The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
Climate change will worsen food and water shortages in the Middle East and north Africa, and risk triggering more conflict and mass migration, with serious implications for the wider world, lawmakers from NATO's Parliamentary Assembly said Monday. "The long-term prospects for food and water security in the MENA region are …
More than 2.6 million Kenyans are severely food insecure and this number is rapidly rising. During the lean season (July to September) many families will experience Emergency acute food insecurity, just one step away from famine. Humanitarian needs and response 2.6 million people severely food insecure 343,559 children acutely malnourished …
Johannesburg - Water use in Cape Town must be brought down by 100 million litres per day immediately, the City of Cape Town said in a statement on Monday. “Dam storage levels are now at 20,7%, which is 0,7% down from a week ago. With the last 10% of a …
Government has sourced a thirty million dollar fund to connect the Yendi Municipality to the Oti river. This will enable residents of Yendi and its environs to have water all year round. Water crisis has been part of Yendi for so many years. Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia made this …
Mokonyane's deputy‚ Pamela Tshwete‚ will also attend the event at Goudini Spa near Worcester. The gathering coincides with a vote by the City of Cape Town to impose level 4 water restrictions — banning all use of tap water outside — after dam levels fell to 21.2%. Zille’s spokesman‚ Michael …
Cape Town - The water crisis the City of Cape Town has been trying to avert has hit with full force, and the municipality has sounded the alarm for consumers to limit their water use to drinking, bathing and cooking. In what it called “a critical warning”, the mayoral committee …
The head of the United Nations said on Wednesday it was vital to help fragile regions grow resilient and ward off future crises as well as address humanitarian disasters when they erupt. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also criticised rising xenophobia and "aggressive nationalism" in western democracies, calling for greater social …
More than 450,000 people in West Pokot County will benefit from clean water after the completion of the Muruny-Siyoi Water Dam and Supply Project, which is under construction. Work on the project, which started in March 2015, will be completed in 10 months. The dam is being built in the …
Cape Town's collective dam quantities are bordering on emergency level as the city council ponders raising water restrictions from Level 3b to Level 4 from the beginning of next month. The municipality has around only 12% of usable water left in its dams amid diminishing quantities. Mayco member for water …
Despite the recent rains, the water levels remain critical for the City of Cape Town. Dam levels are now at 22.8% for storage levels, which is 0.6% down from a week ago. With the last 10% of a dam's water mostly not being useable, dam levels are effectively at 12.3%, …
Abu Jubaiha / Sennar / Khartoum — Residents of four villages in Abu Jubaiha in South Kordofan are facing a severe drinking water crisis. People in eastern Sudan's Sennar and El Gedaref are complaining about thirst as well. Khartoum plans to significantly improve the water supply in Red Sea state …
Water scarcity half a world away caused by climate change could push up prices for meat and diary products in Europe by disrupting supplies of soybean, which is widely used as feed for livestock, researchers said Wednesday. The European Union sources most soybean from outside the 28-nation bloc - mainly …
On Monday, the state health department confirmed the death of Harun Shaikh Mohammed Shaikh, from Gondpipri, from a heat stroke Ten deaths in the state have been linked to heatwaves so far, with the latest victim a 45-year-old Chandrapur resident. Advent of higher temperatures since March, which the state health …
District secretary holds drought review meet; water supply through tankers in 109 villages Chikkamagaluru district in-charge secretary Rajeev Chawla on Saturday instructed officials to ensure adequate supply of drinking water and fodder to livestock in the villages. Chairing a drought review meeting in the DC’s office here, he instructed the …
The Rs 69-crore Giri water scheme has come under a scanner after a Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC) team yesterday found many “missing links” in the quality and specifications of water pipes used by the Irrigation and Public Health (IPH) Department. The water pipes developed leakages soon after its inauguration in …
The water crisis in Nairobi is worsening by the day, despite the rains a few days ago across the country. The long rains still have not arrived in the capital. The Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company yesterday said levels at Ndakaini Dam have dropped to an all-time low of less …
Cape Town - South African Breweries (SAB) will be investing in additional infrastructure to accommodate the growing number of people collecting water from its Newlands spring. This is to ensure the water supply is available to as many people as possible. The severe drought in the Western Cape has prompted …
Cape Town – Four more Western Cape municipalities are expected to be declared disaster zones as the drought continues its devastation across the province, bringing to seven the number of municipalities in danger of running out of water. The provincial cabinet on April 26 expected to declare the Bitou, Hessequa, …
Taps may run dry in the drought-stricken city of Cape Town and the south-western Cape as dam levels drop and rainfall forecasts for the region over the next few months are no better than chance, said local scientist Nicky Allsopp. There is enough water in Cape Town's dams to last …
The PS Housing and Urban Development Ms Aida Mwinano (with specs) inspect ongoing works in various informal settlement schemes in Naivasha. She said that the government would use Sh16B in upgrading informal settlements in 14 counties. Pic By Antony Gitonga The national government has launched a Sh143 million water project …
