept across Japan in quick succession, bringing torrents of heavy rain and flooding major rivers. Records from a young monk who witnessed the floods describe a…
Co-authored with Mik Schulte Teachers standing by a water pump outside a school in rural Tanzania. I recently spent some time traveling around rural Tanzania, trying to better understand the way…
Action at scale: how to accelerate access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene in Africa
Globally, 2.4 billion people still live without access to basic sanitation – and over 760 million of these people live in Sub-Saharan Africa. Today only 27% of Sub-Saharan Africa’s population has…
Photo: Courtesy of Safe Water NetworkWorld Water Day is always a good time to take stock of where we are in achieving the water-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Most PPPs relate to…
Ariel view of rice paddies in Rwanda News headlines often feature stories of water scarcity challenges and increasing competition for water. So it is clear that we need to improve the efficiency…
The lack of clean water and sanitation has been a major problem in Haiti for years. In Haiti, lack of access to quality water and sanitation has hit the population severely, with the poorest…
New World Bank report shares lessons on how CBS can be an option in achieving citywide inclusive sanitation Download a free copy here Cities are growing at unprecedented rates, with over two…
A redesigned public toilet facility in Addis Ababa Photo: Rebecca Gilsdorf With a population exceeding 3 million, only 10% of Addis residents are connected to the sewerage system and an estimated…