About time, too. Although it is deplorable – and immoral – that countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada abstained, presumably to ensure that they’re in line first if there is any money to be made from selling clean water – Hudson From BBC News Many people around the world have [...]
The International Water Law Project
The International Water Law Project site has a wealth of information regarding water available for public access and use. United Nations resolutions, case law, international agreements, upcoming water events worldwide, recent research papers, water news and more are all there. They even have water-relevant quotes refreshed on a regular basis (see below). If you care [...]
Water scarcity 'now bigger threat than financial crisis'
By 2030, more than half the world’s population will live in high-risk areas By Geoffrey Lean, Environment Editor | Sunday, 15 March 2009 | The Independent Humanity is facing “water bankruptcy” as a result of a crisis even greater than the financial meltdown now destabilising the global economy, two authoritative new reports show. They add [...]
World needs to rethink biofuels – UN food agency
Reuters – USA ROME/MILAN, Oct 7 (Reuters) – The Western world needs to rethink its rush to biofuels, which has done more harm pushing up food prices than it has good by reducing greenhouse gases, a United Nations report said on Tuesday. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said policies encouraging biofuel production and [...]
Why indigenous people of the world are losing out
Terence Gomez | New Straits Times – Persekutuan,Malaysia LAST month, members of the Indigenous Peoples Network of Malaysia (JOAS) tried unsuccessfully to submit a memorandum to the king urging, among other things, that the government honour its commitment to abide by the United Nations Declaration for the Rights of Indigenous People (Undrip). The incident, on [...]
Ban Urges Expanded Access To Safe Drinking Water
Thursday, 25 September 2008, 12:42 pm Press Release: United Nations Ban urges accelerated efforts to expand access to safe drinking water 24 September 2008 – Warning that a world without water will be very unstable, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for a three-pronged strategy to ensure that the poorest inhabitants of the developing world have [...]
