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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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11 November 2021

Food and agriculture systems at breaking point

The state of the world's land and water resources for food and agriculture: Systems at breaking point (SOLAW 2021)...

08 November 2021

Integrated Water Resource Management for climate resilience - online course

A new online course explores the interlinkages between water and climate change, and how to manage them through practical...

04 November 2021

Why WASH must be at the top of the climate agenda

Climate change has a tremendous negative impact on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services. But at the same time...

01 November 2021

Weather-related disasters - more damage but fewer deaths

Over the past 50 years, weather-related disasters have increased, causing more damage but fewer deaths, according to a new...

United Nations Forum on Forests Photo Competition

28 October 2021

Water action as answer to climate change – collaborative action for resilience

At the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, a multimedia Water Pavilion is hosted between 1 - 12...

25 October 2021

2021 State of the World’s Hand Hygiene report

All households in the world’s 46 least developed countries could have handwashing facilities by 2030 if the world invested...

International Fund for Agricultural Development

25 October 2021

Water-use efficiency - UN-Water analytical brief

Ahead of COP 26 UN Climate Change Conference, UN-Water has launched an analytical brief on water-use efficiency. The brief...

21 October 2021

World Toilet Day 2021: Valuing toilets

World Toilet Day, 19 November, celebrates toilets and raises awareness of the 3.6 billion people living without access to...

18 October 2021

35th UN-Water Meeting

The 35th UN-Water Meeting, convened as a virtual event from 4-6 October 2021, brought together UN-Water Members and Partners...

14 October 2021

State of the world's hand hygiene report launched on Global Handwashing Day

Global Handwashing Day, on 15 October, is the annual day dedicated to the importance of handwashing with soap as...

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