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09 March 2020

Joint celebration of World Meteorological Day and World Water Day in Geneva

Climate change is inextricably linked to water. It causes the variability of the water cycle to undergo significant change...

05 March 2020

Second Global Conference on Strengthening Synergies between the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

The adoption of the 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreement in 2015 established a strong foundation for coherent implementation...

03 March 2020

Sanitation and Water for All holds virtual Finance Ministers’ Meetings

The full programme of face-to-face events accompanying the Spring Meetings, including the SWA 2020 Finance Ministers’ Meeting (FMM), has...

27 February 2020

10 years of the human rights to water and sanitation

Throughout 2020, Léo Heller, Special Rapporteur on the human rights to water and sanitation is organizing the celebration of...

24 February 2020

Global workshop on transboundary agreements

The main objective of the workshop is to support countries and basin organizations in advancing step-by-step their cooperation on...

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20 February 2020

IUCN: benefit-sharing practices and knowledge across river basins worldwide

IUCN has developed a training package with six steps which function as a roadmap and can be applied in...

MATERNAL &amp; INFANT MORTALITY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

17 February 2020

WHO launch new global review of WASH and health

Diarrhoeal diseases and respiratory infections are the main diseases that follow these pathways. Inadequate management of water resources, such...

13 February 2020

UNICEF global framework for urban water, sanitation and hygiene

As of 2018 an estimated 4.2 billion people, or 55 per cent of the global population, were living in...

10 February 2020

Overview 2019-2022 data collection process and timeline for SDG 6 global indicators

For an overview of the 2019-2022 data collection process and timeline, please see this document (version 19 October 2020)...

10 February 2020

Update on IMI-SDG6 results in 2019 and plans for 2020

On 30-31 January, the IMI-SDG6 Steering Committee met to review 2019 results and plan for the 2020 work. UN-Water...

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