Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
FAO is the custodian agency for the SDG indicators 6.4.1 on water use efficiency, and 6.4.2 on level of water stress. As such, FAO collects and reports indicators’ data produced and/or verified by each country, and provide technical support and capacity development as required.
FAO is a partner of the UN-Water-coordinated GEMI project. It has been actively involved in GEMI since it joined the initiative, where it has provided technical expertise in relation with water use efficiency, water scarcity, and wastewater treatment and reuse, together with expertise on approaches to global water monitoring.
In order to better address these issues, FAO has developed AQUASTAT, a monitoring capacity which it has maintained for the past 25 years and which includes a global water database, country reports and associated tools for global analysis of water issues.
AQUASTAT database
To mark World Toilet Day 2021, a special event is taking place at the United Nations headquarters in New York on 19 November. The President of the UN General Assembly Abdulla Shahid and UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed will open proceedings, highlighting the importance of tackling the glob … Read more
This two-hour course by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ (FAO) elearning academy is intended to provide an overview of forest and water relationships, and an understanding of the impacts of changing landscapes on water resources. It can be used as a stand-alone course for … Read more
The state of the world’s land and water resources for food and agriculture: Systems at breaking point (SOLAW 2021), will be launched by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in December 2021. During the launch event on 8 and 9 December 2021, FAO Land and Water Division w … Read more
Ahead of COP 26 UN Climate Change Conference, UN-Water has launched an analytical brief on water-use efficiency. The brief has been prepared by the UN-Water Expert Group on Water Scarcity, which is coordinated by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Given changing socio … Read more
World Toilet Day, 19 November, celebrates toilets and raises awareness of the 3.6 billion people living without access to safely managed sanitation. It is about taking action to tackle the global sanitation crisis and achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6: water and sanitation for all by 2030. Worl … Read more
