IAHR Launches Global Water Awards to Celebrate Excellence in the Water Sector
The International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR) has introduced the Global Water Awards to honour outstanding contributions and innovations in hydro-environment engineering and research. Open to both IAHR members and non-members, these awards highlight exceptional achievements addressing critical challenges in sustainability, climate resilience, energy, food, disasters, and digital transformation. Three award categories have been established by the IAHR Council: Individual Category: Recognizing exceptional contributions to water engineering research and practice. Organization Category: Honouring groundbreaking discoveries or...
International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation - launch event
The High-Level Plenary Opening will feature remarks from key figures, including Dr. Ko Barrett, WMO Deputy Secretary-General, and Dr...
‘Glacier Preservation’ - World Water Day 2025 campaign launches
Today, glaciers are melting faster than ever due to climate change. For billions of people, meltwater flows are changing...
WHO: Safe, climate-resilient and environmentally sustainable health care facilities - an overview
Across all health care settings, functional basic infrastructure is indispensable to delivering high-quality health care and services to patients...
Sustainable Development Goal 6
Billions of people are still living without safely managed water and sanitation. Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 is to ensure the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all by 2030. Achieving SDG 6 is integral to the success of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which aims to end extreme poverty and protect the planet.
Communications should be a two-way exchange. ‘Questions people ask’ is a new feature where we answer some of the questions we get asked about important issues, such as, climate change, water scarcity, toilet equity and wastewater. Through responding to queries from our audiences, we aim to explain key issues in a clear and engaging way that fosters ongoing conversations.
The UN-Water SDG 6 Data Portal brings all the United Nations’ water and sanitation information into one place. Designed for decision-makers, advisors, technical professionals, researchers and students, there are tools to help visualize and analyse the information, creating a clear picture of how the world is progressing towards the various SDG 6 targets.
Monitoring progress towards SDG 6 helps policy- and decision makers identify challenges and opportunities, set priorities, communicate progress, and generate support and investment. SDG 6 Progress Reports are primarily based on national official data sources, compiled and validated by United Nations custodian agencies.
The first-ever UN System-wide Strategy for Water and Sanitation unites UN support to countries to accelerate progress on water-related goals and targets, including SDG 6. Action on water and sanitation is key to solving many global challenges. The strategy’s vision is a world with accessible, available and sustainably managed water and sanitation for all people and the planet.
UN-Water identifies emerging issues and develops collaborative contributions to global policy frameworks on disasters, climate change, sustainable development and other issues.
UN-Water is a monitoring hub, providing coherent and reliable data and information on key water trends and management issues throughout the water cycle.
UN-Water coordinates global thematic campaigns for World Water Day and World Toilet Day every year and creates engaging communications on key water related issues.
