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3 May 2022 STOCKHOLM, Sweden
Water Diplomacy Talks - Integrating Water Management Across Sectors And Scales
Water Diplomacy Talks and The water Diplomat Voices are a series of guest columns written by participants in different parts of the international water community.
Marianne Kjellén (PhD), Senior Water Advisor, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), works with UNDP’s Water & Ocean Governance Programme at the Bureau for Policy and Programme Support. In UNDP’s Global Policy Network (GPN) Marianne contributes with thought leadership, policy advocacy and technical support on water governance. She engages with global and international processes and supports project implementation and oversight on water governance-related substance. Prior to re-joining the UNDP in 2016, she worked for the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), the Stockholm University and many years for the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI).
15 Jan 2022 ADEN, Yemen
Access To Improved WASH Services For 50,000 In Yemen
Japan's $1.2 million USD to the UNDP will help to improve WASH services in five healthcare centres across two areas in the Hadramout region through the rehabilitation of sanitation facilities and systems development for medical waste management.
26 Oct 2021 BAGHDAD, Iraq
Iraq Drought And Crop Reduction Consequences
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (UNFAO),,the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) call for urgent food assistance in face of three-year Iraq drought. Crop reduction impacts.
4 Mar 2021 ARUSHA, Tanzania
Transboundary Cooperation In The Lake Victoria Basin
The East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) has urged the Council of Ministers of its parent organisation the East African Community (EAC) to push forward on transboundary harmonisation in respect of the Lake Victoria Basin. A February report on the “On-Spot Assessment of the Lake Victoria Basin” was compiled by the Assembly's Committee on Agriculture, Tourism and Natural Resources (ATNR)...
9 Feb 2021 NAIROBI, Kenya
Sanitation and Wastewater Atlas of Africa Profiles, Tracks WASH Services Provision
A comprehensive "atlas" profiling and mapping the state and trends in wastewater management and sanitation delivery across every African nation promises to provide policymakers with the information they need to track progress in an area vital to human health, economies and the environment.Produced jointly by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and non-profit environmental communications centre GRID-Arendal, the 284-page "Sanitation and Wastewater Atlas of Africa" incorporates maps, graphics and country profiles with analyses of their water resources and provision of basic services...
21 Jan 2021 NAIROBI, Kenya
More Nature-based Solutions Needed To Accelerate Adaptation To Water-related Climate Change Impacts
The United Nations Envrionment Programme (UNEP) has called on the international community to step up its work in nature-based solutions (NbS) to facilitate adaptation to climate change and water hazards in developing countries.The UNEP Adaptation Gap Report 2020 acknowledges that NbS are increasingly recognised as particularly useful in the face of water-based climate hazards such as coastal and inland flooding and erosion as well as drought...
3 Jan 2021 BASRA
Safe Water Funding For Basra Governorate
The Netherlands has committed USD $6.41 million to support UNICEF and The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to ensure that almost a million residents of Basra governorate have access to safe water. This support for up to 960,000 people comes at a time when less than 11% of Basra's population has access to clean drinking water on site and the majority of households (8 out of 10) only receive 10 hours of water per day in their homes...