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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.

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Children planting tree.
05 June 2024

World Environment Day 2024

Led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and held annually on 5 June since 1973, World Environment Day...
Water pump in rural comunity
03 June 2024

Water for Climate Mitigation study presented at the Bonn Climate Change Conference

This conference is a pre-sessional event in preparation for the COP29 . Attended by an estimated 3,000 to 4,000...
General Assembly
30 May 2024

Water Action Agenda progress report

To date, the Water Action Agenda has more than 830 commitments, reflecting significant global mobilization and heightened ambition towards...
Freshwater lake in Uruguay
27 May 2024

WMO report: State of the Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean 2023

Sea levels continued to rise at an accelerated rate compared to the global average around much of the Atlantic...
Water and islands
24 May 2024

Side Event on Water and Sanitation at Small Island Developing States Conference

The side-event Accelerate implementation of SDG 6 in SIDS - How does the UN System-wide Strategy for Water and...
Lake in sunset
20 May 2024

UNEP: Ecosystem Restoration for People, Nature and Climate

The report, Becoming #GenerationRestoration: Ecosystem Restoration for People, Nature and Climate , highlights the need for governments to follow...
mountains with terrace farming
16 May 2024

International Day for Biodiversity 2024

The International Day for Biodiversity is celebrated every year on 22 May and coordinated by the Secretariat of the...
Nurse washing her hands
13 May 2024

New Open WHO course on gender equality, disability and social inclusion in WASH in health care facilities

Aligned with the updated WASH FIT guidance from WHO and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the course offers...
Water infrastructure
09 May 2024

UN adopts landmark global decarbonization strategy in transport by road, rail and inland waterway

Transport accounts for some 23% of annual GHG emissions. Inland transport accounts for 72% of this total, with 69%...
Female farmer, Democratic Republic of the Congo
06 May 2024

Global Soil Partnership (GSP) Plenary Assembly

Sustainable soil management has important linkages to water resources, especially for agricultural purposes. Agenda points will include: A presentation...

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