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  • Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue

    Durban’s Decentralized Water and Sanitation System Sets Global Standard

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    Choke Point  //  February 17, 2016  //  By Wilson Center Staff
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    The original version of this article, by Keith Schneider, appeared on Circle of Blue.

    DURBAN, South Africa — Arguably the most elegant aspect of an inelegant subject is how this city of 3.2 million residents, South Africa’s second largest, is solving monumental water and waste challenges in its jammed informal settlements.

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  • Water and Security Hotspots to Watch in 2016 [Infographic]

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    Eye On  //  February 15, 2016  //  By Gracie Cook
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    The ongoing violence in Syria exhibits the potential for water problems – a historic drought, in this case – to exacerbate existing social and political problems and contribute to humanitarian crises. In a recently released infographic, Circle of Blue combined data from the European Commission Joint Research Center’s Global Conflict Risk Index and the World Resources Institute’s Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas to identify 10 hotspots around the world where water “could play a role in developing or exacerbating humanitarian crises” in 2016.

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  • Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue

    Drought Pushes South Africa to Water, Energy, Food Reckoning

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    Choke Point  //  January 28, 2016  //  By Wilson Center Staff
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    The original version of this article, by Keith Schneider, appeared on Circle of Blue.

    January 7, 2016 could hardly have been worse in this thunderously beautiful, water-parched, and economically reeling nation of 55 million residents at the bottom of Africa.

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  • Falling Costs, Rising Opportunities: Scaling Up Renewable Energy in the Developing World [Part Two]

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    From the Wilson Center  //  November 12, 2015  //  By Graham Norwood
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    “Clean energy has gone from being the ‘right thing to do’ in combating climate change, to being the most cost-effective option for many energy-insecure countries,” said Carrie Thompson, deputy director of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Regional Development Mission for Asia, during a day-long conference on renewable energy at the Wilson Center on October 27 (read part one of our coverage here).

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  • The Environmental Democracy Index: Ranking Access to Information and Justice

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    June 2, 2015  //  By Carley Chavara
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    Conventional wisdom has been that wealthier countries have better environmental protections than poorer countries. However, a new annual report launched this year, the Environmental Democracy Index, reveals that a strong economy does not necessarily ensure strong environmental rights.

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  • Cooperation Is Not Enough: Why We Need to Think Differently About Water

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    Guest Contributor  //  May 19, 2015  //  By Naho Mirumachi
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    In 2003, the United Nations General Assembly declared 2005 to 2015 to be the decade of “water for life” as a way to encourage countries to reach their water-related targets under the Millennium Development Goals. In summing up the last 10 years, it was noted that water cooperation had been promoted widely, featuring at international fora and in government initiatives and development agendas. Water cooperation is described as having the potential to enable peace and sustainable development. However, just as focusing on “water wars”  might undermine the everyday challenges of securing safe and adequate supplies of water, focusing only on “more cooperation” may well simplify the problem at hand.

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  • Beyond Scarcity: Coleen Vogel on Reframing Water Security

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    Friday Podcasts  //  September 12, 2014  //  By Moses Jackson
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    What exactly is meant by “water security?” Different conceptualizations of the problem can lead to different, possibly misguided, solutions, says Coleen Vogel in this week’s podcast. Vogel, professor at the University of Pretoria and a lead author of the IPCC’s 4th and 5th assessment reports, calls for reframing the water security discourse in three key ways.

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  • Solidarity and Stigma: The Challenge of Improving Maternal Health for Women Living With HIV

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    Dot-Mom  //  From the Wilson Center  //  April 25, 2014  //  By Donald Borenstein
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    Despite the fact that with proper interventions, the likelihood of mother-to-child transmission of HIV is less than five percent, expectant mothers with HIV or AIDS often face intense stigma and marginalization from health care providers around the world. As a result, in some areas, the mortality rate for mothers with HIV is seven to eight times greater than the rate for non-infected women, said Dr. Isabella Danel of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. [Video Below]

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