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27 Mar 2023
“Water is about peace. It is about sustainable development. It is about fighting poverty, supporting food systems and creating jobs and prosperity. Water is about human rights and ...
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The United Nations World Water Development Report 2023, dedicated to the theme of partnerships and cooperation for water, was launched on the 22nd of March 2023. The report emphasi...
23 Mar 2023
In Septemberlastyeara third ofPakistanwas under wateras melting glaciers and record monsoon rains coursed down the River Indus.Millions of people arestill trying to rebuild their l...
20 Mar 2023
On the 2nd of March, the government of Niger confirmed its intention to acceded to the United Nations Convention on the Protection and use of Transboundary Watercourses and Interna...
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A recent article by prominent water experts warns that the upcoming UN Water Conference does not build sufficiently on lessons from its highly successful predecessor, the UN Water ...
4 Mar 2023
Interview with Catarina de Albuquerque 27/02/2023 Chief Executive Officer, UN-hosted Sanitation and Water for All global partnership Tobias Schmitz: For those people who...
1 Mar 2023
The UN 2023 Water Conference (UN Water 2023) will take place in March at the UN Headquarters in New York. It has been 46 years since a UN Water Conference was last held. The vision...
10 Mar 2023
Water resilience is becoming an increasingly important topic for urban centers around the world. Withclimate change exacerbating water-related challenges such as floods, droughts, ...
8 Mar 2023
Tobias Schmitz: In a recent article in the International Journal of Water Resources Development, Professors Asit Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada argue that the upcoming UN Water Confe...
8 Mar 2023
105 of the 193 member states have supported Vanautu’s call to request that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) provide clarification on the obligations of states to protect th...
24 Feb 2023
A new report launched by UN Water on the 16th of February reviews the range of targets and indicators across Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG6) on water and sanitation and revie...
20 Mar 2023
On the 2nd of March, the government of Niger confirmed its intention to acceded to the United Nations Convention on the Protection and use of Transboundary Watercourses and Interna...
4 Mar 2023
A year into the war in Ukraine, progress is being made in documenting the damage to waterresources and infrastructure, although many gaps still remain. The Ukrainian government ...
17 Feb 2023
The earthquake that struck in Türkiye and Syria on the 6th of February has destroyed water and sanitation infrastructure in a wide region. Since then, areas in both countries affec...
2 Mar 2023
The Global Observatory for Water and Peace (GOWP) has released a brief ahead of the upcoming United Nations Mid-Term Review Conference in March 2023, highlighting the urgent need t...
6 Feb 2023
An Interview with Dr. Jean Lapegue, Senior WASH Advisor for Action Contre la Faim France Tobias Schmitz: Perhaps you can explain your role within the WASH Road Map and the Call ...
14 Mar 2023
A new study shows that it is possible to apply a five-point scale to what climatologists refer to as ‘atmospheric rivers’. Using such a scale could assist early warning systems and...
2 Mar 2023
A collaborative research effort by journalists and media across Europe has resulted in the development of an interactive map of pollution by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PF...
16 Feb 2023
A new paper compiled by a group of 22 scientists bundles together a range of high-level expert summaries of the critical benefits to humanity of maintaining freshwater biodiversity...
8 Feb 2023
Researchers at the India desk of the World Resources Institute have published a working paper on the effects of expanding built up areas on water bodies, plant cover and permeable ...
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21 Mar 2023
In its March 2023 publication, the Global Commission on the Economics of Water calls for a transformation of the economics and governance of water. Starting from the premise that w...
10 Mar 2023
Investing financial resources in nature based solutions for water is an essential means to avoid financial risk. In February, the Carbon Disclosure Project sent an open letter to g...
22 Feb 2023
Tobias Schmitz: The Sanitation and Hygiene Fund is a new UN entity on the international scene. Can you give us some background on the thinking around its emergence? Dominic O’N...
20 Feb 2023
Images from the Copernicus Sentinel 2 satellites from February 15th show reduced flow of the Po River in Italy. This is the second year in a row that the Po valley has been affecte...
10 Mar 2023
Effective management of sanitation and wastewater will lessen the pollution load on local water resources in Nairobi and other urban areas of Kenya. The growing challenge in den...
22 Feb 2023
Water security in India refers to the availability of adequate and clean water resources to meet the country's growing water demand, while ensuring the sustainability of the water ...
9 Feb 2023
NYANDARUA COUNTY, KENYA – Situated just a few kilometers offKenya’sSasumua Dam is 58 years old Phillis Wanjiru a mother of four children who has defied all the odds to grow crops t...
22 Jan 2023
Since the 27th of December 2022, following three years of drought which triggered exceptional cutbacks on water allocations throughout the Colorado River basin, the state of Califo...
