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Right Livelihood: Human Right Water

Water as a Human Right – The power of pledge. Join us in a webinar to learn from the global network of Blue Communities about what can be done in our communities to stand up for the right to sa...
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December 11, 2025

Just Water Partnerships?

Old wine in new bottles, or half a step forward in the right direction? Opinion by Roland Brunner. Today, WaterAid and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) hold two webinar (see here) ...
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Admin 30/07/2025 Comments Closed

Opinion: Will Technology Save Us?

Will technology – from desalination to wind milking (atmospheric water generators), from artificial intelligence to nano-filtration, and whatever else there is and will be – overcome the w...
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Admin 17/07/2025 Comments Closed

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Blue Environmental Day 2025

Environmental Day, June 5, is this year focusing on ending plastic pollution. Pledge 3 of the Blue Community states: PROMOTE SAFE PUBLIC DRINKING WATER EVERYWHERE TO END THE NEED FOR BOTTLED WATER. P...
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Admin 05/06/2025 Comments Closed

Linkedin has blocked our account

Without previous information or warning, Linkedin has blocked the account I used to send updates on water and sanitation headlines from around the globe. Also asking back, Linkedin did not come up wit...
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Blue Community and Social Media

Opinion by Roland Brunner, Blue Community network. The climate crisis is real – and it is first and foremost a water crisis. It would take bold action to look and move forward, to stop the destr...
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Water 2024: Sober or Wishful Thinking?

The World Bank’s Saroj Kumar Jha calls 2024 on the Water Blog “A year of progress for water security”: “As we wrap up 2024, it’s the perfect time to reflect on the milestones ...
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Comment: COP29 and counting…

COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, has ended. Inger Andersen, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), called for “A new push to protect water, our...
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Climate crisis driving authoritarianism?

The website Grist published an excellent article by senior editor L.V. Anderson, entitled “Authoritarianism is on the rise. Is climate change to blame?” with the byline “There’...
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