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"Day Zero" Water Crisis Looms on South Africa's Eastern Cape
South Africa's "Day Zero", which has been warned from a very long time, is finally here. In Gqeberha, a South African coastal city, one out of four major dams stocked in mud recently, when trying to extract water while the other two dams are projected to reach "day zero" in two weeks and the remaining one in a month. With this, larger parts of the city are expected to go completely out of the water by the end of the month. Compared to other South African countries such as Cape Town, Gqeberha received little international attention when it announced that it was nearing to "Day Zero".
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South Africa Needs $250bn for the Clean Energy Transition: Report
According to the report published by the academics at South Africa's Stellenbosch University and the Blended Finance Taskforce, South Africa needs to spend at least $250 billion over the next three decades to move from coal dominated economy to a greener phase by 2040. Currently, SA is going through nationwide power cuts as its coal-fired power stations are unable to generate enough electricity to meet its demand. South Africa is also one of the world's biggest greenhouse gases emitter and the biggest in Africa.
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Nothing to eat: Food crisis is Soaring across Africa
The food crisis in Africa is accompanied by climate change, an increase in conflict, and unproductive farming. This situation is expected to intensify in the coming months. Except for humans, livestock has also been hit hard resulting in an animal loss by persistent drought and shortage of pasture. Farmers are left with no other choice of leaving their fields and moving to major cities for alternative livelihoods. With this, malnutrition rates are alarming due to low access to food, a healthy diet, and healthcare.
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Governing the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: A Policy Science Dialogue!
The webinar "Governing the Water- Energy-Food Nexus: A Policy Science Dialogue" is the 6th session of the 2nd round of webinar on Water, Energy, and Food which focuses on Nexus solutions. The webinar is happening on 23 June 2022 and aims to bring together science and practice to reveal existing barriers, challenges, and opportunities with a focus on the MENA region. Registration is required.
Check out the full information here!
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Call for Papers: South Asia Water Competition (SAWAC) 2022
Hanns Seidel Foundation invites university students and scholars from Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan to write papers on various themes of water governance. Some of the topics include but not limited to are national water policies and their implications; geopolitics and water; climate change, water management and its future; and opportunities and challenges of transboundary water cooperation in South Asia. The final deadline for abstract submission is 30 June 2022.
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Call for Proposals For Side Events: FAO Science and Innovations Forum 2022
The FAO Science and Innovation Forum scheduled for 17- 21 October 2022 will be organizing side events independently between 12-14 October 2022 in collaboration with other lead organizations and their potential partners. The side events proposal could be related to topics focusing on the application of science and innovation in crops, livestock, forestry, fisheries, and in food processing, marketing, consumption, nutrition, and food safety. The deadline for submission of the side events proposals is 31 July 2022.
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Review of Water Energy Food Nexus in Africa: Morocco and South Africa as Case Studies
By: Lahcen El Youssfi, Wesley Doorsamy , AdilAghzar , Sidi Imad Cherkaoui, Ihssan Elouadi, Alex Godoy Faundez, and Diego Rivera Salazar
The paper states that Water-Energy-Food (WEF) nexus approach is one of the important area to study and understand the current and future interactions of WEF sectors to establish the sustainable use of natural resources. However, policies addressing nexus approach are very few or absent at the continental and country levels. This paper reviews adoption of Nexus model in two African countries, Morocco and South Africa and compares the water, energy, and food sectors and the related policies, plans, and frameworks. The result demonstrated differences in policies relating to WEF nexus along with difficulties in availability of WEF nexus data in both countries.
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Jobs and Internship Opportunities
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Vacancy // Research Associate, Post Doc on Research Area "Water Quality and Eco-Hydraulic Modeling" at the TU Braunschweig
The Hydrology, Water Management, and Water Protection Department at the TU Braunschweig is looking for a dynamic, motivated young scientist to work on research area of water quality and ecohydrology. Some of the requirement for a successful candidate includes: PhD degree in hydrology or a related field of environmental science or engineering, experience in the application of process based hydrological and ecohydrological model, and knowledge of the evaluation of geo and environmental data. Application closes on 13 July 2022.
Full job description is available here!
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Vacancy // Post Doc Position on "Scaling up Biodiversity Positive Food Systems"
The Wageningen University is inviting applications for a post doc position to work with group of researchers under the investment theme "biodiversity-positive food systems". The successful candidate will evaluate the potential multi scalar outcomes on biodiversity, food, and other societal goals such as climate change, livelihoods or good quality of life. The applicant should have interest in understanding how to shift the food system towards biodiversity positive production and consumption. The deadline for application submission is July 3, 2022.
Full job description is available here!
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General Notice
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Extension of Deadline for Abstract Submission: 23rd WaterNet/ WARFSA/ GWPSA Symposium
The deadline for abstract submission for the 23rd WaterNet/ WARFSA/ GWPSA Symposium, happening in Rustenburg, South Africa at the Sun City Resort from 19-21 October 2022, has been extended to 30 June 2022. Policymakers, academics, practitioners from water and related sectors, and cooperating partners are invited to register and attend the symposium.
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