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  • [S] Scientific Findings
    • The programme has made a substantial contribution to evidence and data …
    • Links between groundwater access and poverty are complex and sensitive to context
    • Groundwater can de-risk economic growth
    • Climate change may increase groundwater recharge in arid and semi-arid areas
    • Investment that unlocks economic potential and resilience
    • No substantial groundwater decline across Africa over the last 15 years, but there are major localised threats
    • Bacteriological contamination is a major barrier to achieving SDG 6 safely managed water services, but this can be tackled
    • Widespread contamination and health risks of shallow urban groundwater confirmed. New Tools developed. New contaminants identified
    • New methods of water point functionality developed and tested
    • Affordable maintenance and repair are one of the main predictors of borehole functionality
    • Access to groundwater is associated with improved agricultural production, reduced agricultural risk, and improved livelihoods
    • Radio can be used to increase resilience by communicating climate and groundwater forecasts with farmers
    • Transition Management can empower citizens to manage urban groundwater
    • How groundwater models inform management and planning
  • [D] Development Impact
    • Designing roads for groundwater recharge …
    • Ministry of Water & Environment, Uganda issues new directive and guidance …
    • Transition Management can build understanding, trust and joint actions…
    • Found declining groundwater levels in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia …
    • Discovered untapped groundwater resources for Kwale County, Kenya …
    • Handpump repair times in Kwale, Kenya, brought down. Fundifix business model is influencing others …
  • [K] Knowledge Management
    • Groundwater has increased visibility on the global water agenda …
    • AMCOW Pan African Groundwater Program (APAGroP)…
    • The Africa Groundwater Atlas – the main online information portal …
    • The Chronicles Consortium – finding and making long term groundwater records available
    • UPGro website archive – legacy supported …
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    • Pan-UPGro workshop led to the completion of an unprecedented analysis of multi-decadal, groundwater-level records from 9 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
    • Development of understanding and tools for Water Resource Management in West Africa
    • Engaging with the White Volta Basin
    • Groundwater Game as an effective tool…
    • Rainwatch and farmer radio in Ghana and Burkina Faso …
    • Fieldwork done in partnership with WaterAid country teams and with full support of government …
    • The Ghana National Disaster Management Organisation (NDMO) have benefited …
    • Strengthening monitoring network and analytical capacity in Kwale Country…
    • School Water Clubs helping girls and boys in Kenya …
    • Arena groups using Transition Management to increase safe use of urban shallow groundwater …
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UPGro – African Groundwater 2020

UPGro – African Groundwater 2020

Unlocking Africa’s Groundwater Potential

Tag: COP25

20Jan

Groundwater – a hidden resource that has always evaded UN climate talks

Posted by RWSN Secretariaton 20/01/202023/07/2020in Final Report, GroFutures, GroFutures: Groundwater Futures in Sub Saharan Africa, Interview/Article, Researcher Interview, UPGro Ambassador

Richard Taylor, a Professor of Hydrogeology from University College London (UCL) and one of the lead researchers of a recent Nature study explained why groundwater should be a focal point for climate discussions.

20Jan

The climate is changing – we need groundwater more than ever

Posted by RWSN Secretariaton 20/01/202020/01/2020in Event, Researcher Interview, UPGro Ambassador

UPGro Ambassador, Dr Callist Tindimugaya, attended last month's COP meeting in Madrid. In this interview with Isaiah Esipisu, he explains why African groundwater needs to be on the lips of the climate negotiators. 

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A 7-year (2013-2020) social and natural science research programme for enabling sustainable use of groundwater for the benefit of the poor across Sub-Saharan Africa

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