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Cape Town Drought Response Learnings Initiative

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Brazil; Peru; Suriname; France; Colombia; Guyana; Bolivia; Venezuela; Ecuador
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Santa Cruz; Manaus; La Paz
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Countries: Armenia
Basins: Kura & Aras
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Climate Resilience and Adaptation (SDG 13.1)
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Sustainable Withdrawals
Progress to Date: 750 Number of participants
Services Needed: Stakeholder engagement & facilitation
Desired Partner: City
Language: English
Start & End Dates: Jan. 01, 2018  »  Ongoing
Project Website: ceowatermandate.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Nedbank-Group...
Contextual Condition(s): PHYSICAL: Ecosystem vulnerability or degradation
Additional Benefits: Raised awareness of challenges among water users
Beneficiaries: Local communities / domestic users
Planning & Implementation Time: 1-3 years
Primary Funding Source: pool
Project Challenges: RESOURCES: Not enough participants
Project Source: CEO Water Mandate
Profile Completion: 90%

Project Overview

Nedbank partnered as a sponsor, with a collective of academics and practitioners to capture key learnings from the water shortage challenge experienced in Cape Town in 2018/2019. The initiative produced three products: a documentary film library, a book and a report. Roughly 750 people participated in the presentations and workshops on the film, in South Africa, the UK, Sweden, Australia, the US and the Philippines.
Basin and/or Contextual Conditions: PHYSICAL: Ecosystem vulnerability or degradation
Project Benefits: Raised awareness of challenges among water users
Indirect or Direct Beneficiaries: Local communities / domestic users
Months & Implementing: 1-3 years
Primary Funding Source: Pool funding (i.e., joint funding of several partners)
Challenges: RESOURCES: Not enough participants

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Nedbank is one of South Africa’s largest banking groups with a wide range of wholesale and retail banking services. Nedbank employs over 30 000 employees with a market capitalisation of R136bn as at end 2018. It is one of SA’s … Learn More

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