Toilets in China
China has made toilets a significant priority according to a recent Guardian article.
Trends towards Renewables
Recent articles mark the trend towards renewables:
Read about Shell – less of an oil company moving forward. In Australia, “Banks warned of ‘regulatory action’ as climate change bites global economy”. And Canada promises legislation in 2018 to punish carbon polluters.
Wind Energy Gains
Tamil Nadu’s share of renewable energy (wind, solar, biomass and small hydro) in its total energy mix hit 20% in the first five months (April-August) of fiscal 2017, according to a report by research firm Elara Capital. Read article
Upcoming program
November 6 – December 1, 2017
This is a highly-interactive one-month eLearning course on ICT for Water Service Providers and other WASH sector stakeholders.
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Women, Water, Nigeria
Salamatu Garba speaks about the continuing impact of Water and Development Alliance (WADA) a public-private partnership between USAID and Coca-cola and its impact on women in Nigeria in this USAID Global Water podcast. https://soundcloud.com/global-waters-radio/salamatu-garba-on-the-continuing-impact-of-water-and-development-alliance-in-nigeria
Evaporation as a major Renewable energy source?
“In the first analysis of using evaporation as renewable energy, Columbia University scientists have found that evaporation-to-power devices on lakes and reservoirs could generate 325 gigawatts of electricity—about 70 percent of current U.S. production.” (more…)