The Mono Basin Authority (MBA) is the latest river basin management instrument established in West Africa for the Mono River basin shared by Benin and Togo.
In GWP’s ongoing collaboration with the World Youth Parliament for Water (WYPW) to boost youth voices from across the globe, we asked young people to define what youth leadership looks like in the water sector.
In accordance with the Head of State’s instructions during his September 12th, 2012 visit to the flood victims in the North and Far North regions of Cameroon to "strengthen metrological information at all levels and on a regular basis" and as part of the Water, Climate, Environment - Gender (WACDEP-G) program, GWP-Cameroon supported the National Meteorological Department of the Ministry of Transport (MINT) in improving the mechanisms for collecting and disseminating agrometeorological information during a workshop held in Yaoundé on November 27th, 2020 .
The Water ChangeMaker Awards are in the final stage of judging. From 350 initial submissions, there are 12 finalists. The winners will be presented during the virtual Climate Adaptation Summit on 25 January 2021. Here we recognise the top five countries where GWP partnerships mobilised the most Award submissions: China, India, Kenya, South Africa, and Uzbekistan.
From 2 to 4 September 2019 in Lomé and Danyi-Apéyémé-Todome in Togo, GWP-WA and its partners CWP Benin, CWP Burkina Faso, Eau Vive Internationale Togo and the ISW met to review the implementation of the three country microprojects in order to draw lessons and recommendations to be taken into account for the consolidation of the results and the scaling up of the initiative.
Desertification, along with climate change and the loss of biodiversity, were identified as the greatest challenges to sustainable development during the 1992 Rio Earth Summit. The World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is observed every year on 17 May to promote public awareness of international efforts to combat desertification.
La modalidad de participación de la Plataforma es una impulsada por la demanda del país. Los países proporcionarán liderazgo a la Plataforma, articulando las necesidades y las áreas prioritarias de apoyo para avanzar en la preparación e implementación de proyectos hídricos resilientes al clima.
La modalidad de participación de la Plataforma es una impulsada por la demanda del país. Los países proporcionarán liderazgo a la Plataforma, articulando las necesidades y las áreas prioritarias de apoyo para avanzar en la preparación e implementación de proyectos hídricos resilientes al clima.
GWP and Wuhan International Water Law Academy are collaborating on a series of events called the “Transboundary freshwater security governance train”. In six online sessions, key topics on transboundary water cooperation are highlighted, with examples from different locations around the globe. The third session took place on 16 March on the topic, “River Basin Organisations (RBOs) and the Implementation of Treaty Commitments”, with about 140 participants. Experts agree that RBOs play a key role in international water law implementation – this session explained why.
