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21 Aug 2024
UN System Wide Strategy on Water and Sanitation Launched
Following the various commitments made at the 2023 UN Water Conference, stakeholders gathered at the UN High-Level Political Forum in New York on July 16, 2024 at the special “SDG 6 and Water Agenda” event to launch the first-ever UN System Wide Strategy (SWS) on water and sanitation. The strategy is intended to provide a comprehensive approach for United Nations entities with a mandate which includes themes related to water and sanitation to work collaboratively – not as a sector in a ‘silo’, but holistically to address the interrelated cross-sectoral aspects of water and sanitation...
21 Aug 2024
1st Limpopo Joint Basin Survey — A Milestone in Transboundary Water Cooperation
On the 6th of August, the Limpopo Watercourse Commission (LIMCOM) announced the commencement of the 1st Joint Basin Survey (JBS) for the Limpopo River Basin (LRB). The survey is expected to generate data in support of decision making for the joint management of the Limpopo Basin, which is shared by Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe, in particular on topics such as water quality, river health and ecological flow requirements...
20 Aug 2024
The Strengths and Weaknesses of Water Governance for Water Security in Finland
In a recent publication in the International Journal of Water Resources Development, researchers have presented the results of their studies into the current water governance system in Finland. While Finland has featured regularly at the top of international water and governance rankings, the country nevertheless faces growing water security challenges...
6 Aug 2024
We need global action on Water Governance to Tackle the SDGs - starting this September.
Five hundred days have passed since the historic UN 2023 Water Conference. While both the progress on big promises and ambition shown at that conference have been slow, we are finally on the brink of a significant milestone: the imminent appointment of a UN Special Water Envoy by the UN Secretary-General...
30 Jul 2024
India’s heatwave and stress on water supplies
India is currently facing a severe environmental crisis as extreme heatwaves and water scarcity threaten the well-being of millions. This summer, India recorded an all-time high temperature of over 52.9°C in Delhi and similar record temperatures in Haryana, and Rajasthan, underscoring the intensity of the heatwaves gripping the nation, and the reported death toll has now reached over 143...
8 Jul 2024
Ensuring resilient water infrastructure in a changing climate
"In the face of climate change, water has become both our greatest challenge and our most powerful tool for building resilience."- Bapon Fakhruddin Ensuring resilient water infrastructure in a changing climate is not just important for our water security - it is also fundamental to our broader economy...
5 Jul 2024
Interview with Bapon Fakhruddin, Water and Climate Leader, Green Climate Fund
Interview with Bapon Fakhruddin, Green Climate Fund Tobias Schmitz: The Water Resilience for Economic Resilience Initiative argues that in these times of climate change, water has a double role, being both a major hazard of climate change and a powerful means to implement resilience within the broader economy...
5 Jul 2024
Waters rising in the Northern Aral Sea
In January 2024, Kazakhstan took over the 3-year presidency of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS), a sea considered lost until a few years ago. As is the case in other parts of the world, the Aral Sea, in addition to having been the victim of overexploitation of water resources in upstream areas, is also seriously affected by the effects of climate change...
5 Jul 2024
Amid severe drought, tensions rise between the U.S. and Mexico over the waters of the Rio Grande
The southern United States and large parts of Mexico have been experiencing a severe drought for several months, leading to tensions between the countries over the delayed release of waters from Mexico into the Rio Grande. 90% of Mexico is currently affected, making the current drought the most severe of its kind since 2011...
5 Jul 2024
Up Close and Personal:
A publication by Dr Kathleen Rugel in the journal Water International has highlighted the importance of face to face interactions in obtaining consensus among a diverse group of water users in a transboundary water management setting. According to the author, the research is important in view of the daunting global challenge of meeting the ever-growing demand for fresh water while maintaining healthy environmental standards...
3 Jul 2024
Pesticide Action Network study highlights widespread PFAS pollution of waterways in Europe
Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS), otherwise referred to as ‘forever chemicals’ are currently present in all European waterways. These are the findings of study published in early June by the Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe), an NGO that advocates against dependence on synthetic pesticides...
3 Jul 2024
WMO’s 2024 Hydromet Gap Report Highlights Early Warning Needs for Less Developed Countries and Small Island States
On the 18th of June, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) released its Hydromet Gap Report 2024, highlighting some of the key hydrological knowledge needs of 20 least-developed countries and Small Island Developing States. A key point of departure of the report is that in the context of climate change, the need for high-quality weather and climate information services underpin economic prosperity and sustainable development...