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Haiti’s first Sustainable Sanitation Conference, and key takeaways

Haiti’s first ever Sustainable Sanitation conference hosted by SOIL, with support from UNICEF-Haiti was attended by over 150 individuals representing 55 groups, organizations and government ministries. The conference’s key takeaways were that there exists a very real potential for low-cost environmental solutions to Haiti’s sanitation problem. There also exists a need for […]

August 8, 2012

Open defecation in Cameroon

Thousands of residents of Bamenda and other cities in Cameroon don’t have access to toilets because of a lack of public and private facilities. Here, open defecation is prevalent and increases the risk of diseases like cholera and more. According to UN, less than half of Cameroon’s population has access to […]

August 8, 2012

Tens of thousands of North Koreans without drinking water

According to the UN, a series of devastating floods has left tens of thousands of North Korean families without clean water and at risk of a disease outbreak. Two weeks of torrential rains have caused floods that have contaminated drinking water wells and washed away numerous hospital facilities. This has left […]

August 8, 2012

Delegated management of water and sanitation services in urban areas: experiences from Kumasi, Ghana

This Topic Brief focuses on a delegated management model developed in Kumasi (Ghana), where a WSUP-facilitated partnership between the water utility, the Metropolitan Assembly and a community management committee is starting to play a key role in expanding the provision of clean, affordable water and improved public toilet facilities in […]

August 8, 2012

Obama solar energy plan aims to streamline permitting process

The Obama Administration has released a sweeping environmental plan for solar energy projects in California’s Mojave Desert and five other western states that aims to expedite the permitting process while protecting sensitive lands and endangered wildlife. Read more here.

August 8, 2012

Carbon credit program launched in Shanghai

Shanghai municipal government issued guidelines for a pilot carbon trade market that will allow companies to buy and sell carbon credits.The guidelines, which were posted on the government website on Tuesday, said the programme will have a trial period from 2013 to 2015. Read more here.

August 8, 2012

Lloyds to invest £333 million in UK RE projects

Lloyds Banking Group has recently declared that it will invest £1 billion into the British governments new Infrastructure Plan. Lloyds have identified nine social and economic infrastructure projects, three conventional power plants, and up to 12 clean energy projects where it will invest its money. Around £333 million will be […]

August 8, 2012

Ozone layer depletion may be linked to storms and climate change

Researchers from Harvard seem to have found that water vapor from powerful thunderstorms (likely to increase because of lcimate change) “converts stable forms of chlorine and bromine into free radicals capable of transforming ozone molecules into oxygen. Read more here.

August 8, 2012

Measurement advance could speed solar innovation

A new automated measurement system that accurately and quickly measures the electric power output of solar energy devices could soon help researchers and manufacturers to develop next-generation solar energy cells. Read more here.