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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
Water and Beyond EU transformative approaches for international partnerships
From the 18-21 January, the European Commission Directorate-General for International Partnerships and the Government of Slovenia, with the support of the Government of Portugal as the Presidency of the Council... Read more
UNESCO seminar on water and your city. Edition 2021, the watershed of the Valley of Mexico
With the aim of promoting a virtual space for dialogue and reflection on issues related to water in the Valley of Mexico Basin a seminar will be held from January... Read more
Interactive online session: transboundary water agreements
In 2021, the Global Water Partnership (GWP) is organizing an interactive online series called the “Transboundary freshwater security governance train”. The series of online engagements sessions will be conducted in... Read more
The Stockholm World Water Week 2021, hosted as a full-scale digital event
The Stockholm World Water Week will in 2021 go fully digital, to ensure that the conference can take place despite the ongoing pandemic. The Week will be held 23-27 August... Read more
Assessment of the water-food-energy-ecosystems nexus in the North Western Sahara Aquifer System
Shared by Algeria, Libya and Tunisia, the North Western Sahara Aquifer System (NWSAS) is North Africa’s largest groundwater reserve, supporting the lives and livelihoods of 4.8 million inhabitants. A vital water... Read more
Knowing water better: Towards fairer and more sustainable access to natural resources
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Land and Water Division recently launched the new website of the project “... Read more
New paper on water tenure for improved food security and sustainable development
Freshwater – including both surface and groundwater – is essential to public health, food security, livelihoods, and healthy and resilient ecosystems. Yet, approximately 2.2 billion people globally continue to lack... Read more