UN-Water Family News
Climate and Water webinar series
Starting in February, the UNDP-SIWI Water Governance Facility, Global Water Partnership, Alliance for Global Water Adaptation, and Cap-Net will deliver a 3-part series on water and climate. The webinars will... Read more
The United Nations global water conventions: Fostering sustainable development and peace
The UN-Water Expert Group on Transboundary Waters recently launched the UN-Water Policy Brief on the United Nations global water conventions: Fostering sustainable development and peace. Water is one of the... Read more
SDGs in Action Film Festival 2021 edition
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) Division for Sustainable Development Goals announce the opening for submissions for the 2021 SDGs in Action Film Festival. To build... Read more
6th IAHR Europe Congress hosted online
The 6th IAHR Europe Congress will be hosted online from 15-18 February 2021. Hosted around the theme ‘Hydro-environment Research and Engineering: No Frames, No Borders’, the congress will bring together... Read more
Global progress report on water, sanitation and hygiene in health-care facilities
In December 2020, UNICEF and WHO launched the Global progress report on WASH in health care facilities: fundamentals first. The report highlights that almost 2 billion people depend on health care... Read more
World Wetlands Day 2021 – Wetlands and Water
World Wetlands Day, 2 February, aims to raise global awareness about the vital role of wetlands for people and our planet. This year’s theme ‘Wetlands and Water’ shines a spotlight... Read more
Solar Irrigation for Agricultural Resilience (SoLAR) webinar week
The IWMI-led Solar Irrigation for Agricultural Resilience (SoLAR) project funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) is organizing a series of six webinars between 1-5 February 2021.... Read more
Virtual workshop on financing transboundary water cooperation
A and basin development took place online on 16 and 17 December 2020. The workshop was organized by the Convention on the Protection... Read more
Climate Adaptation Summit 2021
Hosted on 25 and 26 January, the Climate Adaptation Summit (CAS) 2021 is an online global conference to accelerate, innovate and scale up the world’s efforts in adapting to the... Read more