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25 January 2021

Virtual workshop on financing transboundary water cooperation

A Virtual workshop on financing transboundary water cooperation and basin development took place online on 16 and 17 December...

21 January 2021

Climate Adaptation Summit 2021

Hosted on 25 and 26 January, the Climate Adaptation Summit (CAS) 2021 is an online global conference to accelerate...

18 January 2021

Water and Beyond EU transformative approaches for international partnerships

From the 18-21 January, the European Commission Directorate-General for International Partnerships and the Government of Slovenia, with the support...

17 January 2021

UNESCO seminar on water and your city. Edition 2021, the watershed of the Valley of Mexico

With the aim of promoting a virtual space for dialogue and reflection on issues related to water in the...

14 January 2021

Interactive online session: transboundary water agreements

In 2021, the Global Water Partnership (GWP) is organizing an interactive online series called the "Transboundary freshwater security governance...

11 January 2021

The Stockholm World Water Week 2021, hosted as a full-scale digital event

The Stockholm World Water Week will in 2021 go fully digital, to ensure that the conference can take place...

07 January 2021

Assessment of the water-food-energy-ecosystems nexus in the North Western Sahara Aquifer System

Shared by Algeria, Libya and Tunisia, the North Western Sahara Aquifer System (NWSAS) is North Africa’s largest groundwater reserve...

28 December 2020

Knowing water better: Towards fairer and more sustainable access to natural resources

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Land and Water Division recently launched the new website of the project "Knowing...

24 December 2020

New paper on water tenure for improved food security and sustainable development

Freshwater – including both surface and groundwater – is essential to public health, food security, livelihoods, and healthy and...

21 December 2020

Frequently Asked Questions on the 1992 Water Convention

The Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention) is a unique legal...

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