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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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06 August 2020

Strategic foresight to applications of AI to achieve water-related SDGs

The report discusses motivations, applications, and opportunities related to the adoption of AI for sustainable development. AI can be...

03 August 2020

FAO publication on remote sensing for water productivity

To monitor the performance of water use in agriculture the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)...

30 July 2020

World Bank working paper on governance in irrigation and drainage

Irrigated farming is central to meeting the world's food and fodder needs and will be even more important in...

A farmer in the Kishem district of Badakhshan province

27 July 2020

FAO and UNCCD launch briefing note on water security and combatting drought

Around 36% of the world’s population is currently living in water-scarce regions. A recently launched publication, by the United...

MINUSMA supports young people through agriculture.

23 July 2020

New policy and guide series to improve water productivity and water use efficiency

Enhancing the productivity and efficiency of agricultural water is key to increase food production and respond to the growing...

20 July 2020

FAO host 'Youth Innovation in Land, Soil and Water' webinar

On Thursday 23rd July, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Land and Water Division, will...

16 July 2020

10th anniversary of the UNGA resolution on the human rights to water and sanitation

2020 marks the tenth year since the UN General Assembly adopted resolution explicitly recognizing the human rights to water...

13 July 2020

Call for applications: Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation

The United Nations Human Rights Council announce that the call for application for the next Special Rapporteur on the...

09 July 2020

United Nations launches framework to speed up progress on water and sanitation goal

UN Secretary-General António Guterres and the President of the United Nations General Assembly, joined the UN-Water Chair and heads...

07 July 2020

UN-Water 2030 strategy focuses on accelerating progress towards SDG 6

Coordinated action to tackle the complexity and magnitude of the water and sanitation challenges is urgently needed. The UN-Water...

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