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4 Oct 2024
Three SDG 6 indicator progress reports highlight degradation in water related ecosystems
On 27 August, the UNEP and UN-Water’s Integrated Monitoring Initiative, in collaboration with partner agencies, published three reports on topics for which UNEP is the custodian agency. These reports provide overviews of progress on respectively ambient water quality with a special focus on health, the implementation of IWRM - with a special focus on climate change, and water-related ecosystems - with a special focus on biodiversity...
4 Oct 2024
SDC looks back: Collective Lessons from the IAH Groundwater congress 2024
The International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) held the 51st edition of the world groundwater congress in Davos, Switzerland, from the 8-13th of September. The congress was organised by the Swiss Society of Hydrogeology (SSH) and the Centre for Hydrogeology and Geothermics of the University of Neuchâtel (CHYN) and brought together more than 600 participants to present scientific findings and discuss important thematic areas related to groundwater...
4 Oct 2024
UN special rapporteurs decry militarisation of water and current humanitarian situation in Gaza
On the 16th of September, three UN special rapporteurs commented on the situation in Gaza from the perspective of their different thematic mandates to advise on human rights. The human rights experts also levelled criticism at Western states for continuing to support Israel despite human rights infringements...
4 Oct 2024
Zambia Accedes to UNECE Convention
Zambia and the UNECE are expecting to celebrate the country’s accession to the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (UN Water Convention) at the upcoming 10th Meeting Of the Parties (MOP 10) in Ljubliana, Slovenia, in October this year. This follows a formal decision taken by by the Zambian Cabinet in February this year to accede to the convention...
3 Oct 2024
International Humanitarian Law and the Challenges of Contemporary Armed Conflicts
In September, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)finalised its sixth report on international humanitarian law (IHL) and the challenges of contemporary armed conflicts in preparation for the 34th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to be held from 28-31 October 2024 in Geneva, Switzerland...
3 Oct 2024
New research from the Earth Commission highlights planetary and human risks, showing pathways to a safe and just future
New research in the Lancet Planetary Health, co-authored by 60 leading natural and social scientists from the Earth Commission, published on the 11th of September, quantifies a corridor with safe and just planetary boundaries as the ceiling (published earlier in Nature) as well as the impacts of meeting minimum needs using the same units as the boundaries...
2 Oct 2024
UN General Assembly adopts resolution on modalities of 2026 Water Conference
On the 6th of September, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) approved – without a vote - resolution A/78/L110 on the modalities of the 2026 United Nations Water Conference. In terms of the resolution, the aim of the conference is to support the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 6...
26 Sep 2024
10-year anniversary of the Azraq refugee camp in Jordan:
This year, the Azraq refugee camp in Jordan has marked its tenth anniversary, a moment worthy of reflection on the progress and remaining challenges in providing water, sanitation and hygiene services for its resident population. The Azraq refugee camp extends over 14 km² and is located 20 km west of the town of Azraq, Jordan, and was established in 2014 for refugees of the civil war in Syria...
19 Sep 2024
United Nations Announces appointment of Special Envoy on Water
On the 13th of September, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced the appointment of H.E. Retno L.P. Marsudi of the Republic of Indonesia as his Special Envoy on Water. The appointment of the Special Envoy has been highly anticipated and is seen as providing the sector with an ambassador who can serve as a champion and high-level advocate on water and sanitation issues...
18 Sep 2024
Poland swings from historic drought to flood relief in September
Poland has experienced both extremes of the hydrological spectrum in the month of September, swinging between drought in early September to a flood emergency less than two weeks later. Poland’s longest river, the Vistula, dropped to record low levels on the 9th of September due to drought conditions in the country...
11 Sep 2024
A Hole in Our Bucket? Water Integrity Network Launches 3rd Global Integrity Outlook
2024 report presents ways to ensure fair and transparent financing to achieve SDG 6 targets On the 11th of September 2024, the Water Integrity Network launched its third Water Integrity Global Outlook (WIGO), which focuses on the integrity of finance in the water and sanitation sector. Against the background of a general shortfall in investments in the sector and an estimate by the World Bank that countries need to increase their current spending by around USD 140 billion annually to achieve SDG targets, the report points out that corruption, mismanagement and other integrity failures -taken together - result in the effective loss of up to 26% of money invested in the sector...
6 Sep 2024
WaterWorX: The role of Water Operator Partnerships in leveraging finance for SDG 6 objectives
The Twelfth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF) convened by UN Habitat will be held in Cairo, Egypt from 4-8 November 2024. The return of the WUF to the African continent after 20 years coincides with the 20-year existence of VEI (previously known as Vitens Evides International), which facilitates partnerships between water utilities worldwide...