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2. Cape Town almost ran out of water. Here's how it averted the...

   www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/08/cape-town-was-90-days-away-from-running-out-of...

   Image: WWF. A city united. In a dry climate, with rapid urbanization and relatively high per capita water consumption, Cape Town had all the makings of a water crisis. In 2018, after three years of poor rainfall, the city announced drastic action was needed to avoid running out. Reducing demand was a key priority.

3. Meet the imam of Africa’s first gay-friendly mosque

   www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/05/gay-lgbt-mosque-imam-muhsin-hendricks

   The People's Mosque in Africa’s southern-most city, Cape Town, is no ordinary place of worship. Through its doors pass local Muslims who all have an unusual trait in common: the struggle to reconcile their faith with their LGBT identities. The mosque was founded by Muhsin Hendricks, an imam who has devoted his life to giving LGBT Muslims a ...

4. Cape Town's drought is causing the economy to dry up too

   www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/03/south-africas-cape-town-faces-severe-economic...

   Rating’s agency Moody’s warned on Monday the water crisis affecting Cape Town would cause the city’s borrowing to rise sharply and the provincial economy to shrink the longer the situation lasted. A severe drought afflicting South Africa’s Western Cape province is expected to cut agricultural output by 20 percent in 2018, decimating the ...

5. Cape Town’s crisis shows us the real cost of water

   www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/03/this-is-why-we-need-to-put-a-price-on-water

   The lack of accounting for the cost of water in agriculture is not unique to South Africa. It is a global crisis, and Cape Town is not the first red flag. California’s recent water crisis prompted mandatory water restrictions in urban areas, but not for agriculture – even though California farms use 80% of the state’s surface water ...

6. Cape Town shows how other cities could limit climate change with...

   www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/08/cape-town-climate-change-mobility-solutions

   In South Africa, Cape Town was the most congested city in 2017 – precipitated by the failure of the urban rail network maintained and operated by the South African national government. However, the bare bones of the transport offering in Cape Town and the segmented government authority over the transport sector in South Africa made it highly ...

7. Nature is our strongest ally in ensuring global water security

   www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/04/nature-conservancy-strongest-ally-global-water...

   The Greater Cape Town Water Fund, established by The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in cooperation with partners in the NGO sector and the business community, is working with landowners to remove these invasive species and to restore and protect wetlands and riparian areas that are important for water recharge and supply.