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OECD Water Governance Initiative
UN-Water On 20-21 November 2017, the held its 10th meeting at the City Hall of Vienna, Austria. The meeting gathered more than … Read more

UN Heads call for assistance to address linked climate change, biodiversity and desertification threats
UN-Water The Executive Secretaries of the Biological Diversity, Climate Change, and Desertification Conventions have called for … Read more

International workshop on water scarcity
UN-Water On the 11-12 December the workshop "Taking action in transboundary basins and reducing health impacts: International Workshop on Water Scarcity" will be held in … Read more

Too much and too little water in northern Ghana
UN-Water In northern Ghana between the cities of Tamale and Bolgatanga, a stretch of land is completely cut off from the … Read more

The youth movement for water
UN-Water The 14th European Youth Parliament for Water united 70 passionate youth from 16 countries together for a week in Rovereto, Italy, to learn how … Read more

World Bank launch report on the new economics of water scarcity and variability
UN-Water With growing populations and greater affluence, the demand for water is growing while the global supply … Read more

Call for Water Professionals to Fill Out Survey on Constructed Wetlands
UN-Water Information on constructed wetlands is currently unevenly distributed. UNU-FLORES has designed a questionnaire to identify the needs of … Read more

WMO water photo competition
UN-Water WMO host water photo competition, exploring how this vital resource impacts our lives. Under the theme “Water Ways”, the organisation is looking for 12 photographs … Read more

Safe water in the Mekong Delta
UN-Water Within the Mekong Delta, much of the water quality research has focused on large bodies of water. Within these main river channels, pollutants … Read more