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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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04 May 2023

IAEA Launches Global Network to Improve Management of Water Resources

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has launched the Global Water Analysis Laboratory (GloWAL) Network, which aims to help...

01 May 2023

FAO: National Water Roadmaps to tackle scarcity and meet SDGs

Agriculture is responsible for 72 per cent of freshwater withdrawals globally, with consumption growing to meet the increasing demand...

Female farmer in a the field, Madagascar

27 April 2023

WASAG: Unlocking finance for water and agriculture

The Global Framework on Water Scarcity in Agriculture (WASAG) is a partnership established in April 2017 and hosted by...

24 April 2023

World Bank: What the Future Has in Store - A New Paradigm for Water Storage

From the World Bank, the new report What the Future Has in Store: A New Paradigm for Water Storage...

20 April 2023

UNECE: Updated Strategies for Monitoring and Assessment of Transboundary Rivers, Lakes and Groundwaters

The Convention requires Parties to establish and implement joint programmes for monitoring transboundary waters, to carry out joint or...

17 April 2023

Water for Health and Cooperation: Youth Priorities, Challenges, and Success Stories

The Youth Forum will address the theme of ECOSOC and the 2023 UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development...

13 April 2023

FAO Hosts Rome Water Dialogue on Coordinated Water Management

Water is critical to agriculture and other economic sectors, and its management is crucial to achieving all 17 of...

Boy on the floor with wall painting in the background

10 April 2023

UNICEF-UNHCR Strategic Collaboration Framework

In 2022, for the first time, the number of forcibly displaced people globally reached 103 million. Of those, 40...

Solar powered water pump with men in front

06 April 2023

Water in Agrifood Systems: World Food Forum Transformative Research Challenge Special Prize

Set up in 2021, the World Food Forum is an independent global network of partners, facilitated by the Food...

Exposition : Les enfants de la RDC face aux enjeux climatiques et environnementaux Lac Ma Vallée dans la commune de Mont Ngafula à Kinshasa

03 April 2023

Nigeria and Iraq join UN Water Convention

This unique international legal and intergovernmental framework aims to ensure the sustainable use of transboundary water resources by facilitating...

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