Development and
Cooperation

Wasser

Urban life

No water – or too much of it

2019 Chennai suffered a terrible drought – after devastating flooding four years earlier

Governance

“Digitalisation and advanced technologies must be applied”

Mauritius’ water-supply problems result from faulty bad governance

Energy policy

Water over the dam

Zambia’s dependence on hydropower is becoming increasingly problematic

Running dry

India’s water crisis

Overuse and mismanagement of resources are creating an impending water crisis in India

Sanitation

Sinking under a wave of trash

Benin’s local governments are unprepared to deal with a serious problem of uncollected trash

Diverging interests

Fishermen against hotel owners

Fishermen in Malawi cannot go fishing because of hotels on the shoreline

Multilateral agenda

Unprecedented – but underfunded

The SDGs cannot be achieved unless that agenda is properly financed in low-income countries

Water

Less rain, less electricity, less food

Little rainfall in Zambia leads to power cuts and low maize production

Water

Burundi’s water sources are drying up

Burundi is struggling with various measures to stop the disappearance of its water sources

Aquaculture

Fish replaces meat

Fish farming is becoming popular in Zimbabwe

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