The report issued by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) says that between 1990 and 2010, over two billion people gained access to improved drinking water sources such as piped supplies and protected wells.
An interesting 'Inside Story' by Al Jazeera asks two salient questions:
Network of Climate Change Technology Transfer Centres in Europe and Latin America (CELA) newsletter 01 / 2012 is available online now here!
www.cela-project.net/download/CELA_newsletter_2012_01_english.pdf
La Asistencia Técnica del Programa EUROCLIMA, en coordinación con la Unidad Programas Regionales América Latina y el Caribe, de EuropeAid, le invita a visitar su portal Web (http://www.euroclima.org/) para conocer el Tercer e-Boletín del Programa. Este número está dedicado a reflexiones sobre la Cumbre de Durban y sus consecuencias para América Latina.
Did you know that the UK has less rainfall per person than its northern European neighbours and that London is drier than Istanbul?[1] Water not only underpins the global economy but also provides sustenance for life itself. Yet, it is oft-forgotten during the course of everyday life. The anthropologist Daniel Miller argues that the more significant the material in question is, the more it is relegated to the context and becomes merely a part of the landscape. This perhaps holds true in the case of many things, most especially water.
Dear colleagues
Are you planning to attend the WWF6 (http://www.worldwaterforum6.org/en/) during the week of 12 March 2012 in Marselle, France?
If you are not planning to attend yourself: The EU JRC extended an invitation for member-organizations of the NEPAD Southern CoE Network who will not be attanding the conference and would like to display promotional material at their stand, to please get in contact with them (obviously space is limited)
This year, the World Bank/Water and Sanitation Program’s calendar depicts water and sanitation challenges from a gender perspective to call attention to some of the social norms that result from, and reinforce poor service quality.
http://www.wsp.org/wsp/content/2012-cartoon-calendar#cartoons
Taking place in Marseille from 12th to 17th March 2012 in Marseille, the 6thWorld Water Forum is a major event in the international political and environmental agenda. Designed to be the Forum of Solutions, the 6th edition of the World Water Forum aims to generate concrete solutions to issues of access to water and sanitation, in particular through the launch of an online solutions platform.
Dear Colleagues
I have received the following communication from Andrea Leone (JRC) re the International Workshop which forms part of our project:
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We will start organizing the conference after march, now we are very concentrated on the World Water Forum in Marseille and we run out of time.
What I can tell is that:
- It will be in Italy (Ispra)
EP Water Group, is pleased to invite you to the next meeting. The Keynote speakers will be Mr. Jean-François Donzier, WWF6 Regional Coordinator for Europe and Mr. André Flajolet, French Parliamentarian, WWF6 Parliamentarian process Coordinator. The theme of the meeting: 'Preparing the 6th World Water Forum, Marseille 12-17 March 2012’.
Date: Tuesday, 28th February 2012.
Time: 17:30-19:00
Location: European Parliament,