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SG interaction with indiginous representatives

22 July 2019

World Wildlife Fund report on free flowing rivers

The report Connected and Flowing: a renewable future for rivers, the climate and people argues that, today, countries can...

18 July 2019

WMO recently launched water management assessment tool

The Dynamic Water Resources Assessment Tool (DWAT) is designed to help water resource managers and policy specialists identify current...

15 July 2019

UN Climate Change Report demonstrates growing climate action

Even if greenhouse gas emissions were halted completely, past emissions would continue to change the climate and the impacts...

12 July 2019

Policy Brief on Climate Change and Water launched during High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development

In the side-event titled Deep dive: Climate change and water, UN-Water launched an update of its Policy Brief on...

08 July 2019

UN-Water vacancy as International Cooperation Adviser

One of the flagship undertakings of UN-Water is the Integrated Monitoring Initiative for SDG 6, an inter-agency initiative operating...

04 July 2019

Hosting call for the Global Water Operators' Partnerships Alliance secretariat

Water and Sanitation Utilities have a critical role in achieving many of the Sustainable Development Goals at the local...

A farmer in the Kishem district of Badakhshan province

01 July 2019

UN ESCAP study on building resilience to drought in South-East Asia

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) recently launched a new study titled 'Ready...

25 June 2019

High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2019

Thursday 11 July Fulfilling the human rights to water, sanitation and decent work: An interlinkage approach to reduce inequalities...

SG poses at Iguazu Falls as he is given a tour and explained about the unesco site

24 June 2019

Side event on transboundary water cooperation for sustainable development

Managing the interdependences created by transboundary waters is a human development challenge facing the international community. Growing demands for...

20 June 2019

WHO and UNICEF launch updated estimates for water, sanitation and hygiene

The Joint Monitoring Programme report, Progress on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene: 2000-2017: Special focus on inequalities finds that...

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