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On 8 August 2020, Rebecca Akamasi carries her child Akal Akamasi across a small inlet off Lake Turkana beyond Kalokol town.
19 October 2023

State of Global Water Resources 2022

Droughts and extreme rainfall events are taking a heavy toll on lives and economies. Melting snow, ice and glaciers...
Reporting and monitoring
16 October 2023

WMO’s Early Warnings for All - Action Plan for Africa

More than 110 million people in Africa were directly affected by weather, climate and water-related hazards in 2022, causing...
Women working in vegetable garden, Madagascar
12 October 2023

FAO report: Enabling pathways for drought finance in agriculture

The report provides an in-depth analysis of the structural particularities and the status of drought finance. It is about...
Workers
09 October 2023

Wastewater - Turning problem to solution

Wastewater originates from kitchens, bathrooms and toilets, industrial effluent, agricultural effluent, stormwater, and urban run-off. Untreated and improperly disposed...
Within the country’s critical context, women and girls find themselves further marginalised. UNICEF’s programmes are gender-inclusive, and many girls have been engaged in installing water tanks, laying pipes, and waterproofing roofs.
05 October 2023

How to guide young people’s careers in water and sanitation

The Career Pathways Guidance project found that there are simply too many barriers put in young people’s way even...
Two men in a test filed
02 October 2023

Second WaPOR Hackathon: Communicating data for agricultural applications

WaPOR is the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ (FAO) portal to monitor Water Productivity through Open...
World Toilet Day 2023 animation of toilet and bird
25 September 2023

World Toilet Day 2023: Accelerating Change

World Toilet Day 2023, on 19 November, will focus on the theme of ‘Accelerating Change’. World Toilet Day is...
FAO rome water dialogue 2023 text
21 September 2023

FAO Rome Water Dialogue 2023

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will hold its second Rome Water Dialogue from 4-5...
Female farmer, Democratic Republic of the Congo
18 September 2023

World Food Day 2023

The World Food Day 2023 campaign, coordinated by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), calls...
Image of a storm from space
14 September 2023

WMO report: “Climate change undermines nearly all sustainable development goals”

United in Science 2023 states that only 15 per cent of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are on track...

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