Global Call to Action on World Toilet Day to Meet 2030 Sanitation Goals — Global Issues

Global Call to Action on World Toilet Day to Meet 2030 Sanitation Goals — Global Issues

Marking World Toilet Day on November 19th, the global community faces a pressing sanitation crisis affecting 3.5 billion people. Credit: Lova Rabary-Rakontondravony/IPS Opinion by Thokozani Dlamini (pretoria, south africa) Sunday, November 19, 2023 Inter Press Service PRETORIA, South Africa, Nov 19 (IPS) – World Toilet Day 2023, on 19 November, focusing…

Community Efforts Boost Wastewater Treatment in El Salvador

Community Efforts Boost Wastewater Treatment in El Salvador

Community Efforts Boost Wastewater Treatment in El Salvador by Edgardo Ayala (chirilagua, el salvador) Tuesday, November 07, 2023 Inter Press Service CHIRILAGUA, El Salvador, Nov 07 (IPS) – Neither the central government nor most of El Salvador’s 262 municipalities have had the capacity to install enough wastewater treatment plants to prevent…

Community Solutions Combat Water Shortages in Peru’s Highlands — Global Issues

Community Solutions Combat Water Shortages in Peru’s Highlands — Global Issues

Fermina Quispe (fourth from the right, standing) poses for photos together with other farmers from the Women’s Association of Huerto de Nueva Esperanza, which she chairs and with which she promotes crop irrigation with solar pumps in her community, Llarapi Chico, located more than 4,000 meters above sea level in…

How to Defend the Environment and Survive in the Attempt, as a Woman in Mexico — Global Issues

How to Defend the Environment and Survive in the Attempt, as a Woman in Mexico — Global Issues

Dozens of women environmentalists participated in Mexico City in the launch of the Voices of Life campaign by eight non-governmental organizations on Oct. 12, 2023, which brings together hundreds of activists in five of the country’s 32 states. CREDIT: Emilio Godoy / IPS by Emilio Godoy (mexico city) Tuesday, October 24,…

Bringing the Piratininga Lagoon Back to Life in Brazil — Global Issues

Bringing the Piratininga Lagoon Back to Life in Brazil — Global Issues

An aerial view of Hacendita Cafubá, on the north shore of Piratininga, a lagoon in southeastern Brazil, when ponds that serve as a spillway and to collect sedimentation of polluted water were being built and filter gardens that clean the water of the Cafubá River before discharging its waters into…

Peru Faces Challenge of Climate Change-Driven Internal Migration — Global Issues

Peru Faces Challenge of Climate Change-Driven Internal Migration — Global Issues

by Mariela Jara (lima) Thursday, September 28, 2023 Inter Press Service LIMA, Sep 28 (IPS) – Nearly 700,000 people have migrated internally in Peru due to the effects of climate change. This mass displacement is a clear problem in this South American country, one of the most vulnerable to the global…

Treated Wastewater Is a Growing Source of Irrigation in Chile’s Arid North — Global Issues

Treated Wastewater Is a Growing Source of Irrigation in Chile’s Arid North — Global Issues

Alfalfa farmer Dionisio Antiquera stands in front of one of the wastewater treatment ponds at the modernized plant in Cerrillos de Tamaya, a rural community in the Coquimbo region of northern Chile. The thousands of liters captured from the sewers are converted into clear liquid ready for reuse in local…

Flooding, Water Insecurity Looms as Indian Kashmirs Titanic Water Bodies Shrink — Global Issues

Flooding, Water Insecurity Looms as Indian Kashmirs Titanic Water Bodies Shrink — Global Issues

Both the Wular Lake and Dal Lake (pictured here) are crucial for the Kashmir region’s flood management and livelihood generation, however, both are reducing in size with implications for water security. CREDIT: Athar Parvaiz/IPS by Athar Parvaiz (srinagar, india) Thursday, August 24, 2023 Inter Press Service SRINAGAR, INDIA, Aug 24 (IPS)…

Revisiting the Water-Energy Nexus for a Changing Climate — Global Issues

Revisiting the Water-Energy Nexus for a Changing Climate — Global Issues

View of the Itaipú hydroelectric plant shared by Brazil and Paraguay on the Paraná River. CREDIT: Mario Osava/IPS Opinion by Philippe Benoit, Anne Sophie Corbeau (washington dc) Thursday, August 03, 2023 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC, Aug 03 (IPS) – The Colorado river basin has recently been wracked by an extended…

Biodigesters Light Up Clean Energy Stoves in Rural El Salvador — Global Issues

Biodigesters Light Up Clean Energy Stoves in Rural El Salvador — Global Issues

Marisol and Misael Menjívar pose next to the biodigester installed in March in the backyard of their home in El Corozal, a rural settlement located near Suchitoto in central El Salvador. With a biotoilet and stove, the couple produces biogas for cooking from feces, which saves them money. The biotoilet…