News Releases
September
- 11 World water crisis must be top UN priority: report (Channel News Asia)
- 7 Floods expanding in many Thai areas: report (Channel News Asia)
- 6 Climate Adaptation Troubles Karachi’s Planners (International Press Service (IPS) News Agency)
- 4 Australian capital gets UN recognition as a role model city for disaster management (The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction)
- 4 UN-HABITAT and UNISDR sign MoU to mark closer ties for building resilient cities(The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction)
Upcoming Events
- Second Asia-Pacific Water Summit (May 2013)
- Asia Water Week (13-15 March 2013; Manila, Philippines)
- 7th NARBO Training on Integrated Water Resources Management (2-9 Nov 2012; Mahaweli River Basin, Sri Lanka)
- 1st Asia-Netherlands Water Learning Week (22-26 October 2012; Delft, The Netherlands)
Featured Story
Auke Idzenga on Water Pumps for the Rural Poor
Engineer and inventor Auke Idzenga, co-founder of the Alternative Indigenous Development Foundation, Inc., developed a ram pump technology that now provides clean, affordable water to many upland communities in Negros, Philippines and across Asia. Auke says, “We should do much more technology transfers among developing countries, and this should be facilitated by international development agencies.”
