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Welcome a New Partner in Burundi The Blue Community welcomes a new partner in Bujumbura, Burundi: ABUSO, the Burundian Association of Sociologists, has been designated a Blue Community. blue-community.net/b...

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Upcoming BLUE EVENTS this week: ➡️India: Global Sustainability Award 2026 ➡️Publication of the Amazonia Policy Brief by UN Special Rapporteur Pedro Arrojo-Agudo ➡️ongoing: Blue Community Exhibition in Berlin More Blue Events at blue-community.net/c...

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From the Blue Community Yuva Vikas Samiti, India: Yuva Vikas Samiti Secretary, Brhaspati Kumar Pandey, receives National Green Glory Award for environmental conservation. blue-community.net/b...

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From the Blue Community / Blue City of Amsterdam and its public water service Waternet: 💧 Tap Water Day! We pay extra attention to something we use every day: our drinking water. Because clean water from the tap seems very obvious, but it is not. blue-community.net/b...

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From the Blue Community New Earth – Sustainable and Mindful Living: Travelling to foreign and exotic places can be exciting, but if not done sustainably and ethically, it can have a negative impact on the very places we go to enjoy. blue-community.net/b...

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From the Blue Community Environmental Defenders, Uganda/DR Congo: Pressure on Okapi Wildlife Reserve blue-community.net/b...

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From the Blue Community / Blue City of Paris and its public water service Eau de Paris: Aqueducts: emblematic structures of Eau de Paris’ heritage. blue-community.net/b...

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From the Blue Community ‘Community Development Advocacy Foundation’ – CODAF, Nigeria: We are excited to announce the official rollout of CODAF’s new initiative: “Voices to Power: A Community-Led Zero Waste Model for Ughelli North”. blue-community.net/b...

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From the newly designated Blue Community Creuset des Jeunes de Porto-Novo CJPN, Benin (Porto-Novo Youth Centre): THE CJPN GAINS MEMBERSHIP OF AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION. blue-community.net/b...

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Indonesia Carstensz Pyramid: Papua's 'eternal snow' on Puncak Jaya is about to disappear forever Climate change is transforming Papua's snowy peaks, which hold scientific value and spiritual significance. www.bbc.com/news/art...

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Water takes the lead in Arizona elections It's yet another water special today as we pick up where we left off yesterday examining its rising political prominence in next month's US midterm elections. www.reuters.com/sust...

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‘It’s shocking really’: Devon community tracks River Dart sewage spills Citizen environmentalists create online platform that flags spills in real time and highlights repeatedly polluted spots www.theguardian.com/...

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From Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, UN Special Rapporteur for the right to water and sanitation: Amazonia Report Upcoming on Monday blue-community.net/b...

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From an island in the middle of the Ottawa River, a city gets its clean water Safe drinking water doesn’t happen by accident. A look at the intricate process of pumps and pipes that brings millions of litres of water to Ottawa residents every day thenarwhal.ca/ottawa...

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Bangkok at breaking point as floods turn streets into stagnant lakes With 40 dead and a disaster declared across all 50 city districts, experts warn extreme flooding will only worsen across south-east Asia www.theguardian.com/...

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Dr. David McDonald champions Queen's University membership in Blue Universities Queen's University has joined the Blue Universities network www.queensu.ca/devs/...

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Climate Activists Target AI Data Centers & Amazon’s Plan to Build Largest U.S. Gas Power Plant World leaders are in New York this week for the United Nations General Assembly, which coincides with Climate Week. www.democracynow.org...

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From Birger Lundgren, Blue Community Sanitation Ambassadors, South Africa: Hell, Everything Is Connected! It took me longer than it probably should have to understand the sanitation puzzle. blue-community.net/b...

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Water wars come to the ballot box in Arizona September survey ranks long-term water supplies as Arizona voters' top concern for first time www.reuters.com/busi...

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UN Special Rapporteur in Zurich Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to water and sanitation, will be in Zurich for a lecture at the Swiss Blue University UZH. Monday, 19 October, 19:00 CEST. Registration open now! blue-community.net/2...

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Welcome, Radio Indundi Culture The Blue Community is pleased to welcome a new radio station committed to environmental and water-related issues into its network: Radio Indundi Culture from Burundi is now part of the Blue Community. blue-community.net/b...

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Amazing Blue Indian: Moharana Choudhary Amazing Indians Awards 2026 will celebrate individuals making meaningful societal contributions across disability rights, education, and environmental sustainability. blue-community.net/b...

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Greece's vanishing lake exposes rapid impact of climate change Protected wetland once sustained fish, flamingos and tourism near Thessaloniki www.reuters.com/sust...

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Indonesian villagers on Borneo struggle for water as El Niño intensifies peatland fires Residents of Borneo are enduring a severe water crisis after three months without rain, forcing families to buy water for drinking and cooking. apnews.com/article/c...

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Water contamination and cancer concerns Today’s newsletter highlights three separate stories from the United States, Madagascar and Cuba. They all have one thing in common - contamination. www.reuters.com/sust...

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Beyond Dam Building: Addressing Water Scarcity in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq Under Climate Change Climate change is among the most significant global challenges affecting countries across the Middle East, particularly Iraq. onlinelibrary.wiley....

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The Colorado River is shrinking. What happens next? Lake Mead is at its lowest level since it was filled nearly 90 years ago, Lake Powell also at a historic low www.theguardian.com/...

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‘Water yes, mining no!’: the 87-year-old farmer who became a nature hero in Colombia Porfirio Garcés is one of the ‘Jerico 11’, who face kidnapping charges after opposing a copper mine. With a far-right president prioritising extraction, their fight has become more urgent www.theguardian.com/...

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AI Was Supposed to Cut Emissions. Instead, Fossil Fuel Companies Are Using It to Find More Oil and Gas. A new study found AI-driven fossil fuel productivity could increase emissions. Here are examples of companies already using AI to boost production. www.desmog.com/2026/...

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From the Blue Community NeDI – Neferok Development Initiative Nigeria: Let us take Responsibility! blue-community.net/b...

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From Blue Community Ambassador Veronica Flachier: ((🟢)) They took the gold and left the population with nothing but contaminated water. blue-community.net/b...

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From the Spanish Blue Community AEOPAS – Asociación Española de Operadores Públicos de Abastecimiento y Saneamiento; 📬 AEOPAS’s September newsletter, featuring key updates on public water management in Spain. blue-community.net/b...

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Madagascar villagers file claim against Rio Tinto over alleged mine contamination Communities near the site have previously protested over water releases from the mine into the surrounding environment www.reuters.com/sust...

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From the Blue Community Water Journalists Africa and their flagship project InfoNile: How Future Climate May Shape Water, Energy, Food Security, and Ecosystems in the Lake Victoria Basin. blue-community.net/b...

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Viruses run rampant across Havana as water, power fails Hygiene is among the first casualties of the situation, explains Hechavarria, a healthcare worker, who for weeks had been forced to buy water from street vendors or scavenge it from nearby broken pipes. www.reuters.com/busi...

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The Specter of ‘Forever Chemicals’ Looms Over Pennsylvania’s Rural Communities The sewage sludge some farmers have applied to their fields for decades is contaminated with PFAS—with serious consequences for drinking water. insideclimatenews.or...

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