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UNITAR event: Pathways to Resilience: Advancing Solutions for Global Freshwater Quality

The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) co-hosted an official side event with York University during the UN High-level Political Forum (HLPF) in New York City on 16 July 2024. 

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Entitled Pathways to Resilience: Advancing Solutions for Global Freshwater Quality, the event side event explored the multilateral and environmental drivers that exacerbated the deterioration of the quality of global freshwaters. 

Throughout the event, the importance of international networks was emphasized for water quality education, capacity building, and cross-disciplinary resource-sharing to address the global freshwater crisis. 
 
These themes were further echoed during the SDG 6 and Water Action Agenda Special Event held on the same day. 
 
  • Read about the UNITAR event here

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