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Frequently Asked Questions on the 1992 Water Convention
The Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention) is a unique legal and intergovernmental platform which promotes sustainable use of transboundary waters. Originally... Read more
The State of Food and Agriculture 2020: Overcoming water challenges in agriculture
More than three billion people live in agricultural areas with high to very high levels of water shortages and scarcity, and almost half of them face severe constraints. Furthermore, available... Read more
Nature Hires: How nature-based solutions can power a green jobs recovery
Natural systems play a vital role in supporting employment. According to a new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), some 1.2 billion jobs... Read more
Solutions in response to the pandemic crisis in Africa
Agriculture has been the engine of overall economic growth in developing countries, whereby agriculture significantly contributes to national GDPs, rural employment levels, household food security and trade balance. The crisis... Read more
State of the world’s sanitation
According to WHO and UNICEF dramatic gains in water and sanitation are possible in just a few years when civil society, private companies, governments and multilateral organizations pull together. Meeting... Read more
UN-Water Joint Statement: 31st Special Session of the General Assembly in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
A Special Session of the General Assembly in response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Pandemic is hosted 3-4 December 2020, at the United Nations headquarters, New York. Today UN-Water issued... Read more
The Great Green Wall
is one of the most ambitious projects in history – to grow an 8,000km long, 15km wide, strip of land made up of woodlands and grasslands... Read more
Getting households to connect to sewerage networks
Households fail to connect to existing sewerage networks for a number of reasons. Fortunately, successful programmes around the world have tackled this challenge and, through a mix of responses, have... Read more
UNICEF and WHO launch the state of the world’s sanitation report on World Toilet Day
This new report from WHO and UNICEF is an urgent call to transform sanitation for better health, environments, economies and societies. Citing evidence on what works from successful countries and... Read more