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Integrated Water Resource Management for climate resilience – online course
A new online course explores the interlinkages between water and climate change, and how to manage them through practical approaches. Climate change and water resources are intrinsically related. Changes in... Read more
Human Rights Youth Challenge
The 5th was launched on World Toilet Day, 19 November. The initiative is organized by the Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water... Read more
World Toilet Day 2021- Virtual Dialogue
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... Read more
UN postage stamps for World Toilet Day 2021
United Nations stamps are miniature works of art, which have won international design awards. They are created by artists from around the world, and printed in different countries by the... Read more
Forest and water nexus – introduction course
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... Read more
Food and agriculture systems at breaking point
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... Read more
Integrated Water Resource Management for climate resilience – online course
A new online course explores the interlinkages between water and climate change, and how to manage them through practical approaches. Climate change and water resources are intrinsically related. Changes in... Read more
Why WASH must be at the top of the climate agenda
Climate change has a tremendous negative impact on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services. But at the same time, the WASH sector presents a huge opportunity to contribute to global... Read more
Weather-related disasters – more damage but fewer deaths
Over the past 50 years, weather-related disasters have increased, causing more damage but fewer deaths, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The WMO Atlas of... Read more