Development and
Cooperation

Digital monthly 9/2023

Water infrastructure

Kampala’s streets after heavy rainfall.
Water in urban areas

Kampala’s water problems

In Kampala, Uganda’s capital, residents lack access to clean water. The dilapidated sewer system and flooding also pose hazards. Previous efforts to improve the situation have been inadequate

UN World Water Development Report 2023.
Basic needs

At current trends, water SDG will not be achieved

UN states that water management must improve internationally

Flooding in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, in August 2023.
Global governance

Working together for the human right to water

More cooperation is needed – from the local to the international level – to ensure that the UN targets for water are not missed

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Women displaced by drought queue for water at Kaam Jiroon camp in Somalia.
Horn of Africa

The multiple layers of drought

Communities in the Horn of Africa are affected by complex and interrelated crises

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Along Sri Lanka’s Malwathu River, water rights lack clear regulation.
The project “Knowing water better”

Distribute water equitably

Findings from the FAO project “Knowing water better”, which analysed water rights in Rwanda, Sri Lanka and Senegal

In the Senegal River delta, traditional rules coexist with formal laws.
Water tenure

Fair access to water for all

In many places, water use is not sufficiently regulated by law. The FAO’s Global Dialogue on Water Tenure aims to make a difference

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Spring in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.
Springshed management

Save the Himalayan springs

Many springs in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region are drying up. Preventing degradation is crucial, and local communities need to be involved

Infrastructure

Ghana's water supply

Ghana's water supply developed over the last hundred years with the involvement of many institutions and authorities

A farmer drinks from a stream at a cocoa farm in Kusa, Ghana.
Access to drinking water

Promoting access to safe drinking water for all

While Ghana has made progress towards providing equitable access to safe drinking water, many people still lack this basic service

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Water supply in the Baljeet Nagar slum, New Delhi.
Water supply

A catalyst for water transformation

The Urban Water Catalyst Initiative is an important step towards addressing the challenges of water provision.

Water connection in Nyeri.
Water supply

Equipping water utilities to meet SDG6

Billions of people have no access to drinking water and sanitary facilities.

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Fragile states

The state of democracy in the Horn of Africa

Many state systems in the Horn of Africa contain the terms “federal” or “democratic” in their name. These terms should be understood from a contextual rather than universal perspective

The main street of a formerly upmarket residential area is under water almost every day.
Flooding

The city of millions that is being flooded every day

Chittagong in Bangladesh is one of the ten fastest-sinking coastal cities in the world.