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Water flows through the news every day. Many stories about climate change, economics, politics, culture and leisure have a water-related dimension. Explore what UN-Water’s Members and Partners are doing around the world on water.

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Female holding menstrual hygiene pad.
17 June 2024

WHO/UNICEF: new report on menstrual health and hygiene in schools

A new global report from the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) reveals major gaps...
Child hands with dry land in the foregrounds
13 June 2024

World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, 17 June

Desertification, land degradation, and drought are among the most pressing environmental challenges of our time, with up to 40...
Slai-d-Fakty-i-tsifry-o-vode-v-Tadzhikistane
10 June 2024

Dushanbe Water Process: Third Dushanbe Water Action Decade Conference

The Dushanbe Water Process is an important initiative of the Government of Tajikistan to support the implementation of internationally...
Children planting tree.
05 June 2024

World Environment Day 2024

Led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and held annually on 5 June since 1973, World Environment Day...
Water pump in rural comunity
03 June 2024

Water for Climate Mitigation study presented at the Bonn Climate Change Conference

This conference is a pre-sessional event in preparation for the COP29 . Attended by an estimated 3,000 to 4,000...
General Assembly
30 May 2024

Water Action Agenda progress report

To date, the Water Action Agenda has more than 830 commitments, reflecting significant global mobilization and heightened ambition towards...
Freshwater lake in Uruguay
27 May 2024

WMO report: State of the Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean 2023

Sea levels continued to rise at an accelerated rate compared to the global average around much of the Atlantic...
Water and islands
24 May 2024

Side Event on Water and Sanitation at Small Island Developing States Conference

The side-event Accelerate implementation of SDG 6 in SIDS - How does the UN System-wide Strategy for Water and...
Lake in sunset
20 May 2024

UNEP: Ecosystem Restoration for People, Nature and Climate

The report, Becoming #GenerationRestoration: Ecosystem Restoration for People, Nature and Climate , highlights the need for governments to follow...
mountains with terrace farming
16 May 2024

International Day for Biodiversity 2024

The International Day for Biodiversity is celebrated every year on 22 May and coordinated by the Secretariat of the...

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