International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre (IGRAC)
Since 2014 IGRAC has provided various inputs to the SDGs process, including position papers, articles the contributions to the indicators of the targets 6.3.2 (water quality), 6.4.2 (water stress), 6.5.2 (transboundary waters) and 6.6.1 (ecosystems). In 2018, the WWAP compiled the SDG6 Synthesis Report on Water and Sanitation 2018 and the Baseline monitoring reports for most of the SDG6 targets were drafted. Since 2014 IGRAC has provided various inputs to the SDGs process, including position papers, articles the contributions to the indicators of the targets 6.3.2 (water quality), 6.4.2 (water stress), 6.5.2 (transboundary waters) and 6.6.1 (ecosystems). In 2018, the WWAP compiled the SDG6 Synthesis Report on Water and Sanitation 2018 and the Baseline monitoring reports for most of the SDG6 targets were drafted.
IGRAC participated in the technical meeting on indicator 6.5.2, held in Budapest in 2018. Additionally, IGRAC supported the IAH participation at the UN meeting on SDGs, in Vienna. On behalf of the groundwater community the IAH president made an intervention about necessity of introducing a groundwater indicator in the SDG monitoring process. For the training in Thailand, IGRAC prepared a dedicated presentation on Groundwater Governance and SDGs. In December, IGRAC provided an intervention on contribution of groundwater to environmental flow in the SDG6.4.2.
Potential Role of the Transboundary Ramotswa Aquifer (Ramotswa)
The project ‘Potential Role of the Transboundary Ramotswa Aquifer’ (RAMOTSWA project) focusses on one of the most important shared aquifers in the Limpopo Basin: The Ramotswa Aquifer which is shared between Botswana and South Africa. The project aims to develop a scientifically informed, integrated and participatory strategy to support equitable access to water and balancing urban and rural needs with ecosystem requirements under increased pressures on the already limited water resources: Increase in population and development, pollution of groundwater and a changing climate.
The UN-Water Summit on Groundwater will be the culminating event of the 2022 campaign “Groundwater: making the invisible visible”, implemented by the dedicated UN-Water Task Force, co-coordinated by UNESCO and the International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre (IGRAC), on behalf of UN-Water. … Read more
A catalogue on groundwater management and governance tools, measures and instruments is being developed and will be introduced during the UN-Water Groundwater Summit, to be held in December 2022. The catalogue is designed to assist policy- and decision-makers in exploring suitable solutions for comp … Read more
World Water Day, on 22 March every year, is about focusing attention on the importance of water. This year’s theme ‘groundwater’, draws attention to the hidden water resource that has always been critically important but not fully recognized in sustainable development policymaking. Under the title … Read more
The 2021 edition of World Water Week will be held as a full-scale digital event on 23-27 August, on the theme Building Resilience Faster. During the week, UN-Water will convene various sessions. Presenting the 2021 global status of water and sanitation Date and Time: Monday 23 August | 17:00- … Read more
Groundwater: making the invisible visible UN-Water 22 March, 2018 During the World Water Day celebrations at the 8th World Water Forum in Brasilia on March 22, the ‘Groundwater Overview: Making the Invisible Visible’ was launched. Globally, invisible groundwater resources are under increasing pressu … Read more
