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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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13 May 2019

UNISDR host Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction

Over the past decade, the Global Platform has assumed the role of assessing and reviewing the progress in the...

09 May 2019

UNESCO international water conference

The UNESCO International Water Conference will promote a cooperative process based on networking and partnerships between stakeholders. This will...

06 May 2019

New version of FAO AQUASTAT now available online

AQUASTAT collects, analyses and provides free access to over 180 variables and indicators by country from 1960. It draws...

02 May 2019

IWRA’s XVII World Water Congress

The IWRA’s XVII World Water Congress has the overarching theme “Foundations for Global Water Security and Resilience: Knowledge, Technology...

29 April 2019

UNICEF: A Gathering Storm. Climate change clouds the future of children in Bangladesh

The UNICEF report, A Gathering Storm: Climate change clouds the future of children in Bangladesh, points out that Bangladesh’s...

25 April 2019

Integrating green and gray infrastructure for water security and climate resilience

Integrating Green and Gray – Creating Next Generation Infrastructure is a joint report from the World Bank and the...

22 April 2019

A guide to equitable water safety planning: ensuring no one is left behind

WHO recently launch the publication 'A guide to equitable water safety planning: ensuring no one is left behind'. The...

18 April 2019

Handbook on the safe use of wastewater in urban and peri-urban horticulture

In 2006, the World Health Organization (WHO), together with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)...

Water for Sustainable Development 2018Ð2028

15 April 2019

UN-Water Inventory. An overview of the UN-Water family’s work on water and sanitation

In this context, UN-Water provides a platform to collectively respond to the identified gaps and accelerate progress towards water...

11 April 2019

FAO reports on decline of biodiversity

Based on information provided by 91 countries and 27 international organizations, analysis of global literature and datasets, and contributions...

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