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07 December 2017

International workshop on water scarcity

The workshop aims to accelerate actions to address water scarcity and thereby reduce the related health, social, economic and...

04 December 2017

Too much and too little water in northern Ghana

With too much water for part of the year, not enough during the rest, an irrigation technology may be...

30 November 2017

The youth movement for water

The Parliament is an initiative of the International Secretariat for Water (ISW) - Solidarity Water Europe (Solidarité Eau Europe)...

27 November 2017

World Bank launch report on the new economics of water scarcity and variability

A new World Bank report looks at how the increasing number of droughts and floods impact farms, firms and...

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24 November 2017

Call for Water Professionals to Fill Out Survey on Constructed Wetlands

To address challenges of untreated wastewater and to increase recycling and safe use, UNU-FLORES researchers are creating a central...

23 November 2017

WMO water photo competition

Interested photographers are invited to submit their images until 1 December 2017. WMO social media followers have until 31...

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20 November 2017

Safe water in the Mekong Delta

Working closely with local communities has shown that they primarily use smaller water sources near their homes for daily...

17 November 2017

UNGA President announces event on SDG 6

The events are related to the issues under SDG 4 (quality education), SDG 6 (clean water and sanitation) and...

16 November 2017

Where does our poo go?

World Toilet Day, on 19 November, is about taking action to help the billions of people around the world...

13 November 2017

Antibiotic awareness week

Previously, we have been able to combat resistance by developing new drugs. But now, we are facing a dry...

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