Sustainability

Gabriela Maldonado, head of the Research, Development and Innovation Department of the Quito Metropolitan Drinking Water and Sanitation Public Company, speaks on Friday, March 24, during the "Celebrating Source of Innovation" panel, in New York.  EFE/Angel Colmenares
Environment

Innovation in sanitation in the hands of women

New York, Mar 27 (EFE).- The crisis of drinkable water in a changing climate environment and sanitation gaps are accelerating the search for solutions in which the public and private sectors come together, along with innovation often linked to women’s ingenuity. This was evident in the innovation panel organized by the FEMSA Foundation on Friday

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Samuel Alejandro García, Governor of the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, speaks at a recent forum in New York during which he emphasized the urgency for innovative solutions to combat water scarcity in his region. NASA images revealed critically low reservoir levels in the area, signaling an unsustainable water supply deficit. García presented these images at the forum titled "Waves of Change: Talking About What Cannot Be Talked About - Latin American Edition," organized by the FEMSA Foundation as part of events parallel to the UN Water Conference. EFE/ Ángel Colmenares 
  
Samuel Alejandro García, Governor of the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, speaks at a recent forum in New York during which he emphasized the urgency for innovative solutions to combat water scarcity in his region. NASA images revealed critically low reservoir levels in the area, signaling an unsustainable water supply deficit. García presented these images at the forum titled "Waves of Change: Talking About What Cannot Be Talked About - Latin American Edition," organized by the FEMSA Foundation as part of events parallel to the UN Water Conference.
Health

Long-term planning and innovation key to a water-secure future

New York, Mar 25 (EFE) – Samuel Alejandro García, Governor of the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, emphasized the urgency for innovative solutions to combat water scarcity in his region during a recent forum in New York City. NASA images revealed critically low reservoir levels in the area, signaling an unsustainable water supply deficit. García

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Rigoberto Ariel Yépez-García, Infrastructure and Energy Manager - Inter-American Development Bank participates in the Source of Innovation to accelerate SDG6 at the United Nations Water Congress in New York (USA).EFE/ Ángel Colmenares
Society

Latin America must innovate to tap fresh water potential

United Nations, Mar 24 (EFE) – Latin America still grapples with challenges in providing quality water and sanitation services to its citizens, even though it boasts the highest per capita of fresh water availability in the world. The solution, according to the experts meeting Friday at the UN in the framework of the 2023 Water

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The plastic artist Inma Barrero poses in front of her work during the event "Be the Drop That Shapes the Wave" on March 23, at the Skyroom at FIAF in New York (USA). EFE/Angel Colmenares
International Organizations

Social art: fostering sustainable change for global water challenges

New York, Mar 24 (EFE).- Approximately 8,000 lacquered clay balls in various shades of blue created by 100 children from the Americas were fashioned into water droplets to form a wave. The art piece was unveiled Thursday in New York during parallel events at the United Nations Water Conference. “Be the Drop that Shapes the

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(L to R) Laura Hidalgo, moderator; Estanislao Arana, academic director of the Forum for the Economy of Water; Daniel Shemie, director of Resilient Watersheds of the NGO The Nature Conservancy; Kim Osborne, OAS Executive Secretary for Integral Development; and Rafael Ramos, Coca-Cola FEMSA Supply Chain Officer, at the forum "Financial solutions to address the challenges of SDG 6" on Wednesday, March 22 in New York.  Insufficient financing is obstructing the United Nations' sustainability goal of achieving universal access to clean drinking water and sanitation by 2030, experts warned during the forum that took place alongside the UN Water Conference. EFE/ Alfonso Lozano del Rey
Economy

Experts call for financing to ensure universal access to clean drinking water

New York, Mar 22 (EFE).- Insufficient financing is obstructing the United Nations’ sustainability goal of achieving universal access to clean drinking water and sanitation by 2030, experts warned on Wednesday at a forum in New York that took place alongside the UN Water Conference. “Unless we significantly accelerate progress, approximately 829,000 people will die worldwide

