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13 March 2018

World Water Day 2018 - Nature for Water

Environmental damage, together with climate change, is driving the water-related crises we see around the world. Floods, drought and...

12 March 2018

High-level panel on water stress and human migration: making the link

Migration is a universal and common process and is linked to development in multiple ways. When mainstreamed in broader...

08 March 2018

New UN-Water report looks at solutions inspired and supported by nature

The 2018 edition of the UN World Water Development Report seeks to inform policy and decision-makers, inside and outside...

05 March 2018

GWP and UNICEF launch website on WASH climate resilience

The Strategic Framework consists of 4 quadrants which provide guidance on how to ensure resilient WASH services. To support...

01 March 2018

A gendered value chain analysis

For example, while men dominate the work of fishing on Lake Tanganyika, women take the lead in drying, smoking...

26 February 2018

Making cities sustainable

Not only are the numbers of bacteria found in the water astronomic, but there are also high amounts of...

22 February 2018

The world agricultures watch

No “one size fits all solution” exists, despite current policy designs often functioning as if this were the case...

19 February 2018

Advancing hydrological services through collaboration

It is a platform for establishing closer links among water communities, providers of hydrological products and information, and decision-makers...

15 February 2018

Regional forum on Sustainable Development for the UNECE region

The Forum aims to serve as a regional mechanism to follow-up and review the implementation of the 2030 Agenda...

12 February 2018

The 28th UN-Water Meeting

Approximately fifty delegates of UN-Water Members and Partners participated in the event, representing the UN Secretariat and UN agencies...

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