News

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.

Showing 1 - 10 items out of 948 results.

A natural water source on the island of Tanna, Vanuatu Background: November 2015 The island nation of Vanuatu is located in the Pacific and is on the doorstep of global climate change. Vanuatu was devastated by a Category 5 Cyclone early in 2015. Then the weather turned horribly dry, parching the earth and crops, a result of the global weather phenomenon known as El Nino. Hunger and hardship then followed with aid agency’s bringing medical, water and food relief to the people of Vanuatu. Food scarcity is p

24 January 2025

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...

20 January 2025

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...

16 January 2025

‘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...

13 January 2025

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...

09 January 2025

World Bank Group: Climate Shocks: Estimates of People Exposed, Vulnerable, and at High Risk

Over 4.5 billion people, more than half the global population, face high risks from extreme weather such as floods...

06 January 2025

UNEP: Nature-based solutions can generate up to 32 million new jobs by 2030

Launched at the COP 16 of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in Riyadh, the “Decent Work...

02 January 2025

IOM report: Who Are Climate Migrants?

“Who Are Climate Migrants? A Global Analysis of the Profiles of Communities Affected by Weather-Related Internal Displacements” seeks to...

Nile water intake plant. New water purification plant and pipeline pumping clean water to 70,000 in Juba town and to 30,000 in internally displaced people’s (IDP) camp. The Juba pipeline construction project is now complete and in the testing phase, which takes water from the Nile River and transports it to the water treatment plant more than one kilometre away. After the water is treated and disinfected, it is then pumped almost four kilometres uphill to the reservoir tank up in the Jebel mountains, whic

30 December 2024

World Bank: Water Security and Climate Change - Insights from Country Climate and Development Reports

Understanding how the water sector is integrated into CCDRs is essential for identifying emerging strategies that address both climate...

26 December 2024

Freshwater Challenge gains major funding as membership reaches 50

The Freshwater Challenge reached 50 members after Kazakhstan and Australia officially joined the world’s largest ever freshwater restoration and...

23 December 2024

UNCCD report: Planetary boundaries - Confronting the global crisis of land degradation

The report, “Stepping back from the precipice: Transforming land management to stay within planetary boundaries”, has been produced under...

1
2
3
4
…
Next page
Last page

Contact Us

For media and interview requests, contact us on: unwater@un.org mentioning [Media request] in the subject heading.

News and Media

UN-Water’s Members and Partners are often in the media raising awareness of water-related issues around the world. We welcome opportunities and enquiries from journalists, researchers and any parties interested in engaging with and promoting our work.