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People’s Water Forum 2024 Bali – Registration and Call for Proposals Now Open!
The People’s Water Forum is pleased to invite registrations and session proposals for the People’s Water Forum in Bali, Indonesia, 21-23 May, 2024. Click here to learn more, register or submit your proposal now!
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The BPP Welcomes the ICJ Ruling on Genocide in Gaza and Calls on Progressive Organizations to Take Action
Alongside human rights lawyers and activists around the world, the Blue Planet Project welcomes the ICJ genocide hearing in the Hague and stands in solidarity with the global community in support of the South African submission which cites the weaponization of water in the ongoing genocide in Gaza. The January 26th ICJ ruling found that Israel’s actions…
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Western Cape’s ‘weapons of mass destruction’ entrench ‘water apartheid’
Mail and Guardian coverage of the African Water Commons Collective’s (AWCC) No Holiday Without Water: End Water Apartheid in Cape Town and Gaza campaign launched last December and the impact of water restrictions on the working-class households. “The AWCC wrote a letter to the city outlining its demands for an end to the unfair distribution of water…
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Climate and Water in Permanent Crisis: The BPP Reflects on COP 28 and Looks to the Year Ahead
(Español mas abajo) 2023’s annual UN climate conference, COP 28, concluded last month in the UAE. Numerous developments emerged from the latest COP, including new pledges to scale up renewable energy and commitments to the loss and damage fund established at COP 27. While the conference ended with a call to transition away from fossil fuels, the proposed transition has…
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Tapping into scandal: Unravelling the contradictions of water privatisation
Transferring control of water supply services to private hands erodes equitable access to a fundamental human right. WATER, the lifeblood of our planet, is an invaluable resource that has witnessed its fair share of conflicts. At the heart of these conflicts lies the highly charged issue of water privatisation, a policy that has sparked passionate…
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No Holiday Without Water: End Water Apartheid in Cape Town and Gaza
The African Water Commons Collective, a long-time BPP partner, has released an illustration of the Hydro-Colonial Water Cycle that accurately maps South Africa’s water realities. There is nothing natural, normal, neutral or inevitable about water distribution and relationships to water in Cape Town and South Africa. Accordingly, the AWCC has launched a campaign demanding an…
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Horizons of Public and Community Water Management – Report
The Platform for Public and Community Partnerships of the Americas held the second Horizons of Public and Community Water Management Meeting from September 25-27, 2023, in Popayán, Colombia. This meeting of water defenders and movement from across the region and around the world was convened to share knowledge and experiences, gain new understandings of old…
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The BPP Joins the Africa Water Justice Network in Condemning the Siege on Gaza and Urging Respect for Human Rights and International Law
Read the original AWJN statement. Accra, October 14, 2023 – The Africa Water Justice Network (AWJN) strongly condemns the ongoing siege and denial of water and other basic necessities to the people of Gaza by the Israeli government. We call upon all actors involved to respect human rights and international law in their actions. The…
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Horizons of Public and Community Water Management Meeting is Fast Approaching!
Since it was founded in 2009, the Platform for Community Partnerships of the Americas (PAPC) has been working to promote and defend access to and supply of water as a common good and a fundamental human right. As a part of this work, the PAPC convened the Horizons of Community Water Management Meeting in Medellin, Colombia in 2019. To…
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Africa Water Justice Network Condemns Apartheid Israeli Government’s Irony in Showcasing Water Governance in Africa
PRESS STATEMENT Issued 11 July 2023 for Immediate Release Africa Water Justice Network Condemns Apartheid Israeli Government’s Irony in Showcasing Water Governance in Africa Accra, Ghana – The Africa Water Justice Network, a Pan-African water justice group, vehemently condemns the seminar held on 10th July by the City of Tshwane in collaboration with representatives of…