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Entrance to World Water Week 2023
10 August 2023

World Water Week in Stockholm, 2023

The theme in 2023 is ‘Seeds of Change: Innovative Solutions for a Water-Wise World’. A diverse mix of participants...
An extension of the main water supply network reaches Kfar Roummane, a village in southern Lebanon.
07 August 2023

UNCTAD report: How technology can help solve the water and sanitation crisis

With billions of people lacking safely managed water and sanitation services, new technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data...
Nurse washing her hands, Mozambique
03 August 2023

WHO/UNICEF report: Frontline health facilities faltering without WASH and electricity

Water, Sanitation, Hygiene, Waste and Electricity Services in Health Care Facilities: 2023 Global Progress Report highlights that an estimated...
Street view after Flooding in Marikina, Philippines
31 July 2023

Water and Climate Change Inter-dependencies - workshop at Bonn Climate Conference

Participants from the UN-Water Expert Group, co-coordinated by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), UN Educational, Scientific...
Female farmer in a the field, Madagascar
27 July 2023

Remote sensing for water productivity - the WaPOR portal from FAO

Achieving food security in the future while using water resources in a sustainable manner is a major challenge. 72%...
Two men in a test filed
24 July 2023

Keeping Progress of Integrated Water Resources Management on Track

To support this process, the Global Water Partnership (GWP), working through the SDG 6 IWRM Support Programme, will facilitate...
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20 July 2023

Youth at UN 2023 Water Conference

Youth participation in the Conference was a key priority for the co-hosts of the Conference, the Republic of Tajikistan...
UNDP/Costa Rica
17 July 2023

SDG 6 Country Acceleration Case Studies

UN-Water supports United Nations Resident Coordinators and United Nations Country Teams by connecting them to the expertise and assistance...
Female gynecology nurse at a water well
14 July 2023

UN Women: A feminist agenda to tackle the world’s water crisis

The paper emphasizes the need for a feminist approach to addressing the global water crisis, one that recognizes the...
Text reading a blueprint for acceleration: SDG6 synthesis report 2023
11 July 2023

Blueprint for Acceleration: Sustainable Development Goal 6 Synthesis Report on Water and Sanitation 2023

UN-Water’s Blueprint for Acceleration: SDG 6 Synthesis Report on Water and Sanitation 2023 is launched at the 2023 High-level...

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