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Undated photograph provided by Kallpa, showing the reservoir, intake and dam of the Cerro del Aguila hydroelectric power plant. Peru, like the rest of the planet, must face the energy transition challenge in the coming decades, a test for which it will have to find its own path and for which natural gas, abundant in the country, could still play an important role, according to several experts.EFE/Kallpa/
Economy

Peru faces challenge of finding its own path towards energy transition

Lima, Feb 11 (EFE).- Peru, like the rest of the planet, must address the energy transition challenge in the coming decades, a test for which it will have to find its own path and for which natural gas, abundant in the country, could still play an important role, according to several experts. The Sustainable Development

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A file photo of the Akorda Presidential Palace in Astana, Kazakhstan, on 22 September 2022. The Kazakh government announced the Astana International Forum to address global challenges such as foreign policy, security and sustainability, climate change and the global economic slowdown.
Economy

Astana to host international forum to address global challenges

Astana, Feb 7 (EFE).- Kazakhstan, the largest republic in Central Asia, is launching a new dialogue platform, the Astana International Forum, to unite efforts in addressing new global challenges, the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan announced on Tuesday. “The forum will be held under the auspices of

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Undated photograph provided by the Bayahíbe Electricity Company (CEB), showing Saona Island. EFE/Bayahíbe Electricity Company (CEB)
Sustainability

The Dominican island of Saona that now runs on 100% renewable energy

The island of Saona is now operating with 100% renewable energy, thanks to a recently commissioned plant that offers continuous electricity supply to one of the most attractive tourist destinations in the Dominican Republic, which until now was without electricity and drinking water. The Bayahibe Electricity Company (CEB) is behind the development and the commissioning

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Photograph provided by UNDP showing people installing a hydraulic water network in the Argelia Altaluz municipality, Chiapas state (Mexico). EFE/UNDP/ EDITORIAL USE ONLY / ONLY AVAILABLE TO ILLUSTRATE THE ACCOMPANYING NEWS (MANDATORY CREDIT)
Society

UN resolves potable water access problem for thousands of Mexican families

Mexico City, Dec 23 (EFE).- The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) facilitated access to water for more than 6,000 families from 44 rural and indigenous communities in central and southeastern Mexico, thereby addressing a health-threatening problem the coronavirus pandemic brought to light. The project, carried out in conjunction with the Fundación FEMSA and Ayuda en

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The general coordinator of the water and sanitation project for rural and indigenous communities at the National Environmental Sanitation Service (Senasa) in Paraguay, Claudia Vera, speaking on Wednesday during an interview with EFE in the municipality of Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo State (Mexico). EFE/Alonso Cupul
Environment

Debt default, a challenge for water management in Latin America

Puerto Morelos (Mexico), Dec 1 (EFE).- Reducing debt default and encouraging users of drinking water systems to pay fair rates in rural areas is one of the biggest challenges facing the public sector in Latin America, said Claudia Vera, general coordinator of the water and sanitation for rural and indigenous communities project at Paraguay’s National

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The director for Latin America at Water for People, Daniel Oporto, speaks on Wednesday during an interview with EFE in Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo State (Mexico). EFE/Alonso Cupul
Economy

Access to safe drinking water reduces emigration in Guatemala

Puerto Morelos (Mexico), Nov 30 (EFE).- Access to basic services such as drinking water is important to prevent families in the “dry corridor” of Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala from migrating to other countries, said Daniel Oporto, director for Latin America at Water for People. In an interview with EFE, Oporto spoke

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Juan Gabriel Segovia, general manager of Social Management at the Guanajuato State Water Commission, speaking during an interview with EFE, on Wednesday in Puerto Morelos (Mexico). EFE/ Alonso Cupul
Economy

Innovation, the key for providing water to rural areas in Mexico

Puerto Morelos (Mexico), Nov 30 (EFE).- In areas of low rainfall, where communities are more dispersed and obtaining water is difficult and costly, such as in the rural areas of central Mexico, the alternative is to innovate, said Juan Gabriel Segovia, general manager of Social Management at the Guanajuato State Water Commission. In the different

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