Food, Water and Climate Challenges
May 8, 2008
It is time for us to get serious about understanding the way climate change affects water resources for food production and conversely the way agricultural water use is leading to climate change. Download
S.A: High Court Judgment on Mazibuko v City of Johannesburg -
Apr 30, 2008
In a ground-breaking judgment - the first in which the constitutional right to water has explicitly been raised - Judge MP Toska criticised the municipality for its discriminatory approach to the provision of water. The Judge found that: "the underlying basis for the introduction of prepayment meters seems to me to be credit control. If this is true, I am unable to understand why this credit control measure is only suitable in the historically poor black areas and not the historically rich white areas. Bad payers cannot be described in terms of colour or geographical area." Download
The Emerging Water Crisis in the U.S.
Mar 24, 2008
I am amazed: since last summer, almost every day we see
at least one news story on another water crisis in the U.S. Download
Revisiting Privatizatio, foreign investment, arbitration and water
Feb 5, 2008
Abstract: A subject relevant to the governance of water resources and public services is the effect that international trade and investment agreements may have on national capacities to manage natural resources and to
regulate public services. As a consequence of globalization, many public services are provided and water rights held by companies within foreign investment protection systems or special conflict resolution regimes, which means that external jurisdictions can intervene in local matters. These agreements, which override national laws, restrict the power of governments to act in the public interest and in that of local communities. The region has yet to assess the consequences that international investment agreements may have on the conomic, social and environmental sustainability and efficiency of natural resources utilization and provision of public services. Such an assessment is necessary when formulating public policies, adopting natural resources legislation and regulatory frameworks for public services, granting water rights and wastewater discharge permits, and entering into contracts
related to economic activities in which water is an input or end product.
This paper is a first step in this direction. It summarizes the main issues raised by Mann (2006), Hantke-Domas (2005) and Barraguirre (2005), and at the same time expands on some of them. This study also draws on the research done by Agua Sustentable of Bolivia, the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada, the Water Law and Indigenous Rights (WALIR) project (ECLAC/The Netherlands, University of Wageningen), and the
Forum for Democracy and Trade of the United States. Download
Fact Sheet Gender and Water in Mongolia
Jan 1, 2008
This fact Sheet explores issues of how women and men in Mongolia relate differently to water collection, use and management. The findings (based on field work in the Fall of 2006) include: Women and men, boys and girls are all involved in water collection; Men and boys are more involved in water collection as technological requirement increases (ie. water is collected by vehicle or animal); Men and women in the rural communities participating in this study prioritized similar water uses, irrelevant of whether or not women or men completed the tasks; last but most importantly, women are underrepresented in regional water management schemes despite their control over household water management. Download
More water documents
Nearly all regions of the U.S. are facing challenges related to water. It's time to redesign our water system, writes IATP's Shiney Varghese in a new commentary.
Global Dialogue
Global Food Challenge
Green Chemistry
NAFTA
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