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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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Two men in a test filed
07 July 2025

New FAO tool: Prioritization of Irrigation Schemes for Modernization / Rehabilitation (PRISM)

The new Prioritization of Irrigation Schemes for Modernization/Rehabilitation (PRISM), developed by the Land and Water Division of the Food...
Man on bike with belongings in flooded street
03 July 2025

Early Warnings for All (EW4All) initiative

Experts warned that glacier-related disasters, such as glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) and other floods, avalanches, and ice collapses...
Disiters
30 June 2025

WMO Warns Global Temperatures Likely to Break Records Again

According to the WMO Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update (2025-2029), there is an 80% chance that at least...
IAEA_wetlands
26 June 2025

New IAEA project to enhance water forecasting

Traditional hydrological models struggle under climate change conditions, as increasing CO₂ levels make forecasting rainfall and groundwater recharge more...
23 June 2025

World Health Assembly adopts historic Pandemic Agreement

The landmark decision, in May 2025, by the 78th World Health Assembly, WHO’s peak decision-making body, is based on...
Agricultural fields
19 June 2025

New FAO/WHO report highlights food safety risks from chemical contaminants in agrifood water

Amid growing use of alternative water sources in agriculture, experts raised concerns about harmful chemical contaminants entering the food...
UNDP/Costa Rica
16 June 2025

Youth Action for SDG 6 report

Launched in 2022, the fellowship is a transformative programme that equips young water professionals with the knowledge, skills, and...
Workers
12 June 2025

GCF Water Project Design Guidelines

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has released a new three-part set of Water Project Design Guidelines , offering a...
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09 June 2025

Global Report on Food Crises 2025

The GRFC 2025, launched on 16 May, finds that conflict and other crises are driving hunger to unprecedented levels...
Fisherman in wetland in boat
05 June 2025

Bridging Freshwater and Ocean Action: From the UN Ocean Conference to the 2026 UN Water Conference

This event will explore the vital link between freshwater and marine ecosystems and the need for a unified “source-to-sea”...

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