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#COP31 opens in Antalya with a test: can past climate finance promises finally reach vulnerable countries? Developing nations still face a major adaptation funding gap.
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💧 Climate action must go beyond responding to floods and droughts.
In a @SciDevNet op-ed ahead of @UNFCCC #COP31, @henkovink (@watercommongood) explains why protecting the water cycle must shape climate policies, investments & cooperation: on.cgiar.org/3Vjpcao
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ALT The image features a promotional graphic for COP31 with the logo and event location, Türkiye and Antalya, in the top left corner. The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) logo is in the top right corner. A quote in the center emphasizes the need for water investment and management. Henk Ovink, identified as Chair of the Board of Governors of the International Water Management Institute and Executive Director of the Global Commission on the Economics of Water, is pictured on the right. The background is a gradient of blue tones.
#COP31 begins with adaptation finance still far below what lower-income countries need. Even tripling current finance would meet less than 30% of estimated needs by 2035.
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Climate finance is emerging as a key measure of #COP31 success, with developing countries pushing for past funding promises to translate into accessible finance.
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#COP31 opens in Antalya with a test: can past climate finance promises finally reach vulnerable countries? Developing nations still face a major adaptation funding gap.
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Climate policy still treats floods and droughts as separate crises. Henk Ovink [@henkovink] argues #COP31 should instead protect the water cycle that connects rainfall, soils, forests and food systems.
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We treat floods and droughts as separate emergencies. That’s a massive blind spot as #COP31 kicks off.
Water advocate @henkovink warns that failing to protect the global water cycle could slash lower-income GDPs by 15% by 2050.
#COP31Türkiye
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“COP31 does not need another declaration that water matters.” Henk Ovink [@henkovink] says climate finance should protect wetlands, forests, soils and floodplains, not just fund standalone water projects.
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Nearly 3bn people and over half of global food production are in areas where total water storage is projected to decline. Henk Ovink [@henkovink] says COP31 must make water resilience a policy test.
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Climate policy still treats floods and droughts as separate crises. Henk Ovink [@henkovink] argues #COP31 should instead protect the water cycle that connects rainfall, soils, forests and food systems.
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More than half of reported digital-record challenges in six Tanzanian facilities were technical, including outages, weak networks and system failures. Researchers say paperless care needs stronger infrastructure.
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“Building the technology is often the easier part.”
A Tanzanian study says digital health gains depend on reliable power, connectivity, training and support, not software alone.
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Electronic medical records are common in Tanzania, but some health workers still document the same care twice. Researchers warn that the hybrid system can increase workload and weaken data quality.
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Electronic medical records are common in Tanzania, but some health workers still document the same care twice. Researchers warn that the hybrid system can increase workload and weaken data quality.
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“Mosquitoes do not recognise national borders.” Gene-drive research is forcing African regulators to confront how one country’s decision could affect its neighbours.
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Malaria caused an estimated 610,000 deaths in 2024. As insecticide resistance grows, researchers are testing gene drive as a possible new tool, but critics want a moratorium.
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“Mosquitoes do not recognise national borders.” Gene-drive research is forcing African regulators to confront how one country’s decision could affect its neighbours.
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No gene-drive mosquito has ever been released. As African researchers move closer to possible field trials, the bigger question is who gets to decide how the technology is governed.
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The @WHO says travel and trade restrictions are not advised as Bundibugyo Ebola cases emerge beyond DRC. Kenya has 120 people in quarantine, while Nigeria is following 53 contacts.
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“Cross-border coordination, not alarm.” @Amref_Worldwide says Kenya’s nine #Ebola cases remain one cluster, with no evidence of community spread, as authorities trace contacts and isolate patients.
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