Water

Samoa's water and sanitation sector hopes to invest more on research to boost resilience to climate change and disasters. Using its research initiative programme, experts will present research findings to address information gaps that impede the sector's disaster resilience.

A rainwater harvesting project between Concern Worldwide and Gazi Tank Company (GTC) can be considered a successful model of creating business opportunities for the private sector and helping enhance community resilience. Beyond exemplifying three key innovations, the project demonstrated the investment made by GTC in this project can be returned in three years.

Natural sequencing, a farming technique that rehydrates floodpains and reduces drought by forcing water back into creek beds and banks, has emerged as a possible solution to Australia's drought. But an expert warns that while natural sequencing holds promise, there is no standard of evidence to support it as a drought solution, and more evaluations are needed.

World Rescue is a narrative, research-based mobile phone video-game inspired by the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. Through fast-paced gameplay set in Kenya, Norway, Brazil, India, and China, the player will meet and help five young

The UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia has issued its seventh report on water development, which focuses on integrating actions for risk reduction with climate change adaptation. The reports draws attention to the existing gap between adaptation and DRR communities as they address water scarcity and seek to ensure water security in the Arab region.

In northern Kenya, water can be hard to find, particularly in the dry season. A girls' centre has started using solar panels that condense water vapour in the air to supply their drinking water, relieving the girls from the inconvenience and possible danger of traveling to find water. The centre now creates about 400 litres of clean water each day.

Thanks to a project funded by the German government and Malteser International, four Vietnamese villages have better community-based disaster management plans and even access to clean water. Villagers do not need to worry about consuming contaminated water and compromising their health.

This seventh issue of the ESCWA Water Development Report focuses on climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR) within the context of the water sector in the Arab region. It examines the aforementioned global processes, from